SAAMYA

Children learn and acquire behaviours by seeing and observing. Everything they experience become a source of development for their attitude and beliefs, which manifest in their conduct

'Saamya' means - equality & Quality of being fair and impartial

Empathy

Boys grow-up into young men with expectations shaped around what appropriate for them to do in the home and outside space. They are schooled by the family and by others to express themselves in a manner that is considered appropriate for men. Thus, the boys are gender trained into men who can anger but not show affected, who can compare but not cooperate.

Dignity

Equality

Diversity

Integrity

Respect

Saamya is aiming towards building a gender- sensitive society by involving young boys at a very early age, 7 to 11 years of age, so that they can observe, reflect, learn, and take action to change behaviour in their own lives and influence others.

These young boys become more gender- sensitive showing respect, affection, empathy, consent and compassion towards women and girls become role models for other boys in their communities.

Saamya has designed an innovation activity- based module that operates on the principles of Empathy, Respect, Equality, Dignity, Diversity and Integrity. Gender is the cross- cutting value through the ethics of Saamya and the module adopts a 'Me - My Surroundings - The World' approach to foster a gender- balanced individual.

School Intervention Programme

During the reporting period, READ Foundation conducted outreach and engagement with over 48 schools across Mansarovar, Pratap Nagar, Jagatpura, and Malviya Nagar.

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10 schools onboarded; 5 completed full module cycle

300 students reached through school interventions

Batches ongoing in 2 schools (50% completion)

Appreciation received from 5 partner schools

The training aimed to strengthen teachers’ capacity to effectively support programme delivery within school settings.
A total of 26 teachers participated in the training.
The training featured sessions by Ms. Shuchi Kaushik, who led discussions on gender and positive masculinity, and Dr. Saurabh Jain, who focused on child behaviour and emotional engagement.

Teacher Training Workshop

THEATRE WORKSHOP – 30 LEARNERS + 5 TEACHERS

The theatre-based workshop provided an interactive platform for learners to explore themes of empathy and gender equality, enhancing engagement and reinforcing SAAMYA concepts through experiential learning.

PARENT MEETING – (34 PARENTS)