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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Equality

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.

Integrity

Empathy

Diversity

Diginity

School Intervention Programme

Respect

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

Key #001

10 schools onboarded; 5 completed full module cycle

Key #002

300 students reached through school interventions

Key #003

Key #004

Appreciation received from 5 partner schools

Batches ongoing in 2 schools (50% completion)

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.

Strengthening Community Engagement

The meeting strengthened parental awareness and support, contributing to better reinforcement of programme learnings at home.

PARENT MEETING – (34 PARENTS)

• 28 stakeholder interactions to reinforce local support

• Continued engagement with 350 mobilised families

• Strengthened trust and participation at community level

Transition to Structured Implementation

Key Progress & Emerging Outcomes

• 180 learners actively engaged

• 100% baseline assessments completed

• SAAMYA Module Chapter 5 completed across all CRCs

Sustained Learner Engagement

• 5 non-module sessions per CRC (fun & activity-based learning)

• Regular engagement through storytelling and interactive activities

• Increased participation and comfort among learners

• 4 CRC inauguration events with stakeholder participation

• Monthly learner birthday celebrations

• Festival-based engagement (Kite Festival with families)

Community Ownership & Visibility

Building Enabling Ecosystem

• Observance of key days promoting reflection and dialogue

• Parent meeting at Kunda Basti CRC (22 parents, 30 learners)

• Strengthened parental involvement and support

Spread across 8 Location in the span of 4 year, Saamya has Impacted

900+

8

500

Around 100 Community Leaders and Stakeholders

Families

Locations

Children

• 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.