MCD and NGOs collaborate for improved education

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and the NGOs,
Oxfam and Society for All Round Development (SARD), have collaborated
with 20 MCD schools in west and south-west zones of the MCD to educate slum
children.

‘Six hundred children in 20 MCD schools will benefit
directly from the increased learning. We will have medical camps and also
provide computer and English teaching,’ said Nisha Agrawal, CEO, Oxfam, at the
project’s launch in Delhi.

‘We have 1,700 MCD schools under us and we try to provide
the students with basic necessities. We are happy to work with Oxfam and SARD,
who will further help us in untouched areas like slums,’ said Premlata Kataria,
director of education, MCD.

Oxfam links grassroots programming to local, national and
global advocacy and policymaking, while SARD is an NGO that helps disadvantaged
communities come into the mainstream development process by ensuring their
access to resources.