Mission Heal | Promoting Education through Mission Heal

A population of more than a billion, but still a huge chunk of India suffers from illiteracy. Men, women and children are all affected. This disease has led to poverty, strife and backwardness for the affected. People have lost job opportunities as well as independence. Children have been robbed of a future and women have lost the means of a career and independence. Similarly illiterate men could not get any decent job opportunities that would satisfy their families and have to work for lesser wages when they could have been better placed.

After seeing the consequences it is evident that society has lost a lot when they are deprived of a formal education. Even after knowing the after effects why have parents restrained their child from learning to read and write? Why are the majority of women in the poverty stricken families or villages illiterate? Well the answer for this question lies in the fact that many of these families are poor and cannot afford a proper education for their children. Whereas some poor families have more than two children. So many mouths to feed, but less resources hampers the prospect of education of the children. On the other hand women of the lower class have been brought up with a narrow mindset. They believe that women are not entitled to an education and they are slaves to their husbands and society. Such a frame of mind has led to dowry murders or harassments as well as deprives an ambitious woman of a chance to excel.

There are many NGO’s as well as government organizations that work towards educating the underprivileged. Mission Heal is an NGO based in Delhi that has dedicated its resources towards eradicating illiteracy from the society. This huge organization has mobilized its groups to reach its helping hand farther. Mission Heal has no political or religious agendas thus helping all people unbiasedly.

Mission Heal has organized many events to help educate the poor. A free health camp is organized to monitor the health of the poor. Also books and clothes are donated frequently for the poor children. Mid-day meals are provided by Mission Heal, for nourishing the people who cannot afford a square meal. Mission Heal also provoked the right to free education for the lower classes. All these are attempts to make the children and the families broaden their vision and embrace the art of learning. These free camps aim at affiliating a child towards education.

Various government plans have also been sanctioned for this cause. The RTE (Right to Education) validated this. This law has enabled the poor students to take up education without the fear of the cost. The cost of the child’s education is burdened by the state and central government. This shows that the government and the NGO’s have joined the cause for the common good. So why don’t we also come together to help the MissionHeal achieve its goals? After all literacy and education are the only secrets that can take this country to greater heights.