Let’s celebrate is a registered non – profit that works to bring social and emotional learning (SEL) in the poverty-stricken and underprivileged strata of the society to enable them to celebrate their life. WE believe that everyone deserves their share of joy and happiness by exercising their right to celebrate and this can be achieved by uplifting the emotional intelligence of our society. Our approach includes youth participation from schools and other institutes to create a memorable and a special day for someone or a community in need. We treat them as our celebrity on that day and celebrate them for who they are. Our programs connect students to the underprivileged communities, to encourage them to be socially responsible and move towards building an inclusive society.
Our mission is to promote social and emotional learning to bring celebration into the lives of the marginalized members of our society for their psychosocial well being.
Our vision is to inculcate the spirit of emotional intelligence to improve the mental and emotional health of the people. By bringing people from different strata’s to celebrate together, we aim to foster better understandings, bond and leadership qualities to build a respectful, helpful and an inclusive society.
(Use the design that we have made for the Brochure) Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) is a process through which one learns to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships and make responsible decisions.
Pankhuri is an ardent empathy advocate, a psychologist and a social worker with an experience of around 6 years working in the social sector. She has worked on projects in India, Nepal and Bangladesh on issues like intergenerational prostitution, LGBT migration, disaster rehabilitation and refugee crisis. Her motivation to promote social and emotional learning in the Indian school set up led her to bring Challenge Day workshops from the United States of America to India.
- Challenge Day is a highly acclaimed SEL program in the US which is transforming the lives of the students from the last thirty years, not just in the US but all over the world. Fortunately, they have now come to India with their signature program to give a life-changing experiential learning to the students in India.
- The education system in India is majorly academics oriented and focus is on the child’s grade performance rather than identifying the child learning capabilities and addressing the needs of the child’s innate skills. Adding to this, is the pressure of exams and the demands of meeting the expectations of parents and society on the children that makes them vulnerable to stress, anxiety, isolation, behavior issues, depression and other such disorders.
- Challenge Day India program goes beyond traditional anti-bullying efforts, building empathy and inspiring a school-wide movement of compassion and positive change. The program aims to bring social and emotional learning in schools in India as an important component for the holistic development of youth to make them happier, more compassionate and responsible citizens of the world.
- 12 Challenge Days so far
- More than 1000 + students impacted
Providing Assets to Nurture and Kindle Happiness Initiative Pankh Initiative works with low income and marginalized communities to equip them with SEL skills through youth change makers to create a compassionate, happy and inclusive society that celebrates together. Pankh Initiative with low income government schools
Pankh Initiative with refugee children and mothers – The program is providing support to the rohingya refugee community at the Kalindi Kunj camp.
The program started a campaign on 20th June, World Refugee Day, called Schoolbag4refugeekids to collect 65 school bags for school-going refugee kids and to raise awareness about the refugee crisis.
Partner - We are seeking for partnerships with schools, NGOs and other agencies who work closely with the marginalized sectors. Sponsor - If you wish that there aren’t any children in our schools struggling with internal battles alone, you can sponsor a Challenge Day to a school. You can also sponsor a celebration or a part of it like supplies, catering etc Volunteer – All you need is high energy and a welcoming attitude to volunteer with us. Come, volunteer and celebrate!
Our SEL programs teach that there is always something to celebrate in life. Our programs are full of joys, tears, giggles and hugs, and we celebrate all of them. For us, our beneficiaries are our celebrities whom we celebrate for who they are.
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