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Darrasa

The founders of Darrasa are educators who have been teaching for more than 20 years. The love and joy in seeing children they worked with achieving success, based on their own individual measures, spurs the founders to set up Darrasa. Darrasa means â...

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Project Status: Ongoing

Amount raised: $10,916

Still require: $133,084

Above information is updated on 7th of Apr 2021.
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We, Darrasa, channel our focus to help children and families in the community, especially children from underprivileged families and children with special needs.

We help underprivileged families and children by giving affordable tuition for the children. We are also helping families of children with special educational needs by connecting them to therapists and get affordable therapy sessions.

In some cases, with contributions from kind donors and sponsors, Darrasa is able to give free tuition and therapy sessions to families who are really struggling financially by paying the therapists and tutors on behalf of the families.

We have more requests from families to assist them financially for therapy sessions and tuition sessions and we would like to see the children continue getting the help that they deserve.

We are looking for more funds to continue this cause. No amount will be too small in the quest to allow children to continue learning.

Darrasa's founders believe that Darrasa can be a catalyst to remind others of kindness and be an avenue for people to 'pay it forward'. All it takes is one kind act. All it takes is a helping hand. Darrasa is set up for families and students, by the 'students' of life, and with the help of other 'students' who wants to make an impact and to help.

The target is $144,000.

Below are the packages that Darrasa offers:

• SPED Support (Learning Difficulties e.g. Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, ADD/ADHD, ASD, Asperger's, Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome) - Our Allied Educators (SPED trained tutors/therapists) will work on academic using differentiated instruction at child's level plus working on developmental domain (memory building, social communication, social interaction, attention development).


• Therapy (Speech/Occupational/Behavior) - Qualified Therapists will work with child and parents to address developmental gaps and concerns present in child to function better in different settings and contexts.


• Tutoring - Our tutors will go and teach/coach child (at the child's home) academics based on subjects that parents requested.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND PROGRESS OF THE BENEFICIARIES
	Kel (pseudonym) is a 6 years old boy, suspected of ADHD. Mum is single-parent. He has a short attention span and fidgets around a lot. Kel needs tasks to be broken down into smaller pieces for him to be able to do work properly. He needs motivation in reading.
	Rita (pseudonym) is an 11 years old girl who shows difficulty in understanding and comprehending Maths concepts and problems. She presents as someone who has dyscalculia (difficulties in Maths). She scored really badly for her P5 Maths exam and will now take P6 Foundation Maths for PSLE. She has been rejected by tutors and teachers who do not know how to work with her previously. Her confidence and self-esteem is low as a result. Her progress (Jan-2021) - She gained confidence in doing her work and is very receptive during lessons. Parents have also reported that she seems happier to learn and looks forward to sessions with Darrasa.
	Zack (pseudonym) is a 6 years old boy with ASD. He is currently waiting to get into a special school. He has transitioning issues when separated from mother and he needs help in addressing this behaviour. He needs regular and consistent educational therapy sessions to aid in his learning, social communication, social interaction and work behavior skills. His progress (Jan-2021) - With consistency in routine and support, Zack has improved considerably. Though he still has transitioning issues, the intensity and duration of his behaviour has reduced and led to faster transitioning to new places and school. His handwriting has improved and from the last check-up with psychologist, they remarked that his fine motor and basic writing skills have improved. Well done Zack! His progress (Mar-2021) - He is reading better and doing numbers to 100 now.
	Ben (pseudonym) is a 5 years old boy with ASD. He has a short attention span and fidgets around a lot. He needs clear structure in working and though he can decode words and express them, he has issues comprehending the meaning of the words. His progress (Jan-2021) - Ben has improved on his work system behaviour and is now more receptive to reading and learning. He is doing better with following and listening to instructions too.
	Isaac (pseudonym) is a 5 years old boy who shows difficulty in speech, communication, hyperactivity and impulsivity. He has a lot of attention-seeking behavior and is highly excitable. As he is unable to speak clearly, some of his speech is muffled leading to frustrations in expressing himself at times. His attention span is very little and he moves around a lot in the home sessions. His progress (Jan-2021) - He is communicating slightly better with people he is familiar with. He needs more help in behaviour management. Hence parents have decided to stop the program with Darrasa to focus their funds on behavior therapy.

FAQs

Qn: Do you have PayNow?
Ans: Yes. We will need you to register and fill up a simple form. You will receive an email containing the various payment methods, including HitPay (PayNow).
Click on this link or go to https://vimeo.com/461318439/7320cdbfe7#t=50s view the video on How to Pay via HitPay (PayNow).

No mobile number or UEN number will be provided. Instructions will be shown during checkout.

• If you are using a computer to checkout:


• Step 1: Launch your digibank app.


• Step 2: Tap on ‘Scan & Pay'


• Step 3: Scan the QR Code displayed on the computer screen and follow the remaining instructions



• If you are using a mobile phone to checkout:


• Step 1: At the payment page, capture a screenshot of the QR Code.


• Step 2: Launch your digibank app.


• Step 3: Tap on ‘PHOTO LIBRARY'


• Step 4: Select the screenshot of the QR Code that you captured earlier and follow the remaining instructions

• For PayNow (via HitPay), you will get a confirmation email after your transaction is successful.


• For Bank Transfers (Internet Banking), please reply to the registration email (Email subject is: [Infaq.SG - Infaq] (#Infaq85-XXXXX-XXXXXXXX) Darrasa's Special-Needs Education )) with the screenshot of the transfer transaction so that we can update our system and send you the confirmation email. Please ensure that the screenshot contains the Recipient's bank account number and amount.


• For cheques, we will send you the confirmation email once the cheque is cleared.

• If no, please email so we can update the system & send you the confirmation email.


• If yes, Thank you. We will update & send you the confirmation email.