32: Toybank India
Apr 30, 2024 ·
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The Opentree Foundation (Project: Toybank — Development Through Play) Toybank — Development Through Play is the flagship project of Mumbai-based non-profit The Opentree Foundation, which was founded in 2004. Toybank...
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The Opentree Foundation (Project: Toybank — Development Through Play) Toybank — Development Through Play is the flagship project of Mumbai-based non-profit The Opentree Foundation, which was founded in 2004. Toybank creates safe spaces for at-risk children with a focus of mainstreaming play-based learning in India. We adopt a Conscious Play™ approach to enable children from vulnerable communities to alleviate stress, build resilience and overcome probable adversity. Through the Conscious Play™ approach, the programmes focus on children's critical thinking, communication, and socio-emotional learning. We set up play centres in partnership with Nonprofit Organisations, Community-Based Organisations, government and low-income semi-government schools, and government and non-government CICs (Child in Institutional Care). Through advocating for the Right to Play, we aim to bring about a change at the policy level to make Play an integral part of children’s learning. Currently, Toybank works with 77,000+ children, across 623 play centres in seven districts of Maharashtra, India.
Shweta Chari
Co-founder and CEO, Toybank — Development Through Play
Shweta has been a champion of children’s Right to Play for over two decades and has been working towards mainstreaming play and play-based learning in India. A creative facilitator, Shweta is an engineer by education. She was selected for the Harvard Business School — Strategic Nonprofit Management — India programme with a full scholarship. She has won prestigious accolades for spearheading Toybank in its efforts to bridge the gap between the developmental needs of at-risk children and their emotional well-being and cognitive development through Play. With The Opentree Foundation, Shweta has brought together a team of passionate changemakers and subject matter experts who have helped make learning a joyful and fun experience for underserved children.
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Shweta Chari
Co-founder and CEO, Toybank — Development Through Play
Shweta has been a champion of children’s Right to Play for over two decades and has been working towards mainstreaming play and play-based learning in India. A creative facilitator, Shweta is an engineer by education. She was selected for the Harvard Business School — Strategic Nonprofit Management — India programme with a full scholarship. She has won prestigious accolades for spearheading Toybank in its efforts to bridge the gap between the developmental needs of at-risk children and their emotional well-being and cognitive development through Play. With The Opentree Foundation, Shweta has brought together a team of passionate changemakers and subject matter experts who have helped make learning a joyful and fun experience for underserved children.
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