Mewat Educational & Development Society (MEDS)

Communities in Mewat Region are lag far behind the rest of Haryana(India)  and by extension the larger Indian communities in terms of Education, Technology, Health and Economy. The region is known to have the lowest enrolment in schools and the lowest performance in annual assessment exams. Furthermore, according to the United Nations, Mewat. province has the least number of girls enrolment in primary schools in the whole world. And according to Kenya's Ministry of Education, over 40% of school aged children (>150,000) in the region are not in school. Other sources suggest figures from the Ministry of Education are under estimated.

Medical and Healthcare services are scarcely available leading to alarming increase in the rates of killer diseases like Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, Malaria and, Maternal and Child death and Immunizable diseases among others. There are only 12 doctors serving a population of 1.5 million. MEDS has therefore taken the initiative to work with these communities to ameliorate the intensity of healthcare crisis.

It is to this end, MEDS has undertaken massive compaign programs to promote education, access to technology and basic Health Care in this impoverished remote region of Haryana(India).

The expansion of MEDS's service outreach to Mewat Region in Haryana State extends to the hundred thousands of refugees from neighboring areas presetely.in Pakisthan the current focus is on education and access to technology. MEDS provides culturally appropriate mentoring and tutoring programs in order to promote academic success for students in Pre-K through Graduate School. The organization accomplishes its mission through partnership with the local community, non-profit organizations, institutions like schools and hospitals, women groups and volunteer services.

Currently we are seeing thousands of refugee children being underserved in our public schools. They are being placed in classes based on age, not educational attainment; they are given only three years of direct ESL instruction regardless of language fluency. There are no mechanisms for special placements or exemption from state testing requirements even though there is no chance they are ready to perform well on the tests, (or frequently even ready to complete them). As a result of these needs from within the community the agency has developed this local initiative, to provide mentoring and tutoring services to Mewat's children.

Education: MEDS works with parents, teachers, education administrators and students to create opportunities for improving education.

Health: MEDS works with healthcare professionals, organizations (non-profit and/or for profit) and volunteers to promote health. MEDS targets disease categories based on severity and incidence. Currently, the diseases targeted include Tuberculosis (TB), HIV, Maternal Child death and Malaria.

Participation: MEDS partners with any willing party, individual or organization, who expresses interest in community development activities.