Youth Change-Enlighten Yourself!
In today’s time when a global pandemic has hit people, everyone is doing their little bit to spread positivity, help and support the needy. The people are using their knowledge, creativity and skills to engage everyone in a positive way whereas the teenagers of Ahmedabad have come up with something unique and meaningful idea. They […]
A time to learn through Play during COVID-19 for Samay
Children all over the world are enduring disrupted routines during the lockdown triggered by COVID-19 and subsequent school closure. Underserved kids are especially faced with hardships and learning losses due to the economic and digital disparity. Samay (name changed) has also had it harder. The 13-year-old from Sagroli, Nanded in Maharashtra had a strictly routined […]
Story of passion and hope
Trilochan Netralaya is a non-profit charitable eye hospital which was established in Sambalpur, a part of western Odisha by Dr. Shiva Prasad Sahoo in 2008. Having been born in a low-income family Dr. Shiva struggled a lot to get into the medical profession. Given an opportunity to study in a Government of India funded […]
A systems approach to democratise quality education in India
As an advisor to the Government of Jharkhand on public schooling, I spent the past year assessing schools of Ranchi District; interacting with children, teachers, and parents from some of the most remote and destitute parts of the country. 2020 did not just devastate our healthcare systems but it also brought education systems in […]
Redefining Education
HOLISTICEDU was founded with an intent of making holistic education accessible to all. The current education system suffers from standardisation – whether it is content, methods of instruction or assessment. Mainstream schools across the country continue to use a standardised curriculum irrespective of the region (rural / urban, hills / plains). The learning takes a […]
From Firozabad – by the children, of the children, to the adults More than 100 child reporters are changing the district of Firozabad with their words and actions.
From Firozabad – by the children, of the children, to the adults More than 100 child reporters are changing the district of Firozabad with their words and actions. *The names of the children are changed to protect their identities.
Village Girls Battled Society Rules to Ensure Access to Public Ground
Seema and her little sisters usually spent their evenings looking over the playground that was behind their house. They used to sit there together, braid each other’s hair and cheer silently for their two brothers who used to play football, and sometimes cricket. At times, their mother would scold them for sitting outside watching the […]
District judges who came forward to get rid of body trade from women and minors in Neemuch region.
Story idea Ashok parmar Neemuch mp 7415733114 District judges who came forward to get rid of body trade from women and minors in Neemuch region. Direct communication with the women and their families of the Banchhara community. Discussion with young women who have left the sex trade. Young men of Banchara community […]
Gas Stove to a Goat: Teacher Couple Spend 10% of Salary to Help Needy For 6 Years
A school teacher couple, of Pathardi in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar district, have emerged as promising social entrepreneurs helping destitute women, widows, orphans, distressed farmers, needy school children, among others. For the last six years, Popatrao Funde (40) of Waikarwasti Zila Parishad (ZP) Primary School and wife, Anuradha (39) of Ranjani ZP Primary School have been putting […]
SWAN Livelihood Building Capacity through innovative training and learning programme!
Swan Livelihood is a Delhi based start-up that empowers youth through innovative training and learning programmes. It started functioning in January 2020 by imparting training to the youth from the economically weaker sections of the society. The training curriculum involved a comprehensive in-class training followed by connecting the participants to the employers. During the Covid-19 […]