"By education I mean the all round drawing out of body, mind and spirit" - Mahatma Gandhi
Education to us is not limited to "schooling" or "literacy". It is a process of building awareness in society as a whole. This forms the underlying principle of our relationship with our projects. Our projects deal with diverse areas such as non-formal education, mainstream schooling, vocational training, social needs of children, building alternative infrastructure and/or educational models, community-based intervention programs, health care and more. Education is a paradigm of constant learning, of looking around us and remolding the society on the basis of this learning process. Education becomes less meaningful as an isolated provision. We believe that education is one of the prerequisites for bringing about change; and in order to bring about change it needs to be developed in association with other factors such as nutrition, shelter, health care, income generation, public policy, governance, etc. [Read more...]
Current Project List
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Aralu (1999 - present)
Support the operation of two Pre-Primary Day Care Centers, one in Kamthana and the other in Yedlapur in Bidar Taluk of Bidar district.
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Aralu/Belaku (2000 - present)
Support the creation of the Belaku home and also the ongoing operational expenses. This is a residential center for 20 destitute orhpans and child labourers in Bidar who are being nurtured, nourished and motivated to join mainstream schooling.
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Asmita (2001 - present)
Support the education, rehabilitation and training expenses for slow learners. Also support the Rural Community Health Care Program.
[Site visit report (2002)] [Read more...] [Contact] -
Gramya (2001 - present)
Promote education and overall community awareness and development in a marginalized tribal community in the Varanarsi District.
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Navjyoti (2001 - present)
Primary education and non-formal education to underprivileged children, with special focus on girl children in a deprived weaving community.
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Fellowship - Manish Kumar Dhobi (2007 - present)
An innovative project to make health care more accessible to the socially and economically deprived.
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Swadhar (2008 - present)
A community center providing supportive education and reference library for low-income school going group; non-formal education for drop-out children with an aim to get admission into mainstream school; life skills education for adolescent girls and library resources for children, adolescents and parents in one of the slum areas of Pune.
[Site visit report (2008)] [Read more...] [Contact] -
Eureka Quality Improvement Program Tamilnadu (EQUIP) (September 2007)
A proposal to ensure Quality Education for Every Child Proposed by Balaji Sampath
The proposal presents the learning quality problem, their broad solution to the problem and the quantitative and qualitative results that have been acheived so far. It also contains the specific proposal for Vellore District (which is one of the poorest districts as well as one of the worst districts in education standards in the state), followed by the timelines, specific deliverables and expected impact with measures and the budget.
[Read more...] [For more info contact Aditi Bansal]
New Project Proposals
- None at this time
Past Projects List
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Jyotirgamaya (2001 - 2008)
Working with a unique model towards getting 100% attendance by underpriviledged students in government schools in Bihar.
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National Association for the Blind : Junagadh (2006)
Asha Chicago purchased a Braille printer for NAB Junagadh enabling them to publish Braille reading material and helping hem in expanding their Braille library
[Site visit report (2007)] [Read more...] [Contact] Rural Organization for People's Advancement (ROPA) (1996 - 2003)
The organization trains village women to produce Jute handicrafts and how to cutivate mushrooms.
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