Autism and India
– Chinmayi Bhavani Shankar By one definition, autism is defined as a developmental disorder that appears in the first 3 years of life, and affects the brain’s normal development of…
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They too need our help to grow!
– Abraham Pabbathi 1.5 million, that’s the number of kids who go to sleep without a home each year. No we are not talking about some third world country; these…
Navjyoti Annual Souvenir Release
Navjyoti India Foundation was established in 1988 by Kiran Bedi and a group of police officers to promote welfare policing which resulted in the drug de-addiction program. Since then Navjyoti…
The Unbelievable
– E S Ramamurthy [Founder of Sikshana Foundation] I visited the school at Kothavarapalle in the Madanapalle cluster recently. This one looked no different from the others till I saw…
Gram Vikas Trust-Sikshana in Gujurat
– Ramesh Kasondra and Vijay Vemulapalli Vibha-Sikshana partnership has crossed another milestone. Vibha approved a new project with GVT (Gram Vikas Trust) in Gujarat implementing Sikshana model in 15 schools,…
Imperiling public education
– E. S. Ramamurthy (As published in http://indiatogether.org/2011/jan/edu-rtepds.htm) Most private schools are not elite at all, contrary to public perception, and the Right to Education Act will let them run…
Reduce and Reuse Plastic – Save the environment! If children can do this, so can you!
The children of Sevalaya school in the village of Kasuva near Thiruninravur about 42 kms west of Chennai participated in the 2010 Design for Change contest along with 250,000 children…
Update on Gram Vikas Trust-Sikshana joint venture – Letter from Zankhana Patel
Dear All Friends, This is to share with you all on how the joint venture of GVT – Sikshana is shaping up: The GVT – Sikshana venture took off with…