Education
A community driven initiative to educate underserved students in Belgaum District
Belgaum district in Karnataka is a panoply of villages. But, sadly, many students from these villages are struggling to survive the cut-throat competition of the current market of employability due to lack of proper education and opportunities. The villages are surrounded by farmlands of sugarcane and corns and the common occupation for the majority population …
How a successful medical surgeon from Pune gave up his practice to live a medicine-free life by converting a barren land into a thick forest
We are all aware that in today’s time, almost all the life-giving sources are majorly polluted for the sake of urbanization and development which in turn are causing several health related issues and acute diseases. From senile to toddlers, no one is spared by the devastating health impact extended by a reckless trend of consumerism …
The story Pooja Mishra, an IIM C alumnus, who left the corporate jumble to establish a school for hundreds of underprivileged kids in her village of Purasi, Raebarelli
Pooja Mishra, the eldest amongst her 3 sisters, always had her roots deeply embedded in the village of Purasi near Raebareli. But, her parents chose to educate her in Lucknow as there was no place for quality education in Purasi. She completed her schooling from a school affiliated to an International Board, pursued Engineering as …
Bukkaraya Samudram: A school in Andhra Pradesh educating differently abled children through sports and cultural engagement and encouragement
Everyone is differently unique and uniquely different. Bukkaraya Samudram School (BKS) in Andhra Pradesh embodies this notion and employs sports and cultural activities to empower children with hearing and speech impairment. BKS was pitched in 2008 when the Rural Development Trust (RDT) commissioned the school to be a singular institution in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh which …
How Promila Bahudar’s work in spreading computer literacy has empowered hundreds of rural women across Uttar Pradesh
In 1991, India, it wasn’t usual for a 14-year old teenager to teach herself on how to use a computer. But Promila Bahadur accomplished this and what she did with this knowledge has profoundly changed the lives of many young women in a poor village just 15 kilometres from her hometown of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. …
Popular musician and rapper Chance would be donating $1 million to Chicago Public Schools
Popular musician and rapper Chance, whose real name is Chancelor Johnathan Bennett, revealed in the month of March that he would be donating a total of $1 million to numerous Chicago Public Schools. The rapper made the announcement during a news conference at Westcott Elementary School, which sits a few blocks away from where he …
Lost & Found in Translation: How a linguistic start-up Chatter Box is helping hundreds of Refugees in London
Where there is will, there is a way. However, for the refugees, despite the absence of a way, their will remains persistent. This statement mirrors the situation for almost every refugee across the globe. Mursal Hedayat, an Economics graduate, came to the United Kingdom at the mere age of four as an Afghan refugee along …
Science Ashram: An Ashram grooming and producing entrepreneurs, scientists, researchers and artists of tomorrow
In the world of constant approval and competition, there resides a place, where all the young minds are wired and rewired off the tangibility of the preexisting norms of the society. Such a seclusion is called Science Ashram. Science Ashram is an unique hands-on science learning centre where children learn the concepts of science by …