Children

The Arts – from performance to visual – are amazing tools for telling stories while turning the spotlight on issues in society. Watch how communities freely examine social problems, and derive inspiration for solutions, from these expressions.

Too many schools focus on academic learning while ignoring other aspects of education that are equally important in a child’s development. Seetha Ananthasivan talks about a school in Bangalore that is attempting to make its students’ education more holistic and in-tune with the lessons from Mother Nature.

The National Bravery awards will be given to 25 children for 2016, four of whom will receive them posthumously. The awards were first introduced in 1957, and are given in five different categories. But what are these awards, and how are the awardees selected? Rakesh Dubbudu from Factly takes a closer look.

In a heart-warming gesture, class 2 students of a private school in Rajasthan pooled in money from their piggy banks to buy a wheelchair for a differently abled girl from an underprivileged family.

A former corporate employee, Goutham Kumar realised that his true calling lay in serving humanity. Meet the man changing lives in Hyderabad.

The Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan has severely damaged the lives of the people of the region. Meet the inspirational woman who’s made it her life’s mission to help the women and children of J&K achieve some normalcy in their lives.

Over the past 15 years, the budget for children has remained at 4 % of the entire budget. Clearly, this does not suffice. In this petition to the decision makers of the country, the Indian child talks about the need for greater investments for 39 % of the country’s population, its children.

Despite a sizeable visually-impaired population, India’s Braille literacy ranks among the lowest in the world. This World Braille Day, a new innovation hopes to change that statistic by using unique features to make learning Braille fun and simple for India’s visually-impaired children.

The Government of India’s Mid Day Meal Scheme is the world’s largest school meal programme, serving over 12 crore children across the country. But how does the scheme actually work? Factly takes a closer look.

When their son Arjunuday was born with congenital birth defects, Rahul and Tulika Verma started a foundation to provide quality healthcare to children in Delhi.