Education

A 7-year-old girl was found begging in Dehradun in 2011. She had only one arm and leg, and was the sole breadwinner in her family. Today, she has a prosthetic leg, is a brilliant student of Class 5, and writes beautiful songs. All thanks to one Dehradun-based organisation.

With the success of Banjarapalya Makerspace, Abhijit Sinha is inspired to create similar classrooms across the country.

Khimjibhai has been donating books and uniforms to poor girls for the last 13 years, from the money he makes through begging.

Prayatn Sanstha has implemented 16 programmes on health, gender sensitisation, education, and livelihood promotion in 512 villages across Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh in the last couple of decades.

Though the northeast states are often clubbed together, in many cases, there are wide differences between them.

Aman, a boy from Mungaska in Rajasthan, has discovered a whole new world out there. All thanks to Community Information Resource Centres.

An education is empowerment. An education gives a student the world, hidden within the pages of a book or the words of a teacher. An education to a child is what a cocoon is to a caterpillar: an opportunity to grow wings and enter the world as a beautiful mind. (Based) Ashwini Charitable Trust supports underprivileged children in their quest for just such an education.

Pat Farmer will pass through cities like Mumbai, Surat, Ahmedabad, Udaipur, Ajmer, Jaipur, Agra, New Delhi, and Chandigarh.

A Non-Resident Indian (NRI) made his way back to India to work on the issue of girls’ education in rural Uttar Pradesh. His interesting initiative has girls getting Rs 10 for every day of school attendance and even a toilet at home if the attendance exceeds 70%. But the biggest reward is watching the young women get empowered to work and become independent.

What started as a small gesture, of feeding underprivileged children, by 31-year-old Darshan and his friends has turned into a full-blown movement.