Learning to learn values
For quite a few months, I have been dwelling on this thought on how to teach values to children (through ILP’s MDLS program we work a lot with High school children and hence that was the focus area). No, I am not an epitome of good values which gives me the right to teach someone values (by the way, no one is an epitome of values and nobody should teach values and I will come to that in a bit), but I couldn’t think of an alternate word for it back when I was thinking about it. I knew values were not about good or bad or right or wrong and I had my own perspective on it, but somehow, it was neither topic enough to engage children nor was it a universal thought… it was just my take on life.
This is no ordinary 71%
Second PU results came out last week. One of the girls, Pragati , supported by ILP scored 71%. Everyone at ILP was extremely happy at the achievement. Even NDTV came over to cover her as part of their series on education. Surprised? And wondering why a girl, who scored 71% marks, became this significant, when the first rank student in Karnataka probably scored 98% or more.
10th Standard results of our ‘Puraskara’ students
Tenth standard results came out last week and this year (2012-13), 9 students of our ILP Puraskara scholarship program appeared for SSLC and their results have been heartening and inspiring. We had a 100% pass percentage with 3 First class, 3 Second class and 3 pass class. Irrespective of their ranks and distinctions their accomplishments are important for all of us because all these children have done themselves proud against all odds.
Increasing enrollment rates – “Anugoonj Education Program”
The Anugoonj Education Program, jointly organized by Mahila Samiti and ILP is showing encouraging results with increased enrollment and consistent attendance in the Chhatarpur District in Madhya Pradesh.Mahila Samiti is an NGO (non-government organization) committed to the empowerment of women and children in the Chhhatarpur District in Madhya Pradesh. India Literacy Project (ILP) has partnered with Mahila Samiti since 2009, working together in 9 villages in the Bijawar block of Chhhatarpur District.
Visit to Gubbi- Session on Environmental Awareness- Jan 29th 2013
Kids assemble in the Gubbi Learning Center on Sundays, from the nearby villages some as far out as 18 Kms. The subject matter for today’s session was Environmental Awareness. In the spirit of keeping the sessions participatory, the day kicked off with a quick warm up session with kids sharing their ‘guri’ or goal in life- (‘guri’ is Kannada for goal). The energy that was pouring out of each of them when their turn came to share their life ambition was inspiring- names complete with the details of initials followed by stellar dreams- lots of aspiring doctors, engineers, policemen, army men, district collectors, with only one aspiring dancer, teacher and very interestingly only one software engineer!
2013 Events
- ‘An Evening for Literacy’ – ILP Annual Dinner, Oct 19, 2013
- Join us for “An Evening for Literacy” on Oct 19th 2013 at the ILP Annual Fundraising dinner.
- ‘China Tea’ – A musical show by Swaram – Sep 21-22, 2013
- ILP Partners Meet – Aug 2-4, 2013
- ILP supported NGO partners meet to share information on program implementations, lesssons learned and unique solutions. In addition
- ILP supported NGO partners meet to share information on program implementations, lesssons learned and unique solutions. In addition
2012 Events
- An Evening for Literacy – Oct 2012
- ILP Cultural Event – ILPFEST – June 2012
- Race for Literacy – May 13,2012 (5k/10k Run/Walk)
- Team ILP at The Relay – May 2012
- 200 mile Relay from Calistoga to Santa Cruz.Saturday, May 5, 2012 to Sunday, May
- 200 mile Relay from Calistoga to Santa Cruz.Saturday, May 5, 2012 to Sunday, May
From Newspaper Delivery Boy to Entrepreneur!
I remember him as a boy with a perpetually serious expression. Purushotham stood out from the rest of his group because of his fluency in English and his conversational skills. He was only thirteen years old at the time when he first became associated with ILP. In 2005, Purushotham was selected by ILP under its scholarship initiative, the Puraskara scheme. At that time, he was studying in the 8th standard, at a government aided school in Bengaluru's Yeshwantpura suburb.
2011 Events
- An Evening for Literacy – 2011
- Race for Literacy – 2011
Merry Christmas from the children
India Literacy Project supports a community library for children in Yeshwantpur, Bangalore, India. Our Bangalore chapter volunteers conducted a drawing and painting session based on the theme of the upcoming Christmas festival on Dec 13th 2009 at the Sunnadagoodu library.
A volunteer’s perspective on Partners Meet
How easy it is to label things and get carried away by the implications of that label. A ‘Partners Meet’ must clearly be for our NGO ‘Partners’. The themes and discussions must be beneficial to their work and from a development perspective. It would probably help them to work more effectively for the marginalized sections of the society. Ergo, if you are not a partner or working in this field, this might probably be of little relevance. I think this attitude probably sums up why problems never get solved in our country. .. Because we never think of ourselves as part of the solution.