Sushant – An embodiment of grit and determination
Against all odds, despite all obstacles, hope is what helps sail through tough times…
Twenty-year old Sushant Dehury is an embodiment of grit and determination when it comes to breaking the vicious cycle of poverty & carving a better life for his family and himself.
Sushant and his three siblings were born and raised in Kanjiajharan a small hamlet in Keonjhar district of Odisha.
They belong to the Particularly
Rajadurai – A “king” of his own destiny
Grit, determination, passion, hard work, continuous learner, gratitude…
All the above describe the simple and unassuming Rajadurai from Villupuram.
Raja was born and brought up in a humble backdrop with his parents working as brick kiln workers.
At the brick kiln, the work would be only during nights thereby affecting their health as the sleeping pattern gets altered. Unfortunately, to make ends meet, this was the best his parents
A beacon of “hope” – Vidya Saathi, N. Swapna
Even a single person can make a difference.
And making a meaningful difference is N. Swapna, a Vidya Saathi in the lives of students from V Agrahara village.
Swapna conducts classes for 2 hours everyday teaching the kids foundational Kannada, English and Math.
Her hard work and dedication to improve the learning levels of students is showing results as can be seen from the performance in the final learning
ILP and UST set-up Gram Panchayat Libraries
A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people
So, well said by none other than Dale Carnegie who has authored some of the most extensively read books the world over.
Keeping this motto in mind India Literacy Project has partnered with UST to set-up Gram Panchayat libraries in Tamil Nadu.
What started with 10 libraries in
ILP Hyderabad Chapter Organizes Summer Camp
Making memories that last a lifetime in a fun manner in the summer camp
India Literacy Project, Hyderabad chapter is conducting summer camp for kids aged 5 years & above at MPPS Parvath Nagar & MPPS Nallagandla schools from 25th April to 10th May.
In the summer camp, the kids are learning a horde of things in a fun manner.
Be it yoga, math, art, origami, solving puzzles, language
ILP collaborates with Qualcomm
The ordinary world becomes extraordinary the minute one starts reading…
Opening a whole new world for the kids of Rangareddy and Medhcal-Malkajgiri districts is Qualcomm with its library program Aqriti facilitated by the United Way of Hyderabad.
Qualcomm collaborated with ILP to sponsor libraries in 100 schools and provided 35,000 books. This initiative impacted 8000 students from grades 1 –
Improving Scientific Temper in Government Schools
Curiosity is the mother of science…
Tapping this curiosity in students is India Literacy Project’s science kits.
The science kits provide a space for children to observe, understand, experiment, and discuss various aspects of science and the things around them.
Students can touch, feel and build without fear of breaking expensive items.
The science kit covers:
- 200+ chemistry, physics, and biology concepts
- Everyday items along with a few specialized components
Vidya Saathis – Friends for Education
We can give our children only two things in life which are essential. Strong roots and powerful wings.
India Literacy Project strongly believes and works towards ensuring a solid Foundational Literacy & Numeracy program (FLN) for children in grades 1 to 5.
This is done by Village Learning Centers (VLCs) that are managed by village level volunteers called the Vidya Saathis (VS).
A VLC is a space that is
ILP collaborates with IIT-Madras
Think big, dream big…
India Literacy Project believes in the beauty of big dreams to make a bigger impact and is proud to sign a tripartite agreement with the prestigious institute Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and Government of Tamilnadu, Education Department to nurture scientific temper in class 9-12 students in 250 schools, impacting 1 lac students per year.
This agreement was signed in the
Beautiful poem by class X student
A class X student pens a poem about Career Guidance Program
Class 10 student M. Lokesh from Zilla Parishad High School, Mallepally has penned down a wonderful poem about India Literacy Project’s Ccareer Guidance program that is helping students make an intelligent decision to pursue a career of their choice.
An organisation
With an aspiration
Guiding the children
To make this country a heaven
An NGO
With a blow
Makes youngsters grow
This country to
STEM, STEM, STEM… It’s all about STEM
By Archana Sali
So, how and where does the STEM mindset stem from?
India Literacy Project believes that STEM is not a class you teach, it is a culture you build.
But what exactly does the STEM mindset inculcate?
A mindset grounded in STEM, above all values the process of inquiry. A mindset grounded in STEM, utilizes the scientific methodology to derive evidence-based
Year in Review – 2022
By Sumita Jayaraman
As we start this new year, ILP is moving into its accelerated mode after the last 3 years of disruptions. At this time, it behooves us to take stock of all the work in the past year and celebrate our achievements.
Our greatest achievement was the scaling of our projects, our reach crossing 2.1 million children spanning all