" In Vidarbha, where an average one cotton farmer ends his life every six hours, Mangalabai and Kamalabai are mothers who singularly stand out. After the death of their husbands, they learnt every thing and are raising their family with unnoticed resilience"
Read the whole story here
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Bringing disabled kids back to school
"Shakeera Begum from Mangammana Palya in Bangalore is a housewife. Her husband works as a daily wage labourer but spends all his money on alcohol. Shakira struggles to make the ends meet. The problem is further complicated by the fact that her three children Imran, Ayesha and Shiekh Salman are hearing impaired. She had a tough time getting them admitted into school."
" All this changed when government-funded and NGO-run Integrated Resource Teacher (IRT), Manjulamma came into the picture. Manjulamma was specially trained to handle children with special needs. She spent time with the students with disabilities and helped them learn concepts that they were unable to cope in the regular classes."
Read the whole story here
" All this changed when government-funded and NGO-run Integrated Resource Teacher (IRT), Manjulamma came into the picture. Manjulamma was specially trained to handle children with special needs. She spent time with the students with disabilities and helped them learn concepts that they were unable to cope in the regular classes."
Read the whole story here
Monday, June 11, 2007
Super cool video
Gosh! What an amazing series of concepts ... check out this awesome video called "Shift Happens"
(source: http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=73)
(source: http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=73)
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