On Food Safety Day, We Salute Our Kitchen Heroes
June 7, 2020 is World Food Safety Day, and at Akshaya Patra food safety is prioritized from farm to plate, to ensure the safety of the 1.8 million government school children we feed every day. The heroes behind the seamless production and delivery of hot, nutritious meals delivered daily from our 52 Mega Kitchens are […]
Adversity drives Innovation: Learning in the time of COVID-19
I rejoined the Delhi office of Pratham Education Foundation on March 2nd after a hectic 10-day schedule of shooting a film about the organisation. The team at our Delhi office had just begun to brainstorm on how to use the extensive footage we had shot. Little did we know that within a couple of weeks, […]
Meet 2 Teens on their Journey to Empower Youth
If I am not for myself, who will be for me?If I am only for myself, what am I?If not now, then when? – Hillel Inspired by this saying, Aniket Gupta & Seher Taneja started their journey to inspire & engage youth for leadership through direct participation in the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals by the […]
A Community Came Together to Save Three Sisters
Situated on the Diguru river, Sonapur is a resort town about 20 kilometres from Guwahati in Assam. Surrounded by mountains and lush valleys, it seems like life here would be idyllic. For some it definitely may be, but for three recently orphaned sisters living mostly off the grid, life turned into a nightmare for them. […]
School TV
School TV Schools are closed. Young people are not online. We’re making School TV. 101 stories in Hindi, same-language-subtitled that are airing on DD in Bihar and soon, Rajasthan. School TV teaches children how to make comics, make music, jam in a band, how to make DIY organic home-cleaning solutions, how to grow vegetables, how […]
Impact of Lockdown on People of India: The Case of Uttar Pradesh
Sandhya, a 32-year old widow, lives in Lucknow slums. After recently losing her husband, she now has to take care of their small child on her own. Sandhya migrated from Bihar and worked at a construction site that was, unfortunately, shut in lockdown. She embodies the most vulnerable figure we can think of – a […]
A Quest for Education in the COVID-19 Times
The picture you see is of eight-year-old Sangharsh Kumar, onboard a train that will take him back to his native residence in village Gohana in Uttar Pradesh. Sangharsh’s father has been a factory worker in Ghaziabad for the past 10 years. Like lakhs of other children belonging to migrant families who are travelling back to […]
A radio learning program to build connection, culture of community learning and develop resilience in areas with limited access to devices.
Kshamta Radio – Paathshaala ki Ghanti Bajao in partnership with a community Radio Madhuban 90.4 FM! A radio learning program to build connection, culture of community learning and develop resilience in areas with limited access to devices. About our organization Kshamtalaya Foundation, a for purpose non-profit company founded to support children achieve their true potential. […]
Every Volunteer Made a Difference: COVID-19 Relief Efforts
The unprecedented lockdown across India due to the COVID-19 pandemic brought to the forefront of our collective consciousness the plight of migrant and daily-wage labourers during a crisis. Having left their homes, and often their families, they travel far to make a living, to survive and provide for their families back home. And when the […]
‘Satya Bharti Skill Fest’ – summer camp from home for government school children
The month of May has turned fun and creative for government school children as Bharti Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Bharti Enterprises, launches ‘Satya Bharti Skill Fest’ – an online summer camp filled with activity-based learning. The fest is being conducted under the Foundation’s Satya Bharti Quality Support Program that is currently working in partnership […]
