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Going to School in India - Mini-Books for Children

Summary

"Going to School" (GTS) is a multimedia project for children that celebrates what school can be. The project provides a series of 10 mini-books in regional Indian languages and also inspiring movies. progress reportread updates from the field


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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Millions of children across India would benefit; five languages would reach 25 million children. "Going To School" is making a series of inspiring mini-books in regional languages for children across India to be given away free. GTS requires support to develop books in five languages, test stories with children and print the books so partners (state governments/NGOs) can provide the books to millions of children. Each set of books in one language requires $2,500 to translate and test.

Activities

Translating stories into five regional languages, re-writing, testing with children, adjustments, flowing the text on the on the design templates, printing one small print run and talking to partners about providing the books to children free.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: £7,334
Remaining Goal to be Funded: £5,392
Total Funding Goal: £12,726

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Children will learn more about other children across India and begin to understand each other. Also, the books celebrate school, so children will want to learn more. They may even attempt to read books they have otherwise found difficult.

Project Message

"Do helicopters land in your country? In mine they do."
- Suresh Kumar, Age 9, government primary school

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Lisa Heydlauff,
Director
D-12 A
Kailash Colony
New Delhi, New Delhi 110048
India
011 41739945 - 48
Email:

Project Sponsor

Ashoka Innovators for the Public

Organisation

Going to School Fund Logo Going to School Fund
D-12/A Kailash Colony Ground Floor
New Delhi, New Delhi 110048
India
91-11-41739945-48
http://www.goingtoschool.com

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in India and can also be found under Children.

For more information about India, read the Human Development Report on India or the Wikipedia entry for India.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on July 23, 2010.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 23, 2004.

Latest Update from the Field

Children's responses after reading the books

By Amina Kidwai - Project Director, May 13, 2010 09:13 AM

Going to School in India – a series of 10 mini books

Going to School in India mini books that celebrate what school can be from going to school in a tent in the middle of a mud desert to going to school in the dark, 10 such stories about children going to school in India. The books have been translated in regional languages and nine Going to School in India movies reached millions of children across India through national television.

Going to School in India series present many different kinds of schools and organizations, diverse religions and children across India – from street kids to kids who go to government schools. It tells stories that make children want to go to school stay in school and to dream of possibilities.

Going to School in India communicates with children about children, working to inspire change in schools by celebrating stories of activity-based learning. Communicating with children within India as well as children around the world, it envisions that children can begin to understand each other through what they know: the shared experience of Going to School. In this way shared rights, responsibilities, understanding and change are possible, both within India and around the world.

100 sets of Going to School in India mini books in Oriya were distributed to schools supported by Save the Children Fund in Orissa.

45 sets of Going to School in India mini books in Hindi were sent to schools run by non-profit trusts in Delhi and its surrounding areas.

The 10 books in this series are –

Going to School in a Mud Desert

Going to School on Wheels

Going to School in a Tribe

Going to School on a Mountaintop

Going to School on a Railway Station Platform

Going to School in a Temple

Going to School in the Dark

Going to School by the Sea

Going to School in the Middle of a Lake

Going to School under a Mango Tree

Children’s Responses to Going to School in India mini books

“I read all the books and got to know that children from backward communities like us can get help from government and other organizations to study. Now I know that I too can fulfill my dreams.”

Badababae Juri, 8 years, Government Upper Primary School, P.O. Jogi Mundra, District Balangiri, Orissa

“Why doesn’t everyone have someone like SANCHAR in their life to fulfill your wishes?” (Going to School on Wheels)

“I have friends too but they are not strong like Haider’s friends.” (Going to School on Wheels)

Ratna Manjusa Sahoo, 11 years, Jogo Pura, Secondary English School, Sambalpur, Orissa

“Now I know more about my country, I learnt that Patna is the Capital of Bihar.”

Aakash Swain, 10 years, Loka Para Government Upper Primary School, District Balanagar, Orissa

“I did not know that a school can be at a railway platform as well and I loved the puppets. It must be so much fun to learn with puppets.” (Going to School on a Railway Station Platform)

Anju Malik, 8 years, Very Special Arts India School, New Delhi

“Devki works during the day and goes to school in the evening; I was inspired by her story. All girls should be as hard working and driven as Devki.” (Going to School in the Dark)

Aarti Malik, 12 years, Very Special Arts India School, New Delhi

“Can you actually have a school under a Mango Tree? I had never seen or heard of such a school. We study in a room with tables and chairs and still we find it hard to pay attention to the teacher. These children must find it so hard to concentrate and study under the tree in the sun. I enjoyed reading these books and read them over and over again.” (Going to School Under a Mango Tree)

Kanchan, 7 years, Deepalaya School, New Delhi

“Children in Kashmir go to school in a lake; they don’t have classrooms or sufficient number of teachers to teach them at school. It is so difficult for them to go to school. I had never heard of a school like this. Why doesn’t anyone help these children?”(Going to School in the Middle of a Lake)

Bulbul, 9 years, Navsrishti, New Delhi

“From this story I learnt that people of all castes and communities have the right to go to school. It is amazing that children are getting education relevant to them, about their environment and about things around them. This is how schools should be.” (Going to School in a Tribe)

Kapil, 9 years, Manzil, New Delhi

“We would also like to go to the government and talk to the people there about our problems.” (Going to School in the Middle of a Lake)

Phulsum, 9 years, Salaam Balak Trust, New Delhi

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