Going to School in India - Mini-Books for Children

Summary

'Going to School in India' books are a celebration of 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 with solar lanterns. Each story features a real school in India where children come together to learn lessons that are relevant to their lives. These books are distributed to schools in slums and villages in India, children read about other children's experience of going to school and send us their reactions & feedback on a postcard. progress report read updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Millions of children in India drop out of school because education does not seem to be relevant to their lives and they are not inspired to go to school. There are no stories of children going to school in India told through the perspective of a child.

Activities

Going to School in India communicates with children about children, working to inspire change in schools by celebrating stories of activity-based learning. It envisions that children can begin to understand each other through what they know, through the shared experience of going to school. Books will be distributed for free to schools in slums & villages in India. Children will read these books and will send us their responses to the books on a postcard.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: £9,143
Remaining Goal to be Funded: £3,583
Total Funding Goal: £12,726

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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

Children in this story go to school at night because they don't have time during the day. We have time all day and still don't go to school or come back early. We should go to school everyday.
- Pooni Saura, Age 9, Bilaspur District, Madhya Pradesh

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 (nominal)

Organisation

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

Learn more about Going to School Fund and the project team.

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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 January 06, 2012.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

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

Latest Update from the Field

Going to School books to more schools in Delhi

By Amina Kidwai - Project Director, April 13, 2011 10:58 AM

Going to School in India

Description: Going to School books are a celebration of what school can be.

10 mini books tell the story of going to school in India through the eyes of a child who goes to school in places as unusual as a mud desert, in the dark, on a mountaintop and by a wheelchair.

Going to School on a Mountain Top
Going to School in a Tribe
Going to School in the Dark
Going to School in the Middle of a Lake
Going to School in a Tent
Going to School on Wheels
Going to School in a Temple
Going to School under a Mango Tree
Going to School by the Sea
Going to School on a Railway Station Platform

Target Audience: Children age 8 to 14

Print Run: GTS printed 1000 sets of mini books in Hindi.

Schools

Now we aim to reach over 100 schools in Delhi. These will be private aided or unaided schools. The monthly fee for these low-cost private schools is really minimal and most children living in slums attend these schools. By sending books to these schools we will be able to reach a group of children we have not been able to reach ever before.

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