Children's Science Congress

PROJECT EXTRACT FOR NATIONAL CHILDREN’S SCIENCE CONGRESSFROM FOOD INSECURITY ( MALNUTRITION)TOBIODIVERSITY --A JOURNEY OF DISCOVERIES(Under the Sub Title – Bio Diversity in Man made and Land Ecosystems )Team : Suresh Dudve – Team Leader Majali J.J. Seetaram Dudve Deewansingh Brahmane Suresh BaroleThe team was supported by almost 60 students of Adharshila Learning Centre, in the field surveys. In a sense the whole Centre was immersed in Bio Diversity.Guide : JayashreeInstitution : Adharshila Learning...

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Bio Diversity Project

Bio diversity Project selected to represent Madhya Pradesh in the National Children’s Science CongressThis is a first for us and all of us are very kicked about it. The science project submitted at the National Children’s Science Congress got selected to represent MP at the National Level conference. Right now the children are in Baramati, Maharashtra participating in the event.As part of the Adharshila curriculum children do a lot of village surveys every year. One of the surveys done last year was to study the extent of malnutrition in surrounding...

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Math Vaato Insaan ko

We in Adharshila sing songs every day morning when we assemble for the school to start & also when we disperse. This is one of them. This song was composed about 18 years back by Vinay Mahajan. In the spirit & the hope for a secular future for our children..........Math vaato Insaan komandir masjid, girjadhar ne, vaat liya bhagwan kodharti vaati, sagar vaata, mat vaato Insaan koHindu kehta mandir mera, mandir mera dhaam haiMuslim kehta mecca mera, Allah ka imaan haidono ladte, lad lad marte, ladte ladte khatham huyedono' ne ek duje pe...

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Invisible support cast

A member of the invisible support cast working really hard & helping us with this blog, installing the "read more code". Infact i met him through blogosphere, some similar musical interests. But it was just great for him to come over & help us, Thank you Manu.He can be seen at http://www.codepencil.com/ & http://www.knowyourraga.co...

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Mahalaxmi has a few things to share

Mahalaxmi from Chennai was a Management Graduate from Symbiosis, Pune. Unlike others of her age and background she chose to work for the education of children who were not fortunate to get good schooling, through Akanksha, an NGO working in Pune and Mumbai. She stayed in Adharshila for One and a half month and put her heart and soul in teaching children. She also helped in developing the math curriculum for the 1st level.Here is what she has to say..........All characters and events mentioned here are real and any resemblance to fiction is purely...

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Life at Adharshila

The full post with more intricate details & more snaps can be read at http://sameersampat.blogspot.com/ Sunday, November 18, 2007Been at Adharshila for 6 weeks and they have already started poking fun of my pensiveness here (they also sell these pretty cool greeting cards as a fundraiser that you can see and read about here) There is a lot to write about and not much time on the net, so I'll let the pictures do most of the talking.My Daily Schedule...

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Greeting Cards

Dear friendsZindabad and a very Happy Diwali.Once again, New Year and Christmas are approaching. The children are gearing up to make new greeting cards as part of their craft activities. Many of you who have been buying cards will say, "Not again" but we persist :-)Craft is vital to the Adharshila learning curriculum as we strongly believe that working with our hands and prdoucing something is a very satisfying and creative learning experience....

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Monthly update from Adharshila

A TravellerNarendra Patil, going on his bike from Leh to Bangalore, dropped in. He’s an old friend from the Attha days. The children were more interested in his heavy Royal Enfeild bike rather than his talk. He stayed with us for 4 days. Most of the time we were discussing our lives in the past 18 years. We met after 18 years – or so !!! He also showed children how to juggle with three balls.And Two VolunteersMahalaxmi and MBA from Symbiosis, Pune and Sameer and Electrical Engineer from the USA reached the same day. While Laxmi is a teaching enthusiast,...

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Natueco farming

Energy, Water and Natueco Farming-an interesting relationshipThis is a hypothesis that Natueco Farming has a strong correlation with how we use energy and water as a resource rather than how we do farming. We believe that the present day conventional farming may be productive and high yielding in the short run but in terms of water and energy use, it is highly inefficient and it is this inefficiency that is the root cause of all problems associated with farming in the long run. Example of Punjab is the most relevant.BackgroundWe define productivity...

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Productive, Fertile & Living Soil

1. Nature’s Soil Building.1.1) Nature has built, various types of soil, for various types of plants, our farm soil is one of it. Mangrove plants grow even in salty seawater, near the seashore. Even dirty gutter & pond soil, has wild mixed greenery, growing in it.1.2) The green patches on both sides of the tarred city roads, or the greenery that appears, on vast waste lands, after the first rains, or the wild weeds growing in our farms, or on the untilled land on, both the compound sides, of our farm, all invite us to observe, to understand,...

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This week in Adharshila

Mirchi WeekThis was mirchi week in Adharshila. After Jaya ordered a drastic cut in the red chilly in the daal and vegetable everybody was talking just about chilies or the lack of it. Chilly is the main spice and a favourite. So Jaya’s action couldn’t havee been taken lying down.The older girls initiated a children’s meeting to canvass for more gun powder.In the meeting Jaya put her point. She used all her persuation skills, and the facts that came out in the malnutrition survey conducted by the amazon group children last year. The survey, had...

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An Appeal for Organic Farmers

Aazadi of a different kind……….@adharshila.learningcentre@sakad_in_badwanidistrict_madhyapradesh.indFlag hoisting on a barren piece of land on 15th August..Part IIn the Kaveri group everybody is laughing at Mangala’s drawing of the flag.Why are you laughing? A woman is unfurling the flag in Divya’s drawing! They exclaimed and started laughing again. So what? Why do you think a woman cannot do the flag hoisting?This set the teacher thinking and it was decided that this year the flag hoisting would be done by a woman. So it was that Sumli Bai, an...

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Report 2006-2007

Dear friends,We are happy to present the 9th Annual Report of Adharshila Learning Centre, Madhya Pradesh, India.Thanks to your support and belief in us and our work Adharshila is one of the leading examples of alternative education in the country.A brief outline of ideas practiced in Adharshila is presented here. Hope you enjoy reading. It will be a great help if you share this report with other friends interested in children, education and those who want to join hands for a good cause. We will send the report to your friends if you can just mail...

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