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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An invitation to become a partner in the Education

An interesting educational experiment is taking shape in a corner in rural Western Madhya Pradesh. The Bhils, Bhilalas & Barelas who inhabit this region are part of the country’s indigenous population. Even today most villages of the region suffer from lack of electricity, water, access roads, education, medical facilities etc. The best land has been lost to non-adivasi/tribal settlers. From a forest based & marginalized agricultural economy; they are either becoming a wage based economy where the forest and land base have eroded. In places...

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