Making Science accessible and fun, the ILP way! By Dr. Sudhira
The class is boisterous as always as they wait for their science teacher to conduct the next class. And she comes in with a couple of balloons and a candle with a matchstick. Before the students realize what is
๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ, ๐๐๐ฟ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฑโฆ
This is what, ๐ฆ๐๐บ๐๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ต๐, Ganeswar Club Field staff did.ย As part of her role, she ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ & ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐, ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป.
During the course of her work, she came across Papina Behera.
๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐
Against all odds, despite all obstacles, hope is what helps sail through tough timesโฆย
Twenty-year old Sushant Dehury is an embodiment of grit and determination when it comes to breaking the vicious cycle of poverty & carving a better life for his family and himself.
Sushant and his three siblings were born and raised in Kanjiajharan a
Grit, determination, passion, hard work, continuous learner, gratitudeโฆย
All the above describe the simple and unassuming Rajadurai from Villupuram.
Raja was born and brought up in a humble backdrop with his parents working as brick kiln workers.
At the brick kiln, the work would be only during nights thereby affecting their health as the sleeping pattern gets altered.
By Suchitra Rao
The second wave of COVID brought about such a strain on the health infrastructure of the country, that it was up to the community and individuals to search and find life-saving medical resources. In this time of need, the entire Team of ILPians, including staff, Trustees and Volunteers collaborated
Born to a mother who is a homemaker and father who works as a plumber, Chandana is the younger of two siblings. She studied in a government school in Khairtabad mandal and came in contact with ILP when she was in the 9th std.ย
ILP had just started
Badagola village lies about 80 kms north-west of the city of Cuttack, Odisha. Itโs a small community of just over 200 people, most of whom are daily wage
labourers.ย There is a single Anganwadi in the village to cater to 13 children of preschool going age. The school
When you enter the primary school in Mandiralvalasa village in Vizianagaram district, you will be greeted with a hearty โGood morningโ from a group of 1st Grade and 2nd Grade children sitting in one shared classroom. The most surprising part of this interaction is the confidence in those smiling faces.
In remote rural villages, children have few real/role models to look up to. Praislin, a young girl from Thirunindravur, Tamil Nadu, was forced to drop her educational aspirations as her father, the sole provider in the family, battled health issues. She was passionate about the English language and wanted to become an English professor.
These young migrant children wandered around the brick kilns, and were being exposed to serious safety hazards. Slowly, yet surely they were also being forced into child labor in the brick kilns. Tamil Nadu is a land of 3,000 brick kilns where 90% of the 300,000 workers are seasonal migrants from within and outside the state.