We started the semester on 2nd May, with the Ahavaan project – Sisters Vedi and Pakhi Sinha, and Sumant. They took the children through an interesting journey of Kabir. The children for the last two years have been singing Kabir songs, one of the favourites being ‘zara halke gaadi hako mere rRam Gaadi wale’. Vedi discussed what we saw as Ram in this song and slowly went through the lyrics. The melody and the meaning slowly filled the air with a light fragrance of a spirit of sorority and fraternity. The group also included some children from the neighbouring Araria Public School.
Sumant strums the guitar to ‘halke gadi hako’, at the interaction with the children in the jeevanshala
After the break
After a break when students come back the jeevanshala, usually the saturday workshop uses theatre to unwind and readjust to the jeevanshala, which is now home for the children for the coming semester. These saturday workshops in May focused on bullying, education and health.
Learning continued to be a focal part of the jeevanshala in May.TL and children led learning sessions, where one of the boys created a bubble blower and Gyansha led a classroom session.
Shramdan is an integral part of being in the jeevanshala. In our cultural context thought women do back breaking labour, they are not given access to the ‘skilled’ part of unskilled labour, but here our young girls lead the digging of the compost pit, with a ‘kudal’ (spade).
Mosamat Budhiya Shiksha Nirman Sangathan 