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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’. VediContinue reading “May, 2023 – Starting the semester with Ahavaan project- The Kabir Journey!”

This was a month of send offs, as we said bye to Tannu, Priyanshu and Sachin who stepped out into the world to join different schools. The children shared little little things which made them bond with the students who were leaving and the TLs also presented them with flowers and wished them the veryContinue reading “Continuing Classroom Pedagogy”

The Puppetry Workshop The Mosamat Budhiya Jeevanshala, did not close in the coldest period this January because we had a workshop with Katkatha, from January 2 to 5, 2023. The facilitators Anurupa and Asha, made it to far off Araria, in spite of missing their scheduled train. Despite the cold all the children were excitedContinue reading “January 2023- Starting on the right footing, in the bitter cold”

Cataloguing Books for the library The month started with about a thousand books being unpacked. These were mostly English books for children sent by friends, who were running a library in Dumraon but for various reasons found it difficult to continue the library there and decided to donate the books for the Jeevanshala children. TheContinue reading “March, 2023 – Last month of the academic year”

What a year we have had! So much learning, unlearning, re-learning, and co-learning. This year, our children have surprised us, strengthened us, and sustained us. And we hope that they continue to flourish in years to come… A highlight of this month was the sports day. We value sports at Jeevanshala not just for theContinue reading “December 2022: ending the year strong”

The month of November was full of usual activities mixed with a few extraordinary ones. We welcomed the students back on November 15th, and all students lined up and cheered for each other as seen in the photo below. It is this kind of togetherness and solidarity among students that keeps us going. Have youContinue reading “November 2022- a month of usual & extraordinary”

Though the centre officially, closed in the first week of October. The Teacher Learner (TL) Team, went to Bhopal for the first exposure visit. Please do browse below for a short photo update of October at the Jeevanshala. L-R : Discussion on Gandhi Jayanti, captured on the board cloud; Special Shramdan – Senior students makeContinue reading “The October, 21 Holiday for the Jeevanshala”

The idea that we all learn from each other is beautifully illustrated below, where students help each other learn the making of brooms from palm frond. A skill only a few teacher learners (TL) have. Our children are fascinated with colours, for them a cat on paper is not the usual boring browns, whites, butContinue reading “September, 2021 at the Jeevanshala”

This is the script of a play the children came up with, when making use of English words, learnt for family relations like mother, father, uncle, aunt, sister, brother and others. Mithun jotted down the script exactly as how the the children did it.