The recent ILP Partners meet in Varanasi brought together key stakeholders to enhance collaboration, share knowledge, and reaffirm a collective commitment to improving education in government schools across India.

The event included a blend of field trips, interactive sessions, and insightful presentations, offering a holistic view of the current educational landscape.

The ILP team visited government schools

Especially, as Indians, we are always surrounded by people speaking in various languages in school, at workplace and the community around.

It’s impossible for us Indians to just live by knowing/speaking one single language whole our life.

And the foundation for learning languages is laid in childhood. That’s when we see and absorb everything around us and

𝗔 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗯𝗮𝗴 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁.

But wait, it’s not all doom and gloom. We can still make a difference!

We can’t erase the past, but we can stop making things worse.

Students, listen up! You’ve got the power to be ecowarriors.

𝗔𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲: Don’t toss those old plastic bags yet! Reuse them until

Using everyday items like a CD, a balloon, and a bottle cap, students can build their own mini hovercraft.

It’s simple. Make a small hole in the cap, glue the cap to the center of the CD, inflate the balloon, and secure it over the cap.

The magic happens when you place this set up over a

ILP’s 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱-𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 (𝗖𝗙𝗟) program in schools aims to foster a love of reading and improve literacy skills in both local languages and English.

Here’s what we provide:

𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆: 350 carefully chosen books, with an additional 150 for larger schools.
𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸: Easy access to the collection.
𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸: A vibrant and inviting space for young readers.
𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁: A Spoken

Learning good table manners at Anganwadi can really help the kids!

It’s not just about being polite, it’s about building important skills they’ll use forever.

𝗚𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗢𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀: Using good manners makes it easier to make friends and have fun together.
𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗘𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: When the kids learn to respect the food, they eat, they are more likely

When it comes to being resourceful, Anganwadi teachers set a practical example worth emulating.

These teachers often need to be resourceful and creative due to limited funding.

Not only the Anganwadi teachers but the entire community comes to help them by collecting locally available resources from the community.

Here are some innovative ways everyone joins hands to create

The India Literacy Project Chennai team held a 2-day annual planning and review meeting in the month of May to assess the past year’s achievements & set strategic goals for 2024-2025. The focus was on introducing new initiatives & creating a detailed action plan to enhance ILP’s interventions.

Highlight of the meeting was the presence of

𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗿𝘀. 𝗥𝗮𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗥𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗷𝗮𝗺 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 are excited to kick off a pilot project focused on 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 in the Athoor and Palani blocks of Dindigul District in 2024. This initiative aims to support 20 Anganwadi children.

To get things started, a 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲-𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗱

Tulasi Munda, an orphan from the remote tribal village of Keonjhar, Orissa, has shown remarkable resilience and determination. She is currently a student at Harichandanpur Girls High School. After losing her parents, Tulasi had to drop out of school, but her journey took a positive turn when Nirakar Munda, a former para-teacher, intervened.

Nirakar reached out