by Akshara Foundation | Aug 14, 2015 | Akshara Foundation, community, Education, koppal, kushtagi, mundargi, parents, stories
No American visiting India for the first time really knows what to expect. The India that one visualises from the descriptions of travel websites, friends, and relatives is one of stark contrasts between clean and polluted, modernity and tradition, rich and poor. So,...
by Akshara Foundation | Aug 4, 2015 | Akshara Foundation, contest, Fundraise, GlobalGiving, math, photography, support
We’re really excited! Two of our photographs have been shortlisted as finalists for the GlobalGiving Photo Contest ’15. GlobalGiving is the largest global crowdfunding community for nonprofits and Akshara has been associated with them for a while now. Help us win by...
by Akshara Foundation | Aug 3, 2015 | Akshara Foundation, bangalore, lego, Robotics Lab, success stories
I was not conducting any formal classes for the 3rd and 4th standard kids. But I did allow them to come fiddle around every now and then… Most of the time I had to come up with excuses, telling them that they could use the Robotics lab when they came to the 5th...
by Akshara Foundation | Jul 31, 2015 | Akshara Foundation, Akshara Ganitha, teaching-learning materials
Sport is fun, science is nerdy, math is tough. That’s the stuff of legends on which I have been brought up on. For 30 years now, this legend has stayed with me and in many ways I have nursed it – let it grow and insidiously seep into my pores. It’s only a year...
by Akshara Foundation | Jul 30, 2015 | Akshara Foundation, Akshara Ganitha, bangalore, math, measurement, metrics, sarva shiksha abhiyan, teaching-learning materials, TLM, volunteering
We recently pulled out all the contents of Ganitha Kalika Andolana’s big White Box for you. It has a beaded rope, tape, blocks, foamed goodies, measuring tools, and weighing balance etc. In a nutshell, everything a child needs to understand every Math concept in...
by Akshara Foundation | Jul 16, 2015 | Akshara Foundation, Akshara Ganitha, government, government school, math, sarva shiksha abhiyan
The last few days have been really exciting for all of us at Akshara. The first batch of our Ganitha Kalika Andolana kits, 702 of them to be precise, were successfully shipped and delivered. Every success story comes with its share of funny anecdotes and drama. So...
