Wedding Card on Recycle Paper

From Rags to Stitches : Times of India Gurgaon Edition Coverage

USAY and INDHA

I strongly believe that education is a very powerful instrument to social empowerment. Unfortunately, many children are being denied the right to education because of socio-economic issues. As a consequence, we have NGOs like Literacy India who tirelessly works to uplift underprivileged women and children by providing them that opportunity to develop their capacity to grow to be self-reliant. In all honesty, I feel really lucky to have been part of the Literacy India family.

Once part of the family one has to contribute in any way to demonstrate their sensitivity to the family values that one aspires to uphold. So, when I heard about the opportunity to fund raise for Literacy India in Toronto, I was very excited yet nervous. I was excited because having been part of Literacy India for two months before heading back to Toronto for my fall semester to showcase the products made by the women in Toronto would create a much bigger platform. Nervous because I was the only one who was carrying out the fund-raising event, nevertheless, it turned to be one of those best learning experiences. Thanks to Indraani Maam, Satya Sir and Vikas Sir that I was able to carry out such a project abroad. If it had not been their faith on me and support, today I would never have had such a desire to work in the developmental field. Certainly, it was one of those challenging yet satisfying projects. Challenging because of the time, having been a full time student and worked part-time on campus in university, I had to ensure that I did a certain number of sales within a week. Satisfying on the other hand, because I pushed myself to a great extent where I discovered effective ways to fund-raise which ultimately became my greatest strengths. Part of the process was talking to professors and students who were passionate about education, girl’s rights, development and human rights and India where I got to learn about other NGOs in Africa and Asia and development models in the field of education. It was wonderful to see the humbling appreciation by the students and professors of the products, not only were they interested in the products, I was able to engage them in a discussion about Literacy India’s work and their method of imparting education and finding means to achieve livelihood. In 3 semesters, I was able to fund-raise CND $ 2965.

This experience by far has been one the greatest one and I urge everyone to support organizations like Literacy India who tirelessly works towards their cause to generate educated and self-reliant Indians.

Written by 

Harparamjot Hans (Remy)

BAGHI SAMRAAT

The costumes made by INDHA Women and Children of Literacy India on a stage show in Delhi/ chandigarh / Millimeter as Samraat in Rustam - Sohrab `s adaptation - BAGHI SAMRAAT

Newspaper coverage of Chandigarh Show by Literacy India Children

On the 4th of June 2010 LI children staged the play “Baghi Samrat” at the BAL Bhawan in Chandigarh. This was done in partnership with the Department of Social Welfare Chandigarh and the support of the Director Women and Child Welfare, Mrs. Manju Bhalla.

The play was staged to an audience of about 300 spectators. Mr. Rajive Bhalla, hon’ble Judge, Punjab & Haryana High Court very graciously agreed to be the Guest of Honour even at a short notice.

A sizeable number of other important people from the city including academicians, theatre personalities and prominent government officials attended the show and as a result we have a minimum of 4 offers to perform in the city alone as they were impressed by the theme of the play and the performance of the children. It was indeed heartening to receive such a response despite it being a holiday season and most of the perspective audiences out of the city. There was wide coverage in the Press as a large number of Newspapers and the local TV channel covered the show. Prominent newspapers were, The Times of India, The Indian Express, Hindustan Times, Punjab Kesari, Dainik Bhaskar and Aaj Samaaj.

Literacy India by Aamir Khan