'Holistic Development'for 300 Poor Kids in India

Dear friend,

Greetings from IDEA!

 A very big thank you for your continued support to the holistic development of many underprivileged children! Needy children whose families struggle to provide 2 square meals a day have found IDEA study centres – a safe sanctuary where they come to learn and to enjoy life!

As you know, along with focus on improving their fundamental learning skills (Reading, Writing & Comprehension), we also strive to bring out their hidden talents through various Art & Craft activities. Many life skill sessions and exposure visits are also conducted for their all-round development. 

In the run-up to Diwali  - festival of lights, children enjoyed drawing, colouring, making masks, wall hangings and the most important of all  - colourful lanterns to celebrate the spirit of Diwali. They decorated their study centres with their hand-made crafts on the occassion of Diwali parties conducted by their study centre teachers. 

Like every year, we conducted story – telling workshops where children were given many story books to read out aloud. Afterwards, they are asked questions on the stories and were encouraged to discuss the morals of each stories. So they get value-based education while also having fun!

Another reason for excitement was – TABLET – A magazine for the children, by the children! This magazine is the testimonial to the impressive progress of our study centre children. It is their creation, right from the art-work to the content – poems, stories, essays and tasty recipes. Seeing their poems and essays featured in the magazine filled the children and their parents with pride!

Diwali is celebrated with much fan-fare in India, there are lights, people buy new clothes and eat the best sweets. But there are many families who spend the festival in darkness. This Diwali, with the help of many generous donors like you, we gifted the study centre children – sweets, snacks, educational games and festive clothes.

Thank you, dear friend, many underprivileged children are moving from darkness towards the light of knowledge because you care!

Please continue donating to this project, there are many more futures to be built!

Links:

• IDEA website
• IDEA Annual Report 2018-2019

Dear friends,

Greetings from IDEA!

To live life to the fullest, one needs to be physically and mentally healthy and free from all diseases. Good health is as much about a well-functioning body as it is about cleanliness of one’s surroundings. It is only when we keep our surrounding environment clean and exercise daily we can achieve good health. To drive home this message children from our community based study centres participated in Cleanliness awareness rallies and enjoyed Yoga sessions recently.

IDEA study centres ensure holistic development of underprivileged children through various activities. Our aim is to provide all-round development of children so that they possess necessary life skills and good values which can hold them in good stead in the future.

At our study centres, children are taught the importance of keeping the environment clean in order to maintain health and hygiene of surroundings. They are taught the importance of saving water, refusing use of plastics and planting trees. It is important that other members of their communities also are made aware of these lessons hence we organized rallies in various parts of the city. All children participated enthusiastically. Some made colourful posters with messages like “Keep your surroundings clean”, “Save trees, plant trees” and “Segregate wet and dry waste”.  

Some little children gave their rally a pilgrimage look, dressing up as pilgrims and carrying holy tulsi plants on their heads. In this way the children learnt that it is important to educate others in the society on benefits of cleanliness and importance of environment so that the whole society can contribute to the cause.

IDEA also conducted Yoga sessions to promote the importance of exercise. The yoga experts demonstrated many yoga poses especially for children. They learnt about how regular Yoga practise can keep them in good health, both mentally and physically. The children not only enjoyed doing the various Yogasanas (yoga exercises) but also found them very useful.

Friends, thank you so much! It is with your generous support that we are able to carry out these activities. Please continue contributing to this project.

Links:

• IDEA Facebook page