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Farmers' Group From Punjab Starts "Informal School" For Slum Children
A group of farmers from Punjab's Anandpur Sahib has started an "informal school" in a makeshift tent for local slum children at the Singhu border.
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Kolkata Children, Who Once Aspired To Be Doctors, Teacher, Now Cook-Clean For Survival
At a slum of about 40 plastic covered shacks next to the tracks of Majerhat Railway Station in Kolkata, 15-year-old Priyanka Khatoon has trouble remembering the name of her school. This isn't surprising as she hasn't been to school since March 25 when the nationwide lockdown was imposed to take on the coronavirus pandemic.
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Hit By Coronavirus Crisis, Children In Guwahati Slum Trade Books For Work
Sixteen-year-old Jomsher Ali comes back to his home in Guwahati's Hafiznagar Bustee tired after a long day not from school but work. With school closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Class 7 student has become a daily wager to earn a living for himself and his ailing mother who used to work as a domestic help but has since lost the job.
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Maharashtra Teacher Creates COVID-19 Nursery Rhyme For Kids In Slums
In a bid to create awareness about the COVID-19 pandemic among children in slums, a teacher in Maharashtra's Aurangabad city created a nursery rhyme in Marathi to teach them the 20-second hand-washing routine.
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From Tea-Seller To Cow-Protector, "Unsung Heroes" Who Won Padma Awards
A tea-seller who donates his profits for the education of slum children, a doctor couple who charge Re 1 from patients and a retired IPS officer who set up a school for a Mahadalit community are among the "unsung heroes" who were given the Padma awards this year.
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A School in Jammu That is Changing Lives
Raj Bharti, 75, begins her day doing the rounds of slums in Jammu. Her mission is to convince people to send their children to school.
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These Mumbai Children Wade Through Knee-Deep Sewage to Make it to School
For the children of Sathe Nagar, a slum on the eastern fringes of Mumbai, walking to school is a health hazard and a balancing act. Every day, they have to wade through knee-deep sewage and garbage to cross a 25 metre drain in order to reach their school.
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Sachin's efforts for education of slum children commendable, says his mother-in-law
Tendulkar's mother-in-law Annabel Mehta, who is actively associated with the NGO Apnalaya for the last 40 years, said the retiring batsman was deeply influenced by his father and he sponsors school children in his memory.
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Farmers' Group From Punjab Starts "Informal School" For Slum Children
A group of farmers from Punjab's Anandpur Sahib has started an "informal school" in a makeshift tent for local slum children at the Singhu border.
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Kolkata Children, Who Once Aspired To Be Doctors, Teacher, Now Cook-Clean For Survival
At a slum of about 40 plastic covered shacks next to the tracks of Majerhat Railway Station in Kolkata, 15-year-old Priyanka Khatoon has trouble remembering the name of her school. This isn't surprising as she hasn't been to school since March 25 when the nationwide lockdown was imposed to take on the coronavirus pandemic.
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Hit By Coronavirus Crisis, Children In Guwahati Slum Trade Books For Work
Sixteen-year-old Jomsher Ali comes back to his home in Guwahati's Hafiznagar Bustee tired after a long day not from school but work. With school closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Class 7 student has become a daily wager to earn a living for himself and his ailing mother who used to work as a domestic help but has since lost the job.
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Maharashtra Teacher Creates COVID-19 Nursery Rhyme For Kids In Slums
In a bid to create awareness about the COVID-19 pandemic among children in slums, a teacher in Maharashtra's Aurangabad city created a nursery rhyme in Marathi to teach them the 20-second hand-washing routine.
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From Tea-Seller To Cow-Protector, "Unsung Heroes" Who Won Padma Awards
A tea-seller who donates his profits for the education of slum children, a doctor couple who charge Re 1 from patients and a retired IPS officer who set up a school for a Mahadalit community are among the "unsung heroes" who were given the Padma awards this year.
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A School in Jammu That is Changing Lives
Raj Bharti, 75, begins her day doing the rounds of slums in Jammu. Her mission is to convince people to send their children to school.
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These Mumbai Children Wade Through Knee-Deep Sewage to Make it to School
For the children of Sathe Nagar, a slum on the eastern fringes of Mumbai, walking to school is a health hazard and a balancing act. Every day, they have to wade through knee-deep sewage and garbage to cross a 25 metre drain in order to reach their school.
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Sachin's efforts for education of slum children commendable, says his mother-in-law
Tendulkar's mother-in-law Annabel Mehta, who is actively associated with the NGO Apnalaya for the last 40 years, said the retiring batsman was deeply influenced by his father and he sponsors school children in his memory.
