Global Education Committee Established

As you may already have heard, we have now established a global educational committee. Members of this committee are from India, Australia, and the United States, and will be working to create an educational model and curriculum to be used in Sangam India projects, both current and future. The following message was sent to members of the Facebook group "Sangam India Educational Committee" by Vasundhra Jain, our Director of Infrastructure, part of the Groundwork division.

"Hey guys, I'm vasundhra and I head the infrastructure committee under which the education department operates. Now I want to get started on the lesson plans of the education program that happens every week. Basically for people who haven't attended the education program, we conduct lesson plans for the kids. The lesson plan usually consists of a educational activity and a health lesson. We need help in planning out the educational activities for the kids. Keep in mind a couple of things when planning out an activity:

1) It should be educational. by this I don't mean academic oriented. It can incorporate things like creativity, team building exercises, values, ethics.
2) Easy to understand and execute
3) Entertaining for the kids

There are certain goals that we want to reach with the educational program which are listed on the blog and on the facebook group.

We also need help in coming up with activities for the elder boys( 10-15 yrs). we haven't been able to get them involved and it's really important because the little boys look up to the older kids, and some role models would play a great role in their lives.

If you have any other ideas or suggestions please feel free to share them.
It's really important that we get this program going because we can really make an impact in the lives of these kids. If we can succeed in this goal we can use these models and lesson plans in other communities in need.

Thanks a lot,
-VASUNDHRA"

If you are interested in joining the committee, please email vasundhra@sangamindia.org or nivedita.gunturi@sangamindia.org, or visit the Facebook group here.