Recently, I had the opportunity to visit low-cost rural schools in the Sahaspur and Dhanora regions of Western U.P. Up to 2,300 children in these schools are supported by Child Literacy, a fund-raising organization in the U.S. that supports the educational development of children, with a number of projects in India. (I am currently a Board Member of Child Literacy). These schools provide basic education to the children of daily wage earners in what are considered to be some of the poorest parts of the country, where over 90% of the people live below the poverty line, and child labor is painfully common.
In conjunction with my visit, we organized an art workshop for the students in the entire school. Our only instructions to the students were to draw whatever made them happy! It was wonderful to see the whole school come alive, as the students found a rare outlet for their creativity. The students drew everything from their favorite ice-cream and animals, to their dream home and their favorite super-hero!
Learn more about Child Literacy and its projects here.
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