It’s sunny winter noon and as I wander in the jam-packed and over occupied streets of Anna Nagar, I wonder how life here would happen to be. But my wondering work soon comes to a cease as I step inside the gates of the Pehchaan The Street School. The rainbow-painted walls and hopeful faces of […]
Winters are here & temperature is falling below 5 degrees in Delhi. Do you feel the chills? Probably not!! Because you have heaters, blankets & good warm clothes but not everyone has the same privilege. There are thousands of people who we see, every day, on streets, who don’t have proper houses or heaters […]
So, here we are with 2nd event of #Shikshaantar. When we started it, we were still unsure of how we are gonna take this ahead. With limited donations & huge number of children to cater, we started Project #Shikshaantar But with your love & support, here we are completing the second event under our dream […]
A simple question by a young, inquisitive little mind, can create a storm and bring a much needed change to the world. This is exactly how the facile intention of celebrating the wonderful festival of Eid Ul-Fitr was conceptualized and turned into reality. A seven-year old student of Pehchaan, asked one of the volunteer teachers […]
You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation -Brigham Young There was a time when people thought that it was not necessary to educate girls. Now we have begun to realize that girl’s education is important. They are competing with men in all spheres of life. […]
‘ Having children is not about reproduction-you are creating next generation of the people.This is a tremendous responsibility! ‘- Sadhguru As we all know the saga that continues from generation to generation is to give birth to children and carry forward the human race.Have we focused on the responsibility that comes along with the outcome? […]
Pehchaan- an initiative to help underprivileged children get their identity. A few young minds came forward to help slum children with basic learning. The idea of Free Education encouraged many youngsters to come forward and join the team and help in spreading the message of free education. Education– a Single word, that has the power […]
Focus on skill based education. Our education system is geared towards teaching and testing knowledge at every level as opposed to teaching skills. “Give a man a fish and you feed him one day, teach him how to catch fishes and you feed him for a lifetime.” I believe that if you teach man […]
As the Saying goes Food Shelter Clothing are the bare minimum necessities of life, the rights of every human being; but this is incomplete without the mention of education. Education is the nutrition of mind; it nourishes and nurtures ones thoughts and conscience. Apart from making an individual self-dependent it also helps in proliferating […]
Education if looked at beyond its conventional boundaries forms the very essence of all our actions. What we do is what we know and have learned, either through instructions or through observation and assimilation. The importance of education in society is indispensable and cohering, which is why society and knowledge cannot be ever separated into […]
