by admin | Sep 20, 2024 | Education
Amreen, a 20-year-old from a hamlet in Madhya Pradesh, is a bundle of energy and creativity with a passion for painting, sewing, and teaching. Amreen has lived with a physical impairment since birth and requires assistance with some daily tasks. She was always a keen...
by admin | May 19, 2024 | Education
Savita Keer, 34, recalls the day in 2019 when a CBM India field representative visited her village of Keerpura, Madhya Pradesh, to discuss the Mothers’ Group initiative as part of the ‘Engage, Educate and Empower for Life: Inclusive Hamara Gaon’ project, and how...
by admin | May 19, 2024 | Education
For 8-year-old Gagana from Bengaluru communicating and listening felt like a Herculean chore, because of a speech and hearing impairment she lived with since birth. Like most parents of children her age, Gagana’s parents too had dreams for her but also harbored fears...
by admin | Apr 21, 2024 | Education
A Pikachu drawing, a teddy bear with a heart, and a rangoli design are just a few of the lovely gifts Harshita recently received from her little pupils. A BSc student, Harshita is part of an all-female teaching volunteer team creating inclusive learning environments...
by admin | Feb 19, 2023 | Education, Livelihood
When a community mobiliser from CBM India arrived at Asha’s house in Anekal, Rural Bengaluru, they met 7-year-old Tanvi, a child with Cerebral Palsy Spastic Diplegia who could only communicate with disyllabic words in Kannada. Even though she was enrolled at the...
by admin | Sep 19, 2022 | Education
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic turned the world upside down. 1.5 million schools were closed to stop the spread of the virus. Closing schools and educational organisations and shifting offline education to Zoom classrooms significantly changed students’ lives...
