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WOMEN EDUCATION GROUPS & FOOD RESILIENCE - FIRST STEP
PIC: TANYA & FATIMA Tanya: Assalaam waalekum didi, kya haal hai aapke? Masar bibi: Sab khairiyat hai, tu apne suna? Tanya: Mai bhi badiya...
Samanta
Jul 28, 20213 min read


IN OTHER NEWS - JULY 2021
Our Co Founder Prashant got the "REX KARMAVEER GLOBAL STORIES OF RESILIENCE FELLOWSHIP AND CHAKRA AWARDS" Our team member Guneet has been...
Samanta
Jul 28, 20211 min read


WOMEN SPEAK- PART 1
Method Women are the last ones to open up when it comes to speaking in public gatherings. They have a lot to say but the years of...
Samanta
Jul 27, 20212 min read


LEARNING TO BE SETTLED
The Van Gujjar community is a pastoral nomadic community who has been migrating with their livestock since years. The stories of their...
Samanta
May 12, 20211 min read


Education as a Right Vs Education as a Commodity : Tribals, OTFDs & Rural Communities
Education as a Right As per Constitution - Article 21A - The State shall provide free and compulsory education to all children of the age...
Samanta
May 7, 20213 min read


LIBRARIES AS A SAFE SPACE
वन पुस्तकालय एक पहल है जो टौंग्या और वन गुज्जर समुदाय से आने वाले बच्चों के साथ काम करती है। इस प्रयास के द्वारा मैं कहानियों को माध्यम...
Samanta
May 7, 20212 min read


STORIES. SMILES. LEARNING.
LISTENING In 2020 during pandemic we stepped into the world of stories with children. In early days, it was about unlearning a lot of...
Samanta
Mar 21, 20211 min read


THE PAINCHI PROJECT
Early days as we began the journey PAINCHI It is defined as a coming together of "men" from Van Gujjar community to discuss social,...
Samanta
Mar 21, 20212 min read


CROSS CULTURAL SHARING - JAPAN & INDIA 2021
Tanya Khera our founder got an opportunity to engage with children from ETOILE in Japan. She shared our work on education, community...
Samanta
Feb 2, 20211 min read


HUMANS OF THE FOREST V - THE ETERNAL BOND
Nazia is a foster mother to a beautiful girl who is now 10 months old. Nazia got married at a very early age and came to her in-laws...
Samanta
Jan 28, 20212 min read


WHERE? WHY? WHAT?
A one stop 'Q & A' about us Where do we work? We work in the areas of Lower Shivalik range housing "Rajaji National Park & Tiger Reserve'...
Samanta
Jan 28, 20212 min read


कहानियाँ - एक बदलाव की ओर
क्या कहानियों के इस्तेमाल से बच्चों को शिक्षित करने की प्रक्रिया में कुछ बदलाव लाए जा सकते है? क्या कहानियों से किसी की समझ में बढ़ोतरी...
Samanta
Dec 27, 20202 min read


EDUCATION ACCESS FOR WOMEN : PART I
Improving the literacy rates in the country, has been driven by a zeal to enable women to write the names as an art practice module....
Samanta
Dec 27, 20202 min read


HUB & SPOKE MODEL
Samanta aims to carry on its work in Education with Forest Dwelling - Van Gujjar & Taungyas - in the coming times. As we pursue our work...
Samanta
Dec 17, 20202 min read


LOCALISED ENROLMENT SOLUTIONS: FIRST STEPS
PROCESS Over the last two years Samanta Foundation has been working to ensure accessibility of Education for Forest Communities. In line...
Samanta
Dec 17, 20201 min read


“READING BRINGS US UNKNOWN FRIENDS” - SOUND OF STORIES
“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” — Frederick Douglass The Project Based Learning with youth facilitated by Samanta has...
Samanta
Nov 23, 20201 min read


PROJECT BASED LEARNING & YOUTH
Samanta has been working on Project Based Learning with the - Van Gujjar and Taungya -children across the Shivalik range. The youth - men...
Samanta
Nov 23, 20201 min read


#INSPIRINGWOMEN #SHEROES #3 - RUKHMABAI RAUT - #SAMANTASERIES
Rukhmabai was the first female practising Doctor. She was born in the times of British India, the head of the colonial powers was a...
Samanta
Nov 23, 20202 min read


EVOLVING EDUCATION MODELS IN COVID TIMES: FOREST DWELLING COMMUNITIES
Reality Bites Access is an issue even in the 21st century for a slew of services which are part of the Constitutional Dictum. The...
Samanta
Nov 20, 20203 min read


REASONS FOR EFFECTIVE COVID RESPONSE- "memories of truth & trust"
As the country is reeling under the constant "LOCKDOWN" and "UNLOCK" the forest life for communities has started to change. The people...
Samanta
Nov 20, 20201 min read
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