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Samanta
Mar 21, 20211 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...
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Samanta
Mar 21, 20212 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,...
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Samanta
Feb 2, 20211 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...
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Samanta
Jan 28, 20212 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...
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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'...
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Samanta
Dec 27, 20202 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...
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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....
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Samanta
Dec 17, 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...
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Samanta
Dec 17, 20201 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...
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Samanta
Nov 23, 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...
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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...
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Samanta
Nov 23, 20202 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...
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Samanta
Nov 20, 20203 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...
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Samanta
Nov 20, 20201 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...
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Samanta
Oct 20, 20202 min read
HUMANS OF THE FOREST IV - A SUITABLE BOY
Forest Trails In the dense forest among company of animals - elephants, cheetal, snakes, monkeys and many more, a black board is hung on...
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Samanta
Oct 20, 20202 min read
#INSPIRINGWOMEN #SHEROES #2 - SAVITRI BAI PHULE - #SAMANTASERIES
In the modern times, one cannot talk about girl child education without learning about the work done in the past by the amazing woman,...
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Samanta
Oct 20, 20202 min read
JUNGLE LIBRARY NETWORK: AN UNCOMMON IDEA
LIBRARY AS A JHOLA THE TRADITIONAL VIEW The TRADITIONAL understanding of libraries in conventional spaces is a physical space where an...
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Samanta
Sep 20, 20202 min read
#INSPIRINGWOMEN #SHEROES #1 -ROKEYA SAKHAWAT HUSSAIN -#SAMANTASERIES
#THEWOMEN - Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain Rokeya is one of few women from our history who challenged the social injustice against women and...
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Samanta
Sep 16, 20202 min read
WHERE HUMAN NETWORKS WORK, DIGITAL DON'T :)
"भैया जंगल में हमारे पूर्वज 100 साल से रह रहे है, हम तो यहाँ की हर आवाज़, जानवर, पेड़ से वाक़िफ़ है' As we carry on our work in Education...
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