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Samanta
Sep 16, 20201 min read
EDUCATION LEADS TO COMMUNITY KITCHEN GARDEN
As part of our work during the COVID times we initiated sessions and sharing of material with the community to be self independent in the...
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Samanta
Sep 16, 20201 min read
COVID RESPONSE PHASE II
Phase II COVID RESPONSE on Sanitary and Menstrual Health by Samanta. In Phase II Samanta has been engaged in 1. Organising women in small...
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Samanta
Jul 9, 20201 min read
COVID RESPONSE PHASE I
Image - Community as Enabler and Leading the Charge Phase I COVID RESPONSE on Sanitary and Menstrual Health by Samanta. Aspart of...
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Samanta
Jul 3, 20203 min read
शिक्षा और शिक्षा प्रणाली
आज की शिक्षा से हम क्या समझते है? हर रोज़ विद्यालय में जाकर शिक्षकों ने जितना बोला, उसे दिमाग का उपयोग किए बिना ही रट लेना शिक्षा है? या...
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Samanta
Jun 30, 20203 min read
One year of learning to Educate
The quest for mindful education can be felt by every individual in the contemporary world. Students across the world experience...
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Samanta
Jun 22, 20203 min read
COVID Response in Education : Voices from Grassroots (Forest Dwellers)
The True Picture A father says "Bhaiyya humare bachche ghar par toh sirf khelenge, saara samay aise hi nikal dete hai" These words come...
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Samanta
May 30, 20201 min read
SAMANTA SCHOOL ANTHEM- समानता विद्यालय गान
हम सब अच्छे बच्चे है, पूरे मन के सच्चे है, खूब पढ़ेंगे आगे बढ़ेंगे। - २ वन उपवन के वासी है, वन जीवों के साथी है, खूब पढ़ेंगे आगे बढ़ेंगे।...
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Samanta
May 30, 20202 min read
HUMANS OF THE FOREST III- fierce WOMAN
"arre ye sab kya jaante hai, ab toh sab yu hi ho jata hai; mujhse pooch mein bataun tujhe asli baatein" Anita (name changed) is a one of...
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Samanta
May 30, 20201 min read
COVID RESPONSE : SAMANTA ON GROUND ZERO
As the community is back post quarantine with all healthy and zero COVID positive cases as of today. We are trying to capture the loss of...
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Samanta
May 30, 20204 min read
COVIDs Impact on Digital Education : Localisation for Forest Dwelling and Peripheral Communities
Ongoing Actions In the past 8 weeks (COVID-19 lockdown) the area of education is undergoing a grand churning. The urban and rural gaps...
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Samanta
Apr 27, 20202 min read
Humans of Forest - II
SHEETAL- A mother who dreams Sheetal ( name changed) is a young mother to four lovely kids. She got married when she was 16 years of age....
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Samanta
Apr 27, 20203 min read
Forest School: 2018 ~ 2020, A Timeline
As we sit out in walls amidst the current COVID pandemic, we at Samanta Foundation contemplated on our journey. In this read we intend to...
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Samanta
Apr 27, 20203 min read
Post COVID scenario for rural and forest dwellers
What we see? The post COVID world would be build on the ideas of - 1. Social Distancing 2. Isolation 3. Quarantine 4. Suspectful of Viral...
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Samanta
Apr 27, 20202 min read
COVID - 19 RESPONSE
m-lp.co/vangujj A young Van Gujjar man is COVID + and as a result her 6 month old girl and wife have been quarantined along with the...
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Samanta
Mar 26, 20202 min read
Humans Of Forest - I
RUBINA - The Girl who owns the Sky Rubina is a 16 year old young girl. Like many girls living inside the forest, she never went to...
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Samanta
Mar 26, 20202 min read
Community Books - A Step Towards Localised Content
Samanta Foundation has been working towards developing localised content. The idea of doing so comes from the fact that Van Gujjar as a...
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Samanta
Mar 26, 20202 min read
Year Highlights- 2019-20
We at Samanta Foundation have had a wonderful 2019-20. As we moved out of the forest areas to connect with the wider world and engage to...
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Samanta
Mar 26, 20203 min read
If Not Today, Then When?
Preventive Health is one of the most underrated things but ironically is a privilege which not many of us have. When the world on one...
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Samanta
Feb 1, 20202 min read
Your Support & Impact
Experience of Fund Raising Our experience of fund raising was wonderful as we got connected to the wider world. The coming together of...
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Samanta
Jan 29, 20203 min read
& she died !
On a cold winter morning as I sat in the school waiting for the children from the Taungya and Van Gujjar habitat in the forest areas to...
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