By devadutta on November 15, 2009
Albert Einstein once said that insanity is defined as trying the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. He probably said this in context of some scientific experiment, but this principle applies to almost every aspect of life, including primary education for children.
When children don’t perform well at school, most of us [...]
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By devadutta on August 21, 2009
A while ago, we had published an article about Sankara Eye foundation and their awesome feat of conducting more than 250,000 free eye operations in India. A few days ago, I met their chairman – Mr. Murali Krishnamurthy. He is an incredibly down to earth and simple guy who agreed for an impromptu interview.
Thanks to [...]
Posted in Article | Tagged Healthcare, India, Not-for-profit, Sankara Eye Foundation |
By devadutta on July 15, 2009
Posting on behalf of Divya Varadarajan.
GOONJ, formed a decade ago, is an initiative to provide basic amenities to far flung villages by turning one’s wastage to another’s resource. The “goonj” of this organization is spread over twenty states in India. As of today, it has a lot of good will work to its name [...]
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By devadutta on May 18, 2009
Most non-profit organizations I have seen here in the SF Bay are centered around promoting education or eradicating poverty in India, but Sankara Eye Foundation (SFE) is different. They concentrate on providing eye care to needy people in India.
Most of us do not know that many forms of eye blindness are curable or preventable. Ailments like cataract [...]
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By devadutta on May 3, 2009
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2. Each time you bump into an amazing website which you want to tell us about, [...]
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By devadutta on April 13, 2009
If you ever walk down a busy street in the US, you will invariably find coins lying around. People generally do not pick them up. If you go into an average house in the US, you will find a “coin jar” where all the coins got from occasional cash transactions are stored. A cent or [...]
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By devadutta on April 6, 2009
Many people (including me) firmly believe that rural education is the key to India’s success in the coming years. But unfortunately, UNESCO puts India’s adult literacy rate at a dismal 61%. Numerous organizations are working tirelessly to fill this void. OSAAT is one of them.
OSAAT – “One school at a time” is a California based [...]
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