Alice School Project
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Education in India and the Alice Project
India is the second most populated country on earth, and the first for number of illiterate people. Even though the literacy rate has steadily increased over the past decades, there are still about 300 million illiterates in the country, around 26% of the population, and around 18% among the young.
Alice Project was created in 1994 by the Italian teachers Valentino Giacomin and Luigina De Biasi, with the idea of giving primary education to children belonging to the poorest layers of Indian society and especially ethnic minorities like the chakmas (learn more about the chakmas)
At the moment it consists of three schools that are giving education to about 800 children from 5 to 15 years old in Sarnath (Uttar Pradesh), Bodhgaya (Bihar) and Bodisatta Deban (Arunachal Pradesh).
Alice Project is a research project for the education of children and teachers. It is based on the integration of our inner and outer worlds; the transcendence of borders we artificially create; the awakening and nurturing of the understanding of self. Alice Project is based on the concept of Unity: unity of the Body, the Mind and the External world.
Children are encouraged to know and understand their own traditions and through these traditions the universal truths are conveyed. They are invited to coherently integrate the values of their traditional culture into practical action in their daily life, sharing their wisdom with people of their villages. In this way, Alice wants to induce two changes: in the internal environment (individual psyche) and external environment (society, Mother Earth).
The Alice School project in Arunachal Pradesh
Friends of Humanity started working with Alice Project in 2010 by providing 10.000 CHF and this year, we are concentrating on the Arunachal Pradesh primary school.
Arunachal Pradesh is a region with a low literacy rate, difficult to access. The school is located in Boddishata, a remote village. (the nearest town is at 25km) where many chakmas people live. It already welcomes 125 children!
The project aims at giving education to 125 children for 20 months. The unique education system provided by the school allows many children to access to higher education. A sewing course for girls will be launched: it will allow them to get an additionnal income for their family and for the community. At last, the project also plan to set up running water for the school: the whole village will benefit from it. The project is very integrated to the community and has been approved by the local authorities.
The impact
This project will help children get an education, the indispensable condition to improve their standard of life. Furthermore, the project has an impact not only on the children, but also on the whole village: the school has become the heart of the village and with the project, it will be reinforced, the objective is the use the school as a catalyst for the development of the village.
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