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The new academic year started on 3rd June at Isha Vidhya schools. The hitherto silent classrooms, which had eagerly been looking forward to beholding the excited faces of the students, the caring teachers and the loving staff, were resounding with joyous laughter.

Vidhyarambam

The first day at school is always a milestone in the lives of parents and their children. The beautiful ceremony of ‘Vidhyarambam’, when a child is formally introduced to the process of learning, was conducted for Lower Kindergarten students on the first day of school.

The children were made to sit on the laps of their parents and then made to write the first letter of the Tamil language in a plate full of rice grains. The Coimbatore school has started a beautiful tradition of getting the parents and children to sow a seed each. The eco club students will take care of the planted seeds and the young plants will be handed over to the children later in the semester. The message about planting and caring for trees was implanted in the minds of the children on their very first day at school!

World Environment Day

Environmental studies is one of the key subjects at Isha Vidhya. Isha Vidhya schools have conducted several programs to increase awareness about the environmental degradation caused by human beings and the corrective steps required to ameliorate the situation.

Students planted saplings in their schools and in neighbouring villages. The Cuddalore school asked the kids to prepare charts which were then publicly displayed while Tuticorin School inaugurated their organic garden on this occasion. Vanavasi School partnered with JSW Steel company and planted over 200 saplings on the land near their factory.

40 Days In 40C

Bali, an unassuming volunteer at Isha Vidhya, took on the arduous task of walking along the river Kaveri, from TalaKaveri in the Brahmagiri Hills to Poom Puhar, where it merges into the Bay of Bengal. This journey of over 800 km is especially difficult as summer is still baking the sky and earth, with day temperature crossing 40C.

He started on 20th May and plans to complete the walk on 30th June with the hope of raising funds to ensure full scholarship for at least 10 Isha Vidhya students. Join him on his journey on twitter @Bali98652944

World 10K Run, Bengaluru

Bangalore volunteers and supporters have been running in this premier event for the past several years. This year not only did we have 438 volunteers running for Isha Vidhya but also raising funds to educate rural children.

Shobha Narasimha, a certified story teller, approached her fundraising effort like an entrepreneur. She spent at least an hour every day improvising new ways to reach out to her contacts and get them to invest in her campaign. The most touching moment of her fundraising journey came when children who were attending her storytelling session, pulled out 10 and 20 rupee notes from their piggy banks as their donation after watching a film on Isha Vidhya.  

Vikaas Mithran – Tamil Nadu

Tackling a new language is not everyone’s cup of tea but S. Mahalakshmi (7th Std) from Tuticorin school proved she was good at it. She won the 2nd prize in Hindi speech competition, organized by Vikaas Mithran – Tamil Nadu.   

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