Reuters AlertNet written by Nita Bhalla NEW DELHI (AlertNet) – South Asian nations must promote breastfeeding and focus on better nutrition for under two-year-olds in order to reverse the worst rates of chronically undernourished children in the world, the U.N. said on Wednesday. According to a new report by the U.N. Children’s Fund (UNICEF), more Read More…
Monthly Archives: January 2010
India still home to largest illiterate population
The Hindu: India still has the largest number of illiterate adults in the world, but has made “rapid advances” in cutting down the numbers of school drop outs, a new UN report on education has said. The Education For All-Global Monitoring Report, released here on Wednesday finds that out of the total 759 million illiterate Read More…
Thank you Lisa & Phillip, Donna & Debbie
Lisa and Phillip, thank you for supporting our art classes, Pankaj’s Dream! Without you, we would not have been able to continue them. Your gift was a godsend to us, and we are grateful for it! To our angel Donna Peter, our most heartfelt thank you for your recent extra support that provided blankets to Read More…
Not just school, an appreciation for learning
What a surprise. When the teachers visited the Bengali refugee community that collects and sorts garbage, they found lower-kindergartener Kumkum reading a book! When asked where she got it from, Kukum explained how she found it in the garbage she was collecting with her mom. Instead of putting it in with the other paper, Kumkum Read More…
In fond memory of Pankaj
We were given a shock in August when we learned that our 13-year-old middle school student Pankaj had been found dead in a sewer. We learned that Pankaj had witnessed a rape in his community and had been killed because he threatened to speak up about what he saw. Pankaj was an extraordinary and curious Read More…
Activities Update January 2010
BSS students learn how to swim: Swim India visited BSS this month to teach water safety. In August, they will bring BSS students to the pool! 4th and 5th grade students helped out at the Ganga Clean-Up event 4th grade students learn electronics: Prinicpal Jagdish is teaching students how to make FM radios and other Read More…