ANOU’S BLOG
She is back #GivingTuesday
She was barely 5 when she first joined the special section. It must have been in 2004. She could barely walk or talk. She was like a tiny frightened bird that needed to be tamed. As days went by and we got to know her better the smiles came hesitant at first then...
It’s never too late to do something #GivingTuesday #India
'The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something' wrote Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Wise words indeed. Words that remind us of forgotten intentions and unfulfilled dreams. This post was written after a visit to the Kalka Temple where getting to the deity...
It is time we look at our education policy #GivingTuesday #India
The new education policy is in the anvil. The recommendations of the committee set up to look into the issue are ready. Two of the recommendations are close to our hearts. The first is to reinstate detention beyond class V and the other to set up a cadre akin to the...
Child abuse casts a shadow the length of a lifetime #GivingTuesday #India
Child abuse casts a shadow the length of a lifetime. Scars heal but the pain never goes away. And yet child abuse is on the rise. Recent studies show that there has been a 50% rise in the crime against children rate. Increased urbanisation seems to be a contributing...
To the manor born
Our dearest friend Kabir of Azure Hospitality conjured another miracle. This time an invitation to a 'posh' lunch at the new Mamagoto in Connaught Place. For many of us lunch at a restaurant is a mundane affair. This is another story. Most of the invitees had never...
They came, the saw, they cared #ThrowbackThursday #India
Today we would like to walk down memory lane and talk of all the visitors we have had over the years. In most cases they return more than once. That is the magic of Project Why: once you walk in you leave a little bit of yourself and take a little bit of us.We have...
The Numbers Perspective #GivingTuesday #India
Secondary Class at Khader The Numbers Perspective! Sounds like a title of a Robert Ludlum thriller doesn't it? Come to think of it is is a thriller in its own right: the numbers referred to are the (ill)famed marks that a student secures in her or his class XII...
The dentist comes calling #ProjectWhy #India
The dentist comes calling It was dental checkup time for children from the special section, the creche and the primary section. This was the first dental check up at Project Why and was made possible thanks to our friend Neena Gulabani from the Anubhav Learning...
From Germany with Love #ThrowbackThursday # India
Project Why's relationship with Germany began way back in 2007 when Hans Emde, a rather forbidding person with a heart of gold, visited Project Why and decided to set up Project Why Deutschland e v in Köln. From that moment the doors flew open and Project Why's...
He who opens a school door, closes a prison #GivingTuesday #India
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.Victor HugoThe little beds in this picture take us back to a childhood fairy tale where a little girl 'dared' to sleep on a bed only to be chased away by a family of bears. The Project Why fairy tale is a little...
Sadafulee so that Project Why children bloom
Her name is Kashmira. She lives in the US and though she has never visited Project Why in person, she had been one of its staunchest supporters. She has walked into Project Why's heart through a screen! Over the years she has supported our work financially, but more...
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much #ThrowbackThursday
"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much” Helen Keller How true these words are and Project Why is a proof of this. It was in very early days that Anou decided to source 100% of her team from within the community. The decision was instinctive....