Sachetan Society

Craft : A Source of Bringing and Receiving Joy

It was a joyful afternoon of Christmas time when we facilitated interaction between children of balika grah and some guests. Daniel and Anna Cherian (Directors from Alpha School Society, Cable Nagar, Kota) along with their friends from UK- Dave and Heather visited to Balika Grah and interacted with the children …

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The mixed up chameleon: story by Eric Carle

gadbadjhala girgit story lab

‘गड़बड़झाला गिरगिट’ (The mixed up chameleon: story by Eric Carle) ये थी हमारी कहानी जिसे बच्चों के साथ साझा किया सचेतन की वालंटियर बंगलोर निवासी सुश्री पायल सक्सेना ने. पायल शौकियातौर पर बच्चों के साथ कहानी कहने में दिलचस्पी रखती हैं. मई 2014 में अपने कोटा प्रवास के दौरान अपनी …

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Art Lab on Plastic Waste

हमारी artlab की श्रंखला में ये एक और कार्यशाला थी जो कि शहर की कच्ची बस्ती की बच्चियों के साथ अयोजित की गई. 8-9 अक्टूबर को प्लास्टिक कचरे पर आधारित इस दो दिवसीय कार्यशाला में बालिकाओं ने प्लास्टिक कचरे की समस्या, उसके रूप, प्लास्टिक के विकल्प, समस्या के समाधान इत्यादि …

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Sachetan with the The Alternative

sachetan with the The Alternative

SACHETAN is a voluntary organization based at Kota (Rajasthan). We work for empowering adolescent girls living in observation homes in need of care and protection. The photograph is from our sewing and stitching skill building program with the girls who learnt to recreate new items like potli purses, tab covers, …

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Fabric painting learning sessions

Fabric painting learning sessions

Fabric painting learning sessions by our resource person Dr. Sheenu Chouhan for the girls of balika grah. She started with stencils and potato blocks. and in no time there were lots of patterns and colourful designs all over. First they practiced on paper and old cloth pieces and then they …

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Fun with paper… a Paper mache workshop

Paper mache workshop

Paper mache workshop with designing students at Artans Art Academy. This was another artlab in the series of DIY workshops by Ramji. the students were aware of this paper art but the unique part of the workshop was the preparation of the pulp by the students themselves through traditional method…ingredients …

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