Kate Forbes studied at Woodstock School for 3 years, and lived in India for 8 years. She has a heart for service and we are excited she has reached great heights at such a young age, said her teacher Sanjaya Mark.
P M Samuel or PM, as he was known to most, passed away on May 10, 2021. PM was the superintendent of the Sharp Memorial School for the Blind (SMSB), India’s oldest institution for the.
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May 05, 2021 17:21 IST
In spite of transformed routines, online classes, and the uncertainty of assessment systems and when they will actually step into school again, these under-18s are helping a COVID-19 struck world
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In spite of transformed routines, online classes, and the uncertainty of assessment systems and when they will actually step into school again, these under-18s are helping a COVID-19 struck world
Rohan George crowd-sourced for Vidyodaya
When school went online last year, Rohan George, from Woodstock School, Mussoorie, would experience a little tech trouble once in a while. “Even though I had all these good systems in place, I still had days when my Wi-Fi was bad and I couldn’t see my classmates. I wondered how children in villages were managing,” says the class X student. He decided to help raise ₹50,000 for a few and set up a fund-raiser on Milaap.org.
How the people of Landour with the help of friends raised money for medical equipment at the Landour Community Hospital all in a day
Five days ago, Priya Kapoor, the editorial director of Roli Books, tweeted out to say that the Landour Community Hospital (LCH), an 80-year-old institution, was fundraising for a ventilator. She appealed especially to those who had “visited and loved Landour”, saying, “Every bit counts.” Landour is a cantonment town near Dehradun in Uttarakhand.
Every bit did count, because donations ranged from ₹95 to ₹1 lakh, to meet the initial target of ₹11 lakh. This was then extended to ₹20 lakh, and then to ₹30 lakh, almost met by 417 supporters.