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Hip Hop Needs More Love
In October, volunteers from Austria came to Pune to work on a music project with our Residential Program children during the Diwali break. For two weeks you could hear the kids rehearsing their lines,...
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Catching up with Geeta
Since August, many people have asked how things are going for Geeta, one of AIC’s oldest Residential Program children, at her new school in Germany. This week, we we finally managed to pin down this...
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College Bound
College can be tough. Being the first member of your family to attend college can be even tougher, especially when you come from an underprivileged background like the children in AIC’s impact...
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Remembering Akshay
Although nobody is positive of his exact age – 15? 16? – and dates and details are hazy about various other elements of his childhood too, one thing is for sure: everyone who knew Akshay Waghri...
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From Child Marriage to a Future of Equal Opportunity
Education was not a widespread institution in the Sikligar community during AIC community member Sikandar’s youth, but the institution of marriage was. After the 6th standard, Sikandar left school to...
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Wrapping Up and Winding Down
After a busy, busy, busy spring, everyone at AIC’s Education Outreach Program was ready for a brief reprieve during summer vacation. Before we could break for a month during Pune’s hottest season,...
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The Gift of Water
This spring, our Education Centre received a tremendous gift: clean, pure drinking water. The preciousness of this gift cannot be understated. Reliable water connections are hard to come by in the slum...
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A Farewell and a Welcome
In May, AIC welcomed a new leader to the team, Bharati Kewalramani. Bharati will be taking over as AIC’s new Executive Director, as Mary Kay Hazel (affectionately known as “MK Didi”) heads off to new...
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A Child who Reads Becomes an Adult who Thinks
International Literacy Day, according to UNESCO, is a day to celebrate and promote literacy, a “basic human right and fundamental building block for learning as well as a personal empowerment tool.” As...
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My Children will be Different
Happy International Day of the Girl Child! As everyone who is familiar with AIC undoubtedly knows, the rights and education of girls are central to the work that we do. Although change is happening...
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The Fight for Change
AIC team members had no idea that Thursday, February 18th, would be a particularly eventful day when they prepared to head into work that morning. However, around 8:45, Education Program Director,...
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A New Beginning and a Fond Goodbye
February was a busy month here at AIC, with a new class being launched and a bittersweet farewell to one of our longtime staff and friends. Madhavi has been with our team for nearly 3 years as the...
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The AIC difference
Little Priya, affectionately known as Piyu, is 3 years old and just completed the year-long playgroup program in April. She will now be starting nursery school in June. Recently, we sat down with her...
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The results are in…
…and the AIC kids have done us proud! Earlier this month, AIC students and staff logged into an online portal with breathless anticipation to check the results of standard 10 board exams. For those...
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India’s 70th Independence Day
Happy Independence Day! Leading up to our official celebration of India’s 70th Independence Day, the AIC Education Centre was brimming with excitement and patriotism all of last week. Staff and...
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A little holiday magic for AIC
At AIC, we strive to build up our students’ sense of self-worth, while also giving them opportunities to explore the world around them, interact with others, and have fun being children Recently, we...
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Ranjana’s journey
AIC rockstar student Ranjana is in Austria right now competing as a part of India’s national floor hockey team in the Special Olympics World Winter Games!! Talk about an INCREDIBLE (and so, so...
View ArticleAshraya’s Goals for the 2018-2019
When we say that our models for adolescent development and education are holistic, we literally mean that we start from the womb and end when the child is placed in a job. A child cannot grow up well...
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Student Feature: Aditi Burutkar
Aditi Burutkar’s ambition is extraordinary. She has taken advantage of every single opportunity that has come her way. A school “topper” and a recipient of quite a few school awards, Aditi is all about...
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Student Feature – Bhagyashree Ghodke
Bhagyashree is in her first year of college and she’s boldly going where no Ashraya kid has been before….into fashion designing! In a society with a preference for doctors and engineers, Bhagyashree’s...
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