Pune's Unusual Doorstep Schools:
72-year-old Rajni Paranjpe is helping educate hundreds of children at, of all places, various construction sites in Pune and Mumbai. Two decades ago, Paranjpe had often wondered how to educate the kids of construction workers who have to travel from one site to another with their parents. That's when she was had the idea of taking the school right to the site. Paranjpe came up with the first Door Step School in Mumbai in 1988 and now has moved to Pune as well. Today the school teaches 25,000 kids through other innovative means including Schools-on-Wheels. [more]

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Learn more about Door Step's work and how you can get involved here. [more]

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On Oct 11, 2008 Ramona writes:	It really needs patience and Perseverance to do what Rajni has done May God bless her.
On Oct 11, 2008 usha priyesh writes:	WOW! That's really an inspiring deed.I hope I can also get involved in such noble work some day.
On Oct 12, 2008 Damien writes:	All you earn today and all you earn tomorrow, cannot buy you back one hour of yesterday. Time is our greatest asset Time is more valuable than Gold Time is the most precious gift you can share. Time is in the now - Not yesterday nor tomorrow But now. enjoy the rest of Now. Have a lifetime of laugh's Have a lifetime of memories Have a lifetime of no regrets Live your life as you should do, to the full.
On Oct 12, 2008 Laura writes:	My husband and I, both educators, traveled to Pune in 2004. He was working as an educational consultant and I had the unique privilege of visiting a variety of educational settings throughout the city. The Door Step program was one of them! I will never forge the looks on the faces of the children when we got out of our vehicle and entered their little shack of a school. They were beaming! The young women who were teaching were just as excited to have visitors. It as a very basic learning environment compared to our US public system, yet those children were so much better off than if the program did not exist. I admire what India is doing to increase opportunities for children to develop literacy skills on very limited resources. Please give if you can to this worthy cause for children and for the future!
On Oct 16, 2008 Vaidehi writes:	A motivating piece... In the present scenario when the population explosion is the biggest issue in India leading to all socio-economic problems, this is a noble initiative.. and it is heartening to know that the efforts are well rewarded, too - in terms of its expanding reach ...
On Oct 16, 2008 Vaidehi writes:	A motivating piece... In the present scenario when the population explosion is the biggest issue in India leading to all socio-economic problems, this is a noble initiative.. and it is heartening to know that the efforts are well rewarded, too - in terms of its expanding reach ...
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