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Chinnabadi
is located in Chinnappeta. 7 km west of Chennekothapalli.
This used to be a regular day school till the local government
school began to perform well and the Collective encouraged
the children to go there. It has now been converted into an
evening learning centre and children from the whole village
come here after school hours and use this space as a play
space, a library and study center. One of the teachers of
Prakruthi Badi, who stays here, coordinates the activities.
Children do not have academic classes like in the other learning
centres - but they get a lot of guidance in their studies.
They have their own space for games, studies, singing, dancing,
dramas in their village and it makes it a very special center.
30 children use it on a regular basis while the others come
and go as per their needs.
When the
centre was started way back in 1994, the land was contributed
by the one of the villagers and the cost of construction of
the building was shared by the Collective (60%) and the people
of the village (40%).
This work
has been supported over the years by Action Aid - UK, MISEREOR
- Germany through NEG - New Delhi, TDH - Germany and ASHA
- USA. |