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Entries from March 2008

Making wishes come true

March 9th, 2008 · No Comments

… is not a genie’s job we have to strive to do it ourselves, beginning with, wishing for the right thing. Meena and her friends join forces to make her village a healthy place. From building low cost sanitation ‘latrines’ to hygienic habits, this video makes a case for simple wishes coming true.

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The HIV story

March 8th, 2008 · No Comments

Isnt it amazing when you see intelligent story telling! The story of a girl brings the issue of HIV and AIDS into the vocabulary of children and introduces ’sex = making a baby process’ to children. I cant suggest how they would have done it differently, but by perpetuating a stereotype (of sex being only [...]

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Making choices

March 8th, 2008 · No Comments

Life is all about making choices. And choices that we make often depend on the access to information and alternatives we have. Most often our information may come from sources we least expect.
Meena uses her limited resources to help out her family and in process helps her dad make the decision to let her continue [...]

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Education and learning

March 8th, 2008 · No Comments

Even though people think there are different ways of learning, however there can definitely be a wrong way of teaching. Remembering what made school fun and good – was not that hard. School was fun when it was all about applying the lectures. Meena and her class find it out when their teacher is [...]

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My work = Your work

March 8th, 2008 · No Comments

… how often do we appreciate each other’s work and try to share? Meena and Raju try swapping places for one day. Confronting questions like: Why do girls get less food to eat? Why do girls do household chores and make it look effortless? Do they actually find it effortless?
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