Its not that girls know more, but its also incorrect that girls CANNOT know anything, hence we dont need to listen to them. Meena’s curiosity and concern for her sister makes her face all odds and seek out the source of information that helps her family save her sister’s life.
I cant help but comment that [...]
Listen to a … girl?
March 9th, 2008 · No Comments
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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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Tags: · English, health, hygiene, India, Meena, sanitation
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 [...]
Tags: · English, health, HIV/AIDS, India, Meena
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 [...]