Goducate India kicks off its first project in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, by offering English classes and communication classes to college students.
Andhra Pradesh (AP) is India’s fifth most populous state – with a population of 80 million people. The capital of AP is the ultra-progressive city of Hyderabad – with it’s world class IT industry. However, in the rural areas of AP, 30 million farmers struggle to just to survive.
Goducate India plans to start in Hyderabad and then move into the rural areas, where there is great need for education, especially, in scientific, small-scale agricultural practices.
Our Goducate volunteer, Mrs Jayamala, is a seasoned English teacher who has taught in India and in our Goducate work in Jogjakarta, Indonesia. She will conduct her classes in a school, whose owner is a friend of Goducate.
A nursing school that came to know about Goducate’s community work has chosen the Goducate Learning Center in Mabakan, Calaun, to be a center for practical training for their students. Hence 10 nursing students spent January training the locals in basic health awareness and doing health screenings.
Training session
Some 30 people, mostly mothers, attended… Continue reading
A fortnight ago parents of the children attending the Goducate Learning Center in Lalao, Laguna, were brought together to attend a session with their children. The session, called Mama and Me, was intended to emphasize to the parents the importance of good communication with their children and of teaching their children and supervising them while they do their homework and assignments. For the children, the intention was to impress on… Continue reading
Several of our Lifepegs volunteers have been spending part of their winter break in Singapore. Most of them are teachers of English at universities in northeast China. One of their evenings here was spent at the Goducate office. It was a time for them and the Goducate headquarters team to get to know each other, for them to tell us about their experiences in China, and for them to learn… Continue reading
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