International
Literacy Day Celebration in Assam
Pratham Education Foundation in Assam celebrated
International Literacy Day on the 8th September, 2012. Children from over 33
villages of Assam came together to participate in the celebration. Pratham team members organized a day filled
with activities; story telling sessions, drawing competition, and story writing
sessions.
The children
gathered around in a circle during the story telling session listening keenly
to the
stories
narrated by the village elders. In some venues after the story telling, the
children were asked to write their
understanding of what they had heard. While some wrote stories of their own and
some drew their own inferences.
A drawing competition was also organised and the children
were given themes by the team members to express through drawings.
All the children drew beautifully and each of these were later displayed. The Pratham
team initiated a signature campaign in various districts of Assam, by taking
signatures of people who supported the importance of education in a child’s
life. Those who didn’t know how to write were helped by the Pratham team to do
so.
The occasion
saw a great participation and response from the children. Almost 1000 children
from
33 villages
were present on the day. The day brought smiles on the faces of the children
and those surrounding them, include us, the Pratham team.
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