Asha for Education

To impart education with focus on environmental education. The region was originally forested. Today, with the setting up of many industries, especially mining and power generation, lot of the forest cover has reduced. This might be a pertinent place to initiate environment education. The group also focuses on using environment friendly (and yet practical) ways of pursuing daily activities in the village: use of bamboo in construction, use of flour to clean dishes � which in turn can be fodder for the livestock, organic agricultural practices.
Alternative ideas of working with Haritha were suggested � Asha to support the organisation of science fairs, hold workshops, help with the running expenses, development of bamboo based small-scale industry.

G. Sudhakar and Ravi, who are both from Khammam dist. and from near the project location, described the geography and economy of the region. The region was originally forested. Today, with the setting up of many industries, especially mining and power generation, lot of the forest cover has reduced. This might be a pertinent place to initiate environment education.

The Haritha project was started on 12 acre land in Khammam dist. in Andhra Pradesh It has a campus school along with farm and livestock. In this school children come in direct contact with various aspects of environment through their daily life. The children are encouraged to observe nature closely and to write their experience, including through the medium of poems; help out with the chores such as weeding, gardening etc. Experiments are also conducted and
used to develop the syllabus for teaching children.
The group also runs a junior college (Class XI and XII) in the area. The proceeds from running the junior college is used to subsidise the rest of the project.

Three people are mainly in charge of the place. Dr. P. Sudhakar, who did his PhD at IIT Delhi came and settled down here - initiated the whole work, his wife Usha, and another person who is referred to as Sri.Satyateertha. The latter is well versed in Telegu and also Sanskrit. He helps in the development of the text books, manages projects, applies for new projects.

To impart education with focus on environmental education. They document their experiments through a series of books and teacher training material. They have manuals for English,Telugu, Maths, Social. They organise teacher training workshops.