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Activity-Based Learning at Ajji’s Learning Centre

At Ajji’s Learning Centre, we believe in making learning fun and interactive. We foster a dynamic learning environment that extends beyond traditional classroom boundaries. Our activity-based approach inspires rural children and women to think beyond traditional academics. We’ve hosted various workshops, including block printing and outdoor learning programs featuring nature walks, hikes, and rock climbing. 

Expanding Our Programmes

We plan to expand these programs, inviting schools and colleges to participate in activities such as: –

– Collaborations with botanists, school children, and rural communities to exchange ideas on plants and their uses and importance in sustainable living.

– Field trips to explore foraging foods with nutritional or medicinal value, promoting sustainability, ecology, and environmental awareness.

– Clay modelling workshops guided by professional ceramicists, allowing children to express their creativity, develop their fine motor skills, and tap into their imagination.

“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.”– Benjamin Franklin”

Ajji’s Learning Centre: Empowering Rural Communities through Education and Skills Training

Since its inception, Ajji’s Learning Centre has made a significant impact in the lives of rural students.  Here are some of our key achievements:

 

TRAINING AND EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS

– Computer Literacy: 72 participants certified in Office Management, and 92 in Basic Computer Literacy

– Vocational Skills: 65 participants specialized in Basic Sewing & Designing

– Sports Achievements: 18 certificates earned in Volleyball Tournaments

– Employment and Self-Employment Outcomes: 84 trainees secured employment or became self-employed after training

 

YOUTH ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVES

– Creative Activities: 150 youth & children participants

– Sports: 227 youth participants

– Lectures in Colleges: 700 students participants

– Cultural Programs at ALC: 840 participants of all ages

– Student Trips to ALC: 155 school and college students visited ALC for nature walks, rock climbing, overnight stays etc.

– Workshops at ALC: 582 youth & women participants

 

COMMUNITY OUTREACH

– Village Reach Out: 7,645 individuals reached across 25 villages and Magadi

Our achievements demonstrate the positive impact of Ajji’s Learning Centre on the lives of rural students. By providing access to education and skills training, we empower individuals to acquire new skills, enhance their employability, and improve their socio-economic status.

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Bridging the Gap Between Urban and Rural Communities

Learning cannot happen in isolation. ALC believes that it is not enough to just provide information and knowledge or skills. The centre has a vibrant outreach programme for rural kids to interact with city kids across socio-economic strata. The various programmes ensure to bridge the gap through education and interaction. ALC has tied up with local colleges and schools as partners in education. This makes education more democratic and creates a lively environment for all. ALC also organizes talks and workshops by guest speakers, professionals and creative people. Well-known economists, visually challenged achievers and officers from the armed forces have visited the centre to engage with the students and broaden their perspective. Such interactions help ignite young minds to think beyond their limitations, hone their skills, break convention and motivate them to live a life of purpose.

Chronology of ALC Activities

  1. March 2-4, 2022: Outreach to villages and colleges 
  2. March 5, 2022: Inauguration of ALC 
  3. March 6, 2022: Computer classes begun
  4. March 7, 2022: English classes begun
  5. March 10, 2022: Mohammed Ikramulla Shariff (CEO) Ramanagara visited ALC
  6. March 12, 2022: Tailoring classes begun
  7. March 14, 2022: Sports activities begun
  8. March 25 to May 15, 2022: Art and Crafts workshop (evenings)
  9. April 10-20, 2022: Painting workshop
  10. April 20, 2022: Gender equality workshop
  11. April 26, 2022: Water conservation workshop
  12. April 30, 2022: Career counselling workshop
  13. May 1-15, 2022: Mid-day meal
  14. May 3, 2022: Nature workshop
  15. May 5, 2022: Bird watching
  16. May 5, 2022: Cricket match
  17. May 9, 2022: Nature Walk
  18. May 14, 2022: Discussion with ALC members (About ALC)
  19. May 19-20: Visit to villages
  20. May 21, 2022: Visit by Usha Mukundha & Keerthi Mukundha of Centre for Learning (CFL)
  21. May 29, 2022: Painting competition for 6-17 years olds
  22. June 5-15, 2022: Visits to local schools, colleges with ALC teachers, meetings with education officer
  23. June 19, 2022: Student picnic and rock climbing
  24. June 27, 2022: Meeting in Bachenahatti college
  25. July 1, 2022: Computer classes begin for college students
  26. July 9, 2022: Nature Walk with Nature Conservation Foundation (NCF) team
  27. July 16, 2022: Rock climbing for Bachenahatti college students
  28. July 25, 2022: Workshop on social issues by Arun Tiwari
  29. July 28, 2022: Workshop on hygiene
  30. August 1, 2022: Science workshop by Gauhar Raza at ALC
  31. August 2, 2022: Science workshop by Gauhar Raza at Govt. First grade college, Magadi
  32. August 4, 2022: Workshop in photography by Vijendra Joshi
  33. August 8, 2022: CFL student’s day trip to ALC
  34. August 8, 2022: Volleyball match – ALC students v/s Venganappanahalli boys
  35. August 20, 2022: Logo quiz competition in ALC
  36. August 24, 2022: Lecture in Govt First Grade College by Sohail Hashmi
  37. September 3, 2022: Dance classes started
  38. September 9, 2022: Workshop on higher studies by Manchaiha (HOD. Govt. First grade college, Magadi)
  39. September 16, 2022: Internal discussion on women’s rights
  40. September 17, 2022: Teachers’ Day celebration
  41. September 27-30, 2022: Film making workshop by Puneet Sharma
  42. October 3, 2022: Volleyball match – Govt. Pre-University College Bachenahatti students v/s ALC students
  43. October 29, 2022: Workshop on gender by Vani Periodi
  44. November 1- 2, 2022: Painting workshop for ALC members
  45. November 8, 2022: Food and note books disturbed to students on ALC Founder, Dr. Sabiha Hashmi’s 74th Birthday
  46. November 19, 2022: Outreach visit to five villages with ALC students
  47. November 29-30, 2022: Computer theory and practical exams held
  48. January 26, 2023: Day Trip to Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath
  49. January 29-31, 2023: Conducted art and craft workshops in neighbouring village schools
  50. February 2, 2023: ALC staff attend Govt. Pre-University College Bachenahatti Annual Day
  51. February 4-7, 2023: Outreach visit to 18 villages and Magadi Town
  52. March 10-11, 2023: Bidiru Learning Centre’s students – Day Trip – nature walk, bonfire, trekking etc.
  53. April 16-26, 2023: Indoor and outdoor games during summer vacation for ALC students
  54. April 19-20, 2023: Singing workshop by Mr. Vijay, theatre artist from Bengaluru
  55. April 30, 2023: Celebrated 1st Annual Day function of ALC – Cultural Programme and community lunch
  56. April 30, 2023: Certificate distribution for 50 Students – Basic Training in Computers and Tailoring
  57. April 30, 2023: Ecodhaga & Asim Patel visited ALC and taught students how to recycle waste cloth into useful items
  58. May 1-5, 2023: Ecodhaga workshop
  59. May 6, 2023: Trekking and a discussion about how to conserve nature
  60. June 13, 2023: Intern from Shiv Nadar University, Vikash Maurya visits ALC for a month
  61. June 20, 2023: Outreach to Delhi Public School – North, Bengaluru
  62. August 15, 2023: Talk by Captain Ajay Yadav about joining the Indian Armed Forces
  63. August 17, 2023: Received sports material from Delhi Public School – North, Bengaluru
  64. September 2, 2023: Swabhimaan NIOS kids, from Bengaluru visited ALC
  65. September 5, 2023: Teacher’s Day Celebration
  66. September 16, 2023: Lecture on science in PU College, Bachenahatti by Gauhar Raza
  67. October 2, 2023: Celebrated Gandhi Jayanti with Jyothipalya villagers and Bachenahatti PU College students and staff
  68. October 5, 2023: Got an order for making 50 cardboard boxes from Habify Healthcare Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
  69. October 18, 2023: ALC art teacher visited Bidiru Learning Centre to conduct a craft workshop
  70. October 20, 2023: Got an order from Shreyon Company for painting 300 clay diyas/lamps
  71. November 7, 2023: Volleyball match – ALC students v/s Bachenahatti PU college students
  72. November 8, 2023: Celebrated ALC founder, Dr. Sabiha Hashmi’s 74th birthday
  73. November 26, 2023: Participated in National Programme – Mere Ghar Aa Ke To Dekho
  74. January 23, 2024: Lecture on Economics at First Grade Degree College, Magadi and at ALC, Jyothipalya by Dr. Parakala Prabhakar (Indian political economist and social commentator)
  75. January 27, 2024: Received a new ten-seater school van from Redington Foundation Chennai, TN
  76. March 11-16, 2024: Outreach visit to villages and colleges
  77. March 15 to May 15, 2024: Summer Vacation Activities: Computer training, tailoring, sports, library, art & craft classes, trekking & competitions
  78. June 7 & 8, 2024: Workshop on block printing by G.C. Vijay Kumar. This workshop was sponsored by Sailaja Dayanand
  79. July 8, 2024: third College batch was started
  80. July 24, 2024: One day trip to Nandi hills
  81. August 3, 2024: Went on one Day Trip with Bachenahatti P. U. College students visited-Visyesvaraya Industrial & Technological Museum, Bangalore Palace, Nehru Planetarium & Lalbagh
  82. September 1, 2024: Trustee meeting and discussion on future plan of action
  83. September 7, 2024: Volleyball match, 4 teams participated
  84. September 19, 2024: Pramiti School visit to ALC. Day trip by 39 children with 4 teachers – rock climbing, book reading and games
  85. September 24, 2024: Movie screening – The film “Seventeen” was screened for all students
  86. October 28, 2024: Visited the District Collector, Ramanagara to invite him for ALC’s Annual Day Function 
  87. November 03 to 06, 2024: Reach out for inviting guests & chandrashekhar S. C. Block Education officer  
  88. November 11, 2024: Volleyball tournament
  89. November 9, 2024: Annual Day, ALC Founder, Dr. Sabiha Hashmi’s 75th Birthday celebration – 55 certificates distributed for computer and tailoring course to students and volleyball tournament winners
  90. November 11 to 16, 2024: Reach out to 8 villages
  91. November 13, 2024: ALC public meeting in Magadi. 18 people attended
  92. November 19, 2024: Meeting at Guddahalli about starting classes there
  93. November 21, 2024: Started tailoring class with 6 students in Guddhalli – 3 days at ALC,  3 days at Guddhalli
  94. January 1, 2025: Reach out: Met 25 women in Magadi – Venkatappa Bedi, B. K. Road
  95. January 4, 2025: Reach out: 60 houses visited in Magadi – Hosapete & B. K. Road for starting tailoring classes at Kalya Gate
  96. January 9, 2025: Reach out: 60 houses visited in Magadi, Hosapete
  97. January 10, 2025: Reach out: 75 houses visited in Magadi, Hosapete
  98. January 15, 2025: Reach out: over 40 houses visited in Magadi, Hosapete to conform class opening in New Masjid Mohalla 
  99. January 16, 2025: Reach out: 200 houses in Magadi, Venkatappa Bedi, B. K. Road 
  100.  January 17, 2025: Reach out: 100 houses in Magadi, Venkatappa Bedi, Doom Light Circle
  101.  January 23, 2025: Started tailoring, art & craft and sports classes in Kalyagate, Magadi 
  102.  February 24, 2025: Course completion and certificate distribution programme at Guddhalli
  103.  February 25, 2025: Sale at Poorna Learning Centre, Bengaluru
  104.  March 16, 2025: Iftar party in Magadi with 20+ students at B. K. Road
  105.  April 16, 2025: Day Trip to Manchanabele Dam with 13 students from Kalya Gate, B. K. Road
  106.  April 25, 2025: Day Trip to Manchanabele Dam with 12 students from Jyothipalya, ALC
  107.  April 29, 2025: Arts & craft Workshop held by Vijay. 20+ students attended
  108.  May 10, 2025: Art & craft Workshop and nature walk to Sibbinkallu Betta – 10 students attended
  109.  June 26, 2025: Day Trip to Mysuru Palace, Mysuru Zoo, Payana Car Museum, Balamuri Falls, Mysuru Rail museum with 8 students & 2 teachers from Jyothipalya, ALC
  110. July 1, 2025: Lunch & nature walk with 8 students from Jyothipalya, ALC
  111. August 1, 2025: 4th Batch of Computer classes started for Bachenahatti Govt. P. U. College students 
  112. August 2, 2025:  Craft classes started in B. K. Road, Magadi
  113. August 29, 2025: Mr. Kotiganahalli Ramaiah (Dalit poet, playwright, philosopher & cultural activist), Shri Srinivas (founder of Adavi Foundation), Shri Bhimanna (young writer and director) and members of ‘Spandana’ – a women workers’ organization visited  ALC
  114. August 30, 2025: Shabnam Hashmi visited B. K. Road Magadi ALC office and interacted with students
  115. September 23, 2025: T. Gollahalli Narayan Swami took singing class with ALC students 
  116. September 25, 2025:  T. Gollahalli Narayan Swami, Rakesh P. and Akshay Gautham performed “Hogi Helu Avarige’’ (Go Tell Them), Renaissance and Resistance through the counter culture
  117. October 7-11, 2025: Manish took Painting classes with Vengalappanahalli village Students
  118. October 14, 2025: Akshay Gautham conducted a story writing & story telling workshop with 16 ALC students
  119. October 15, 2025: Movie screening – The film “Hakki Hadu” was screened for all students
  120. October 16, 2025: Akshay Gautham conducted a story writing & story telling workshop with 16 ALC students
  121. November 8, 2025: Celebrated ALC founder, Dr. Sabiha Hashmi’s 76th birthday 23 Students Participated 
  122.  December 20, 2025: The ALC team visited ten villages to invite children and youth to participate in the upcoming Theatre Workshop, creating awareness about theatre as a medium for learning and creative expression
  123. December 23, 2025 – January 1, 2026: A ten-day residential theatre workshop, facilitated by Kotiganahalli Ramaiah and coordinated by Akshay Gotham, brought together ten theatre artists and nearly 150 children and youth. Eminent artists and resource persons enriched the programme through interactions and performances
  124. December 27, 2025: Certificates were awarded to 60 Computer and 28 Tailoring course participants, recognising their successful completion of the training programmes 
  125.  December 29, 2025: The ALC team met officials at the CEO and Deputy Commissioner’s offices in Ramanagara to discuss
    road connectivity and water supply for the Centre
  126. December 30, 2025: Kannada actor Duniya Vijay interacted with students, staff, and guests at ALC, engaging them in
    a conversation on the values enshrined in the Constitution of India
  127. December 31, 2025: Vasavi from Punarchith visited ALC to learn about its work and extended financial support towards the centre’s initiatives
  128. January 1, 2026: The theatre workshop concluded with cultural performances, followed by the planting of fruit saplings to mark the beginning of ALC’s cultural activities. Participants and resource persons were honoured with tokens of appreciation
  129. January 2, 2026: The ALC team met to review ongoing work and plan upcoming programmes and the future development of the centre
  130. January 5, 2026: ALC’s office on B.K. Road, Magadi, was formally closed after successfully serving the community for one year
  131. January 7–8 2026: Ten students and three staff members visited the Punarchith Centre, Chamarajanagar, for a two-day experiential workshop on sustainable agriculture, environmental conservation, healthy living, and personal development
  132. February 1–6, 2026: The ALC team visited schools and colleges in and around Magadi to invite participation in the upcoming gender awareness workshops facilitated by Vimochana
  133. February 10–12 2026: In collaboration with Vimochana, ALC organised gender awareness workshops across six government schools and colleges in Magadi, engaging students through discussions, storytelling, theatre, and interactive activities on gender equality and social responsibility
  134. February 14–18, 2026: ALC reached out to schools and colleges to invite participation in the Painting Competition, Elocution Competition, and Mental Health Awareness Programme, while also thanking institutions that hosted the gender workshops
  135. February 28, 2026: An elocution competition for youth aged 15–20 years brought together 15 participants, encouraging public speaking and critical thinking on contemporary issues
  136. March 1, 2026: More than 100 participants across different age groups creatively transformed umbrellas into artistic representations of the Earth, promoting environmental awareness through art
  137. March 7, 2026: Over 300 students, villagers, artists, activists, and community members gathered at ALC for the global One Billion Rising campaign, uniting under the theme “Rise for Our Bodies, Our Earth, Our Future”

“True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create their own.” – Nikos Kazantzakis