Brief Summary of Children’s Lovecastles Trust (CLT) Proposal Rachna Mathur Nirmal Govind Asha for Education, Arizona

CLT: Overview Founded by Bhagya Rangachar in Based out of Jakkur village in Karnataka. Objective: Prevent school dropouts in rural sector. The Need: –More than 50 % of the children drop out before they reach the 6th grade. –Less than 8 % finish 12 years of schooling. –Only 3 % make it to the end in rural areas.

CLT’s Approach Create an informal layer over formal layer of government schools. Approach: –“Adopt” a school. –Build momentum for education in the community. –Provide kids with additional learning resources (computers, mentors, etc.) – add on to formal school education. –Make learning fun! CLT model is scaleable, repeatable, renewable, and technology-powered.

Current Activities Intel Clubhouse (~ 850 kids) –Setup by donation (in kind) from Intel; partnering with MIT Media Labs. –One of only two Intel clubhouses in India. –Variety of computers, educational softwares, multimedia softwares, etc. Teachers’ Resource Center (~ 24 teachers) –Computer lab, digital library, library, science lab, art/theater, technology-aided training program Mid-day Meal Program (~ 650 kids)

Proposal Mobile Teachers’ Resource Center (MTRC) –stackable science lab equipment –library of learning tools –books –computer with technology-aided learning tools –CLT resource person on board Objective of MTRC –make the facilities accessible to 10 schools around Jakkur. –reach 2000 more children and several teachers.

Additional Information and Links Main project pages –Children’s Lovecastle Trust: –MTRC Proposal: –Asha AZ CLT Project Page: –Asha AZ Main Site: Newspaper articles –Deccan Herald – Jakkur Kids goto Boston: –Business Line: –Intel Computer Clubhouse: –AZ Intel: –Newspaper article 1: –Newspaper article 2: Powerpoint presentations –Hands On Science: –Media Labs Asia (IIT): –Overview: Videos –Excellent intro to CLT (18min): –Video Created by Jakkur kids (In Kannada): MPEGAV/AVSEQ01.DAT MPEGAV/AVSEQ01.DAT