1. WE CAN AND WE DID A PROJECT IN ASSOCIATION WITH ASHRAY AKRUTHI DEVELOPED BY: OAKRIDGE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL,EINSTEIN CAMPUS

2. ABOUT THE ORGANISATION Ashray-Akruthiis a registered nonprofit organization working for the hearing impaired children from underprivileged backgrounds based in Hyderabad. They have around 200 students attending their school. 3. THINK: WHY DID WE ADOPT THE PROJECT Wewanted to work in the direction of education for children. After a lot of research, we were able to identify the organization which has a scope with a need for further intervention from the society. To identify the area to make a difference, a need analysis was conducted by us. 4. Teachersuse only the blackboard/chalk method and follow the Oral method. Students with hearing impairment can benefit if all the 3 methods of teaching i.e; auditory/visual/kinesthetic are used. As the school has limited number of trained teachers, minimal teaching aids, we felt the need to develop the facility through teacher trainings and ready to use teaching aids. 5. FEEL: Identified area for intervention Whatwe felt is that there are about 200 students from nursery to 10th grade. Students are keen learners but have limited resources to learn. The teachers at Ashray Akruthi are not trained and not equipped with various teaching aids. 6. Wefelt that as a group belonging to one of the privileged schools of Hyderabad, we have the best of facilities, so why not share our knowledge and skills for a group with lesser privileges. 7. Theneed analysis trip really touched our hearts where we found that a teacher with very less resources struggles hard to teach a letter/word/sentence for the children with hearing impairment. 8. IMAGINE: How to bring a change??? The 7th and 8th graders divided themselves into 3 groups. The first group has decided to develop the schools library facility through a book collection drive. The 2nd group would be responsible for developing the science lab which has very few displays. The 3rd group would be developing teaching aids such as PPTs , flash cards relevant to their lesson plans and train the teachers to use them effectively. 9. DO: Our plan in execution Group 1: Library 10. Teacher training/teaching aids 11. DO Thestudents worked during their CAS periods to develop the project related tasks. The students arranged a paper collection drive in the school, sold the papers and collected an amount of 1000Rs which they sponsored to the organization for buying equipment for the science lab. 12. An emotional moment Itwas a very emotional moment for all of us as we could actually do some difference in the lives of these children. 13. Sometimes a small thing you do can mean everything in another person's lifeTP.S. THIS IS JUST THE BIGINNING, THERE ARE MILES TO GO AND A NUMBER OF MILESTONES TO BE COVERED AHEAD!!