It is said that children are like little plants: you can bend them the way you want when they are young and that’s how they grow up to be. Therefore, guiding them on the right path in their formative years is crucial so that they can grow up to be responsible citizens of a country.
It is this philosophy which makes Munira Nagji, recipient of 2010 YMCA Peace Medallion by YMCA Calgary, fly down from Canada almost every 3-4 months to her mother’s homeland, Jivapar, situated in Gujarat.
Located about 20 kms east of Jamnagar, Jivapar is little known, even in Jamnagar. It may be a small village of about 3,000 people, but the kids of Jivapar and some of the villages around it, have something more than ‘just another day’ to look forward to every day. Each passing day, more than 40 kids from the village explore this incredible world in an incredible way of Montessori teaching, which is extremely rare in the Indian education system.
More at the source: May 18, 2015 – Jay Mehta – The Better India
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