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Building gross motor skills to help leap over obstacles to good learning

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Empowering parents to ensure children’s holistic learning and growth

Veena, an anganwadi helper, in early childhood

education. e once dull anganwadi is now a

hub of learning, play and laughter.

e ecosystem approach where Makkala

Jagriti empowers all stakeholders like

parents, teachers, community leaders,

government functionaries to have greater

involvement in children’s development has

had a transformational effect, too. e build-

monitor-transfer approach ensures long-term

sustainability and community ownership

of programmes.

e NGO has leveraged technology

effectively to extend the reach of its

programmes. Over 350 videos in Kannada have

helped in sensitising and building capacities

on preschool learning activities with children

among anganwadi teachers and parents.

ousands of lesson plans and activities are

shared digitally among children in government

schools and childcare institutions across the

state, and live online sessions are conducted

for children and other stakeholders.

e best success stories are those of role

models and changemakers created from

among the children and youth through

Makkala Jagriti’s interventions – like

Mercy who is now a bank manager in a

reputed bank; Murali, who became a World

Taekwondo champion is now a Taekwondo

teacher; and Prabhu, who is a programme

coordinator with Makkala Jagriti.

HCLTech Grant Project Title:

Transformation

of anganwadi ecosystem in vulnerable areas

towards sustainably providing quality early

childhood care and education to children

Beneficiaries:

12,500 children, 403 anganwadi

teachers, 341 anganwadi helpers, 13 ICDS

supervisors, 1 CDPO, 1 Deputy Director, WCD

Location:

451 villages in Mysuru district

of Karnataka