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International Women's Day 2016: Recognizing the Unrecognized

Women work without a break for their families, society, and friends all through the year. So, on IWD 2016, LEAD conducted their 3rd annual "Recognizing the Unrecognized", where women in our society who are rarely recognized but are responsible for important work were recognized for their contributions, such as cleaning railway stations, bus stands, picking household trash, selling vegetables etc. LEAD and LEADers believe that, without these women, our communities would come to a standstill.

About LEAD

The youth of today are the leaders of tomorrow. To that purpose, the LEaders Accelerating Development (LEAD) Program of the Deshpande Foundation was born. LEAD develops innovative and entrepreneurial thinking within college students by exposing them to social issues, encouraging them to volunteer their time and effort into the community, and igniting their latent talent to come up with creative solutions. Through this unique platform provided by LEAD, students are gaining the skills and confidence needed to transform their visions into realities. Armed with guidance, exposure, networking opportunities, financial assistance, and encouragement from LEAD, students from throughout 75 colleges and 14 districts are unleashing their leadership potential to go on inspiring and improving those around them.

Inspire, Innovate, Engage: Yuva Summit 2016

The 6th Yuva Summit, an international youth conference on leadership, innovation, and entrepreneurship hosted by the Leaders Accelerating Development program, began in Hubballi on 6th February with Mr. Ravindranath Gumaste, Managing Director of Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Ltd., cutting the ceremonial ribbon that let the hundreds of attendees, including students, faculty, entrepreneurs, and honoured guests, into the event grounds.

LEAD Prayana 2016

On 24th January, 107 promising students from across Karnataka and neighbouring states descended upon the VTU campus in Belagavi to mark the kick-off of the 5th annual LEAD Prayana. These students, along with 32 beginning their journey on the same day in Nizamabad, were selected from a pool of almost 500 applicants. LEAD Prayana, which began in 2012 with just 63 students, is an annual leadership journey that takes almost 150 passionate students between the ages of 18-26 throughout India on a 14-day tour across Karnataka...

My Story: Prajwal M

I am passionate about science, especially physics. My affair with Science started during my childhood and it deepened in my high school when I started participating in Science exhibitions with my models. During Pre University Education, I built the Levitation Train with few of my friends and grabbed prizes at several competitions. “Physics of the Impossible” by Michio Kaku was a book that exposed me further to the vastness of the science and motivated me to start a science group called “Blackbody Science Group (Which Absorbs All Wavelength of Intuitive Minds)”. This group engages in creating interest about science among government and physically disabled school children.

Education

Kali-Nali: Teaching kids of labourers at construction sites
Utsah: Educating differently-abled students
Increasing computational power (mathematics) of school children
Digital education (teaching internet and computer skills), including E2-Learning
Jeevan Jyoti Project: Educating mentally handicapped students
Reducing illiteracy
Helpline or tutoring for exam goers
Collecting books for donating to schools or creating free library
Teaching English speaking skills

Children and Youth

Play groups for village children
Youth clubs in schools
Education: computer, English, reading, finance/business
Homework club or help with homework
Sports teams in village
Teaching traditional folk songs and dances
Preventing child labour

Environment

Renovation or cleaning of parks
Community clean-up
Making your college campus plastic-free
Removal of harmful weeds
Water quality assessment
Installing ballcock mechanism in water tanks to prevent overflow
Composting
Build a garden
Water conservation
Planting trees
Eco-club in schools
Re-using and recycling

Technology

Digital education (how to use computer and internet, basic skills)
Building an app or website
Electronic Security System
Create a helpline
Teaching how to fix home appliances
Build your own technology to solve a problem!

Philanthropy

Collecting clothing for the poor
Teaching skills for help to get a job
Organizing events and festivals for holidays in villages or slums
Painting/fixing houses or public property
Providing a "helping hand" for the elderly
Bus passes for senior citizens

Agriculture

Addressing soil fertility issues
Addressing plant disease issues
Teaching basic home gardening skills
Soil health cards for farmers
Participatory seed production
Seed bank (people sharing seeds, can put extra seeds in and take out other seeds)
Mushroom cultivation
Providing marketing and business skills to farmers
Help to build linkages between farmers and development agencies
Promotion of local agriculture industries and businesses
Common and barren land development
Animal health camps
Crop health camp
Conducting PTD (Participatory Technology Development)
Natural pesticide alternatives

Art and Sport

Teaching handicrafts for women to sell
Art, music, or sport program in poor or rural schools
Create sport teams or competitions where there are none
Organize art or music class

Safety

Addressing road safety issues
Helmet and seatbelt awareness
Bus schedule on bus stops
Install solar lights in dangerous-when-dark areas
Bus stand or sidewalk renovation
Helpline
Emission testing
Awareness about emergency numbers
Self-defense class for women and girls
High beam stickers
Installing security systems
"Neighbourhood Watch" neighbourhood safety programs

Health

Educating about Vitamin A dosage sponsored by government in slum areas
Blood Line
Nail clipping for poor children
Eye care treatment for senior citizens
Medicine bank
Awareness and registration for organ and eye donation
Counselling services in areas of natural disaster (flooding, etc.)
Sanitation: construction of toilets, ensuring cleanliness, public health testing
Teaching yoga and meditation
Healthy eating
Promotion of medicinal plants
Free health clinic

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International Women's Day 2016: Recognizing the Unrecognized

About LEAD

Inspire, Innovate, Engage: Yuva Summit 2016

LEAD Prayana 2016

My Story: Prajwal M

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