[Doosra Dashak]

About Doosra Dashak

Doosra Dashak literally means the second decade. This programme is about the education and development of persons in the age group 11-20 years, mostly adolescents, and to make them lever for larger social and economic development. This project is being implemented by the Foundation for Education and Development in the rural areas of Rajasthan since May 2001.

The most recent articles

Oxfam Novib

Saturday 16 June 2007 by Doosra Dashak

Oxfam Novib (Netherlands) is fighting for a just world without poverty: together with people, organizations, businesses and governments; through cooperative projects and lobby; locally and internationally, because poverty and injustice are global problems. They are about unjust economic and (...)

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National Council for Science & Technology Communication

Friday 15 June 2007 by Doosra Dashak

National Council for Science & Technology Communication (NCSTC) is an initiative from Department of Science & Technology, Government of India. As a major concern, NCSTC has developed schemes for communication and popularization of Science and Technology among Adolescents and Rural (...)

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Prakash - Story of a transformed boy

Thursday 14 June 2007 by Doosra Dashak

Prakash is the resident of Jamba, a tiny hamlet of Meghwals of Phalodi tehsil. Presently he is studying in class XII. Prior to joining Doosra Dashak, he considered school education (Math, Hindi, English) as the complete education. Now, his vision regarding education has been broadened. He has (...)

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Pushpa —> When science helps fighting superstitions

Wednesday 13 June 2007 by Doosra Dashak

Pushpa has 7 brothers and sisters. Her father stitches clothes whereas, her mother is an anganwadi worker. In her early childhood she was living with her aunt in Girasan village. In her aunt’s family girls were not allowed to go to school. Due to this reason she also could not attend the school. (...)

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Executive Committee Members and relative Information

Tuesday 12 June 2007 by Doosra Dashak

The Board of Trustees of FED has constituted an Executive Committee for management of the Doosra Dashak project and has delegated to it full administrative and financial powers in regard to Doosra Dashak.

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Kishanganj GVK/VK

Monday 11 June 2007 by Doosra Dashak

Workshop/ Training On May 22-23,2006 workshop to prepare projects was organized at Bhanwargarh. Around 45 adolescents of 6 villages attended the workshop. It provided a forum to jointly deliberate the important issues of biodiversity and its conservation. Whole affair was conducted in two (...)

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Abu Road GVK/VK

Saturday 9 June 2007 by Doosra Dashak

In this block one Gyan Vigyan Kendra and 2 Vigyan Kendras have also been established as per NCSTC guideline. A number of activities have been undertaken. These include experimentation, training and exposure for capacity building, skill development, learning about agriculture, organizing (...)

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Pisangan GVK/VK

Friday 8 June 2007 by Doosra Dashak

The approach is the creation of decentralized institutions at the block level and panchayat level with strong community involvement and a capacity to enhance the spirit of enquiry amongst school-going and out-of-school adolescents, as well as the popularization of science in the community.

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Bap GVK/VK

Thursday 7 June 2007 by Doosra Dashak

A very interesting thing was noted in Bap that GVK is actively taking part in dissemination of message of science by initiating Gyan Vigyan Chetna Yatras. These yatras culminated in the form of village level science fairs.

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FED Information and Members of BoT

Tuesday 5 June 2007 by Doosra Dashak

Foundation for Education and Development (FED) was set up in August 2000 as a public charitable trust. The mission of FED is to use education as a tool for people’s empowerment to realise the vision of an egalitarian and value based society. The long term organizational objectives are to support (...)

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