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We are an Educational and Charitable Trust based in Ahmedabad, the largest city in the Western State of Gujarat in India. We work within 28 slums across Ahmedabad.

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VIDYA... EDUCATION... THEATRE... DEVELOPMENT

How do these terms co-relate?

Let us begin with our name VIDYA. What does it signify? "VIDYA" means knowledge. It is also a common Indian name for a girl.

Our primary focus is to increase awareness on issues surrounding the welfare of the girl-child among communities living in urban slums. To lift the curtain on detrimental beliefs and practices harnessing her growth. To promote attitudinal and practical changes that can help to create a positive, congenial environment for her current well-being and realization for her future-potential.

We explore the causes and effects of gender-discrimination and harmful superstitions that lead to problems like female foeticide and infanticide, early marriages, and unequal access to health care and education. We believe in education beyond the text-book; a holistic approach that involves the entire community

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Every Girl has the Right to be a Child

VIDYA is completely independent and functions through fund-raising and through donations.

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Theatre for Development Handbook

Theatre for Development Handbook By Mojisola Adebayo, Manisha Mehta and John Martin

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To donate to girl-child and community development, please make Cheques/Demand Drafts/Banker's Cheque in favour of Vidya Educational and Charitable Trust

For citizens of India, who wish to avail Income Tax benefits, donations are exempted from Income Tax under Section 80 G of the Income Tax Act, 1961.

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Since May 2007, VIDYA has been facilitating Practical Skills Training Self-Sustainability Workshops with Jan Shikshan Sansthan (Gujarat University) across the slums of Ahmedabad. The goal of these workshops is to provide women and girls of the slums communities with practical training and skills in the safety of their own community so they can become financially independent and self-sustainable. In May and June, VIDYA conducted a candle-making and mukhwaas making workshop because the demand for candles and mukhwaas are constant throughout the year and especially during the holidays and wedding seasons. Read More
In April-May 2004, Artistic Director Manisha Mehta participated in the UNESCO-endorsed Earth Symposium in Vancouver. This event, an international initiative of The Earth Project was presented by DanceArts Vancouver in association with the Simon Fraser University. Read More
Between November 2003 and January 2004, the VIDYA Management conducted a workshop for some members of the Performance Company on Project Presentation. Read More
Every summer from 2002 onwards, VIDYA has been conducting theatre workshops for around 60 children and youth from different slums in Ahmedabad. The workshops take place simultaneously in selected areas over 3 weeks. Read More

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