The New Volunteer...
With the new NEP in place and the whole concept of ‘experiential learning’ in vogue, we at Jeevitnadi have been getting a lot of students from the age of 13 to 24 years to work with us. The mandate of these kind of projects are usually forced on the students as part of the curriculum and so, it is sometime difficult to turn this next generation into volunteers with us.. However exceptions can prove the rule.. and I would like to introduce you all to one such little friend of ours. An avid birder from the age of 7, a keen observer and voracious learner is Aakash Athaide, now aged 13. Hes been our neighbour at Irene Towers and visits our adopted stretch at Ram Mula Confluence since over 4 years now. He was part of the Nadi Shala we had at our stretch, and was the youngest student with the most brilliant questions to every resource person we had. Our society – Irene Towers, Aloma county on the Aundh Balewadi link road shares its wall with the Ram Nadi. So, a stretch of Ram nadi can ...
