Limited resources in rural India are major obstacles standing in the way of learning. Children in standards 1-5 struggle to reap the benefits of reading because their access to books ends at their school gates.

Ambuja Manovikas Kendra (AMK) a school for specially-abled children recently claimed the ultimate triumph, ‘Overall Championship Trophy’ at the North Zone cultural competition for specially-abled children – Umang season 6. Not only this, students from AMK have now won this honour at the event for the sixth time in row.

Ambuja Foundation congratulates 14 students from the Upparwahi Zilla Parishad School, Chandrapur for participating in the 2nd International Championship 2024 on Karate, organized by ‘World Nakayama Shotokan Association’ at Hyderabad – bringing home 1 Gold, 5 Silver and 7 Bronze medals in the process!

Sports in the tiny hamlet of Bulladewala, is something reserved for senior kids – Primary school children don’t play.

Navjot Singh is a much-loved personality around the streets of Alampur, where he is seen daily delivering goods on his cycle rickshaw. People fondly refer to him as ‘Navjot Cycle Rickshaw Walla.’ But this was not always the case. When he was born with intellectual disability and bilateral claw hand and foot deformity, local people shied away – speaking in hushed tones they would say hurtful comments like ‘what a burden for the family!’ and ‘how can they manage with his behaviour?’

AMK’s Priya Devi has done India proud, winning a silver medal in Basketball at the World Special Olympics in Berlin, Germany!

Ambuja Manovikas Kendra (AMK), won the Overall Championship for the 5th time in a row at the Punjab State Level Cultural Competition – Umang 2023. The event is the 5th Punjab State-level Cultural Competition organised by the Special Olympics Bharat, Punjab in collaboration with Ashadeep welfare society organized for the intellectually disabled students and special teachers.

We are only just now beginning to understand the magnitude of the impact of the pandemic and subsequent closure of schools in India, on our children, with stark learning losses, increases in mental health and behavioral issues, and spikes in school dropout rates.

Ambuja Manovikas Kendra, Ambuja Foundation’s school for differently abled children in Ropar, Punjab bagged the 23rd Punjab State Special Olympics Overall Championship Trophy yet again. AMK athletes secured 21 Gold Medals, 9 Silver Medals & 1 Bronze Medal in different sports event.

The plug-and-play models support the students in understanding various science and maths concepts, so that they are not just ‘memorizing’ the concepts, but retaining them throughout their lives. Additionally, they are approved by 6 SCERT - Maharashtra, Goa, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Nagaland, and Jammu & Kashmir for their alignment with the curriculum.

“20 years ago, we grew one crop of groundnuts a year – the crop was always poor because the groundwater we used was saline. Salinity had crept in 15 kms from the coast and we even struggled to find sweet water to drink. A government pipeline delivered drinking water to us from 30 kms away, but by the time it reached us, we had no idea of the water quality.

“When I joined as principal of Zilla Parishad School in Pimpalgaon in 2013, children from the community were mostly going to faraway schools for education. Teachers were even waiting to get their transfer orders and shift to other schools.