Literacy StreetFeeding Minds & Bodies in Jaipur

Ladan Arissian • Nicole Berezin • Caitlin Legere • Claudia Lopez • Keith SmithOLIT 537 Culture and Global eLearning September 2011

M-Learning Literacy Initiative

for Incarcerated Street Children in Jaipur

OverviewProblem:

Low literacy rate in much of India

Children malnourished, incarcerated, uneducated

Juvenile Justice Act not sufficient

Caste system presents barrier

Plan: Partner with meal provider

Mobile technology to bridge gaps, increase literacy

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Incarcerated Youth

• Hundreds of thousands of children are homeless for different reasons

• Search for food trumps education

• Many are incarcerated

• “Observation homes” are usually overcrowded, with short food supplies

• Perpetuates low literacy

Breaking the Pattern of Poverty

Feed Their BodiesPhase I:

Partner with existing programs in Jaipur, Rajasthan

•Akshaya Patra, hot lunch program•Health and hygiene training

Community mentoring teams

Bringing the World of Informationto Disadvantaged Indian Youth Feed Their Minds

•eLearning/Mobile-Learning programs

•Practical, age-appropriate curricula

•Present on a mobile platform.

•Local literacy mentoring

•Apply diet, health and hygiene themes

Phase II: Gaining Influence and Cultural Capital with Bollywood

Enlist media industryMotivation to learnAuthentic message

Utilize existing resources of Bollywood• Jobs• Training• Paid internship

Literacy StreetFeeding Minds & Bodies in Jaipur

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