Hello everyone. I’m Lokesh, 20M from India. I’m a student and my main interests are in reducing animal suffering and helping kids educate.
I’ve been a part of an NSS (National Service Scheme) project of my college (IIT Madras in Chennai) for two years. We partner with an NGO, Shiksha Prayas based in Haryana—which teaches underprivileged students (aged 14-17, in class 8th-10th) in the outskirts of New Delhi—to mentor the kids alongside their teachers. The mentoring is done mainly on phone calls and occasionally some fun, informative events are also organised. Despite of all the efforts, it doesn’t seem like there is any outcome coming from what we’ve been doing from our end (mentoring). [Teaching by the teachers are the centers is certainly producing visible results.]
I would like to know if anyone has reflected on the ways to help underprivileged kids in the community, here. Is the above method not workable, or we’re missing something? Are there any resources on it?
Thankyou very much for you time.
Hey Jack. I’ve always loved your content and was obsessively consuming in Lockdown. I’ve learnt a lot from you I try to follow your and Alex’s style in conversations and hold similar values. The speech is great (I watched it on YouTube this morning, and now saw the post here).
If at all you want to change something, you may experiment with other ways of giving perspective around the hugeness of the numbers. Comparison is not always realisable to people who aren’t into basketball. I know this is quibbling but I can’t find any other point to give suggestions on.
Needless to say, you’re doing a great work. Keep it up, man.