Kahaani on Wheels
SPRIHA plans to act as an ‘Emotional Coach’ in nurturing imagination. SPRIHA has created the concept of ‘Kahaani (stories) on Wheels’. We have open- air story sessions by well trained story tellers of different age groups who can reach out to children with their interesting stories and ways to narrate them. Our stories try deconstructing the stereotype and give a new dimension to the story. We have developed mechanism for the maximum involvement of children. Thus, we distribute colors and canvas to the children to paint after listening to the stories. This practice evokes them to paint their fantasies and fear and help the children to emote their sensitivities in their unique way.
How do we reach children?
- Schools: We develop a regular curriculum for schools to be incorporated in their weekly routine. We would also produce ‘talking books’ for the children.
- RWAs: We meet children at various Resident Welfare Associations during the playtime hours and make the playtime more substantial.
- Slums: We take the story vans to slums or unauthorized colonies and try to imbibe the issues faced by them in our story telling sessions.
SPRIHA identifies and groom nation-wide story tellers in different languages and dialects. The vision is to reach out to the maximum children irrespective of their cultural, linguistic and geographical landscape.
