Students at The Modern Story project in Nalgonda finished their final project on equal distribution of water in their community. They pointed out one farmer’s trouble with the irrigation and canal that many others share. Saving water means saving the town’s way of life.  For the students, they thought it was important for people to physically see water differently in order for them to use it differently. They did an incredible still-frame animation to prove their point. Enjoy!

http://vimeo.com/9681394

Nalgonda Final Project – Save Water, Save Nalgonda Farmers’ Way of Life from The Modern Story on Vimeo.

Congratulations Pavani on being a finalist for this newly inaugurated, international essay competition run by the Women’s Learning Partnership. Selected from a pool of young writers aged 14-18 from across the globe, Pavani wrote on the education deficit for women in India and how a new generation of young girls is overcoming it. The essays were graded on three criteria: Awareness of the Problem (35 marks), Ideas for the Solution (55 marks), and Communication and Writing (10 marks). The scores are weighted heavily in favor of those essays that suggest comprehensive solutions to advance gender rights. See a list of finalists here Post a comment on Pavani’s essay and help her win the audience prize. While they continue the judging process, go on over to the blog to learn more about the Women’s Learning Partnership, read the entries from the first group of finalists, and post comments! Remember, the essay with the most comments will receive a special audience choice prize. Thank you to all our students for submitting.
(Pavani’s essay re-posted below)

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I’m so proud of our students at Nalgonda. They are talented artists. Ideas for their video project on equitable distribution of water in their community began to take shape after I showed them some possibilities using Final Cut for animation. They finished the title screens and edited one segment of video last class. Here is the first cut of some animations that will be incorporated into the larger video. The boys love to listen to our music at the end of class and liked the following music for the soundtrack. They reminded me that the words in the music went well with their theme, ‘We love water.’  Telugu/English subtitles coming after the short holiday this weekend. Enjoy!

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