Recently, I
came to know about Uncle Moosa and his story thru one of my friend which
inspired me and sure will motivate you guys to pursue your area of interests.
Uncle Moosa, a Keralite whose original name is Sathyanarayan Mundayoor quit his government job
in the Income Tax department in Mumbai in 1979 to pursue his dream of teaching
children and joined in Vivekananda Kendria Vidyalaya school in Arunachal
Pradesh , influenced many young children with his new ideas and inculcating in
children the book reading habit in his unique styles and methods. He established 13 Bamboosa libraries in remote
areas like Wakro, Chingkham ,Lathaw,Anjaw and his libraries has10,000 books which
are volunteered by children who are regular to libraries.
Uncle Moosa
was bestowed with Padma Shree Award, the fourth highest civilian honor this year
for his contributions towards education in the northeast remote areas of
Arunachal Pradesh.
Akshara Santa
/Saint of Letters:
Harekala
Hajjaba is an orange vendor from Harekala village in Mangaluru, Karnataka,
popularly known as ‘Akshara Santa’ or ‘Saint of Letters’. He saved up money
from selling oranges and started a primary school to educate the children in
his village in Mangaluru
He
got this motivation to begin a school came from his own inability to talk to a
foreigner who asked the price of oranges in English.
Hajjaba
started a primary school in his village in 2000 with just 28 students. He then
took out loans and used up his savings to buy land for that school. A few years
after that he also started a high school for students aged 10 to 14 in the same
village.
Our Government
of India awarded Padma Shri to Hajjaba for providing affordable education in
2020.
Beena
Rao
Another
unsung hero, Inspired by her father, Beena Rao is changing the lives of thousands of slum
children in Surat Gujarat with her simple initiative of introducing Prayas, a
free coaching institute for slum children with the help of her husband.
She started
with teaching 2-3 children herself. Now, she has a team of 34 volunteers who
teach around thousands of students at eight different coaching centers across Surat, the
capital of Gujarat.
Her TED talk on ‘How
I changed slum children’s abusive slang to scientific jargon’ is an eye opening
to all of us.
Source of the stories: https://www.thebetterindia.com
There are
many unsung heroes in India and abroad where they are dedicating their entire lives
for the noble cause of contributing their knowledge/wisdom to the society.
I understood from the lives of these extra
ordinary people that Dedication, Discipline
and Patience are the three important tools on which one should work on to
achieve any dream in life.
“The
highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes
our life in harmony with all existence” –Rabindranath Tagore
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