The WordsWorth Project

Hey Everyone,
We are reopening our applications. Apply and make a difference in yours and some kids' life.
Here's the link. Do share it with everyone who might be interested.
Last date to apply - 11th January 2020

The WordsWorth Project - Call for Volunteers: January'20 - April'20 Thank you for your interest! Please fill the form to volunteer with us from January 2020 to April 2020. We are a social impact project that works with children from low resource communities, aiming to inculcate a desire to read, and attempting to spread literacy through this endeavour. We have colla...

Hello and happy winters to everyone! We're now accepting applications for our upcoming session (January'20 to April'20) and are looking forward to putting together yet another incredible team of passionate, caring and altogether wonderful volunteers.
Our previous session was fantastic, thank you to everyone on the team. And all the very best to those who will be leaving us, shine bright ✨
Hoping to see lots of applications this time as well.
The last date to apply is 10th December, so apply now!
https://forms.gle/wehQ3jZnuRoRTmwm9

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You can also check out our website to get an insight into our work.
https://thewordsworthproject.org/

The WordsWorth Project - Call for Volunteers: January'20 - April'20 Thank you for your interest! Please fill the form to volunteer with us from January 2020 to April 2020. We are a social impact project that works with children from low resource communities, aiming to inculcate a desire to read, and attempting to spread literacy through this endeavour. We have colla...

The other day while the kids were engrossed in completing their worksheet, I looked around when suddenly something caught my attention. Every bench had differently-coloured bags, each resonating its’ own uniqueness and importance for the kids. The only companion that they have starting right from 7am to 6pm is their bag. They carry it around from school to their tuitions symbolising the amount of work they have to accomplish that day. Sometimes it’s light and sometimes a tad bit heavy to carry for even the adults. But one thing that remains constant is the amalgam of the vibrant dreams of these little minds. Dreams of conquering the world, dreams of living in a house made of chocolate or being able to fly like the superman. And with their dreams, associated is the hope of people like me. A hope that one day every child will be able to carry school bags of his/her favourite colour rather than carrying sacks of cement on a construction site. A hope of a world where all kids are brought up in an environment to dream and opportunities for their dreams to be fulfilled. The light in their eyes aspire to be a part of the best universities around the world. And a hope that their religion, colour, gender or lack of finances never hold them back from choosing the path that they want for themselves. A hope that one day they will break from all the shackles holding them back and succeed in whatever they want to do in life.

Hope is not simply a four lettered word. As rightly written by Emily Dickinson,

"Hope" is the thing with feathers -
That perches in the soul -
And sings the tune without the words -
And never stops - at all -

It is an Illuminating beam of confidence in the soul. It never stops. Hope is perhaps the only thing that keeps us going. Once, I asked the kids about what they think of hope and one of the answers gave me chills. The 10 year old said, ‘Didi for me hope feels like giving a tight hug with a rainbow. Mumma says that whenever there are lots of fights or sadness on Earth, God creates a rainbow which envelops us in its different colours that calms the chaos of our minds and spreads his divine light which fills our homes with the hope of more positive things to come.’ It is astonishing to know how a natural phenomenon turns out to be a symbol of strength to a little child. If we look at it closely all children are the ones who fill us up with the strength and power like no other. They bring with them love and hope and encompass everyone within their purity and light.
Providing them with the environment and opportunities to find their own colour and stick by them amidst all that goes wrong is what we owe to them. Owe to them for sprinkling that bright sunshine in the dark and finally owe them for making adults believe in miracles and blessings.

The Other End Of The Table

The first time, I stood
At the other end of the table
In a dusty classroom,
I realized that nothing prepares you
For wide eyes, and vacant expressions,
Some ready to dive in, some unwilling to be there.
Some thirsty to run their hands
On a map of the world;
Fingers tracing the Mississippi,
A small pin, on Vatican City,
And some restless to run towards
A dream with its roots in the stars,
Reminding us how big the world can be.
We say we have learned the countries by heart
And teach them where Madagascar is;
But what have you seen,
If not a village in the mountains,
Through Frost’s poem or
Daffodils through
Wordsworth’s words.
And who are we kidding with the memorized tables,
When the only math we do,
Is count the hours left to get home?
I wish we taught our children to learn to speak
Through hands, and loving through words,
And gave them books to read,
That spoke like Keats in autumn,
To be their best friends.
I wish we taught them to paint
And color outside the lines,
Before we asked them to learn
The Alphabet by heart
But I am hopeful,
Because standing on the other side of the table,
I can give them so much,
Not just a page out of their school books
Or a chapter, some scholar wrote,
Not just a story that they must learn in class,
Or six sentences to write on monsoon,
I can teach them to imagine, beyond these books,
And teach them how they can be anything,
I can teach them to smile at a passer-by
I can teach them to write a story of their own.
-Shivanshi Bhadouria

🔹🔹🔹🔹

Captured Moments.
Captured hearts.
We somewhere amidst relive those moments.
The moments that have passed.
Those that never can be regained.
All are seared,
All are gone.
Reliving the fun, the love and joy, we somewhere find ourselves.
Dancing in glee,
Singing happily,
Laughing at the most innocent of the jokes.
The pictures unfurling the happy faces, the amazing souls.
Today left with only the memories we try to retrace the days,
The days filled with learning and joy,
We think that it is us who are the teachers here,
Not realizing the impact of those kids in our unstable lives.
Meticulously they learn,
Teaching us numerous lessons in return.
As today although in a completely different place,
Our hearts still bothered,
Concerned about those little ones’ happiness and wellbeing.
Our hearts still connected,
Connected with those brightest smiles.
The euphoria used to engulf us,
The whole day’s misery disappearing in seconds,
The tensions, deadlines all forgotten
As now we just sit there thinking,
“will they ever let me speak”.

Thank you all for your applications! The team is excited for interviews and thrilled to be able to welcome new members to our happy WordsWorth family soon.

We are now closing the main application form, but may be putting out location-specific forms depending on our first round of interviews. Keep your eyes peeled :)

Hello and happy monsoons to everyone! We're now accepting applications for our upcoming session (August to November) and are looking forward to putting together yet another incredible team of passionate, caring and all together wonderful volunteers.

Our previous session was fantastic, thank you to everyone on the team. And all the very best to those who will be leaving us, shine bright ✨

The last date to apply is 19th July, so apply now!
https://forms.gle/bt11K166b7QLWkL67

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The WordsWorth Project - Call for Volunteers! Thank you for your interest! Please fill the form to volunteer with us from August 2019 to mid November 2019. Please note that your weekly time commitment through this period would amount to 4 hours. The WordsWorth Project teaches English to children from low income communities, aiming to spread the...

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.” – John Quincy Adams

With this enthusiasm, we welcome our new batch of volunteers who are already such leaders to have taken this responsibility to spread more and more love and knowledge into this space. Svagatam. 🙌🏻

“Wordsworth has given me a sense of satisfaction and contentment. But more than that it has given me wonderful friends – innocent young kiddos who just manage to lighten up any rainy day. They ask questions that sometimes befuddle me and leave me speechless. I am wracking my brain and scratching my head every week trying to come up with creative and fun ways of learning. Those ‘good evening didi’s and ‘may I come in didi’s along with watching Tin Tin, pinning adjectives on each other and having horror story sessions in the dark have come to form an ineffable experience.
The best thing about Wordsworth has been viewing the world with a new fresh pair of eyes.”
- Khushi, star volunteer, Sarita Vihar.

The WordsWorth Project - Call for Volunteers!

About Us
We're a social impact project that works with underprivileged children, promoting reading and attempting to fix the many barriers faced while learning to read and understand English.

We currently operate out of six spaces in NCR, and are looking to expand. Our model involves collaborating with existing NGOs and community centres, and working out of their centres.

We're looking for dedicated, committed and passionate volunteers.

Duration: January'19 to April'19

Apply now!
https://goo.gl/forms/pfVbia3EYYXXucJE2

The last date to apply is 19th December.

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Check out our page for information about us: https://www.facebook.com/thewordsworthproject/?fref=ts

Instagram handle: thewordsworthproject

Contact us at: [email protected]