I saw this TED presentation and was amazed by how the speaker, Arvind Gupta, turns commonly available things into great learning toys which teach principles of science. The toys are simple to make and I bet kids anywhere in the world would love to get their hands on them. I know I would
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Small Step Foundation is a non-profit public benefit volunteer corporation that I support.Their focus is promoting education and support rehabilitation of special need children by directly funding existing Not for profit organizations in India. This is from SSF website: “If Not Us, Then Who? If Not Now, Then When?” These were the guiding priniciples of [...]
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I have posted about Small Steps Foundation in the past. It is a Bay Area based Non-Profit working to fund education projects in India. To raise funds, they are oragnizing a 5k/10k walk and, as always, the event is targeted towards a whole family experience. These are the details of the SSF 2009 Walk. If [...]
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Sugar Beyond the XO Laptop: Walter Bender on OLPC, Sucrose 0.84, and “Sugar on a Stick”
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A couple of interesting tech news from India yesterday. First is the launch of Windows 7 in Indian languages. Microsoft, as a part of its efforts to overcome the language barrier to computing, has showcased a variety of custom made products directed specifically at the vernacular language market – a market that has been largely [...]
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Watch out Wikipedia, here comes Britannica 2.0 – BizTech – Technology Posted using ShareThis
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Anyone in the Bay Area who wants to experience a bit of Indian culture and help underprivileged kids in India consider the “SSF Diwali Dandia Nite“. Small Steps Foundation Invites You ToBiggest Dandia Nite In Fremont When :November 3, 2007 at 7:30pm Where :Centerville Junior High School in Fremont Artist :Sharvari Dixit and her troupe [...]
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I recently got this email and it didn’t look right to me, so I did some investigation and found that it wasn’t. link1 and link2 clear any doubts. There is still a lot of misinformation about AIDS and before we forward any such emails/information, it is our responsibility to make sure it is correct. The [...]
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Recently, my sister and group of friends started the ‘Small Steps Foundation’. SSF is a Not for Profit organization working to raise money that will be used to fund young and upcoming NGOs in India. The goal is to promote education and betterment of children. Currently they are funding Sshrishti, a Delhi based NGO helping [...]
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