Launching www.PlanetChild.org

During the past 1.5 years that I have been working for Microsoft India Development Center I have had the opportunity to visit India and China a number of times. Each time I go there on a business trip I try to visit some schools over the weekends and interacted with students.

In January of 2006 on a flight from Singapore to India I came up with the idea for PlanetChild and I couldn't wait long enough for the plane to land so I could start implementing it. Since then I have spent a lot of time talking to people and refining the idea. Now it is finally at a stage that I can start to talk about it broadly.

What is PlanetChild? It is an international non profit organization aimed at improving teaching methods and practices in developing countries and at making them more effective. It is very much influenced by http://path.org/. PATH develops programs that have huge return on investment in the heath care sector. For example they have invented a new syringe that once used it can not be reused and therefore it effectively stops spread of diseases cased by multiple usage of vaccine syringes.

I put this organization together to find like minded people and collaborate with them to develop and implement targeted programs to help kids learn better and faster. If you are interested in helping in any way send me an email.

The first program of Planet Child is Development Through Drawing. I will write more about it soon.

If you want to write a blog about Planet Child please use the link below to include a random child drawing with your post:

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