Science & Technology: Crowd Funding, Our Story
Editorial: Building Community from Inside Out
Welcome to our first edition of the Jester after the end of the financial year 2012-2013. The previous issue gave you a glimpse of all that we have been planning for the coming year and this issue is dedicated to giving you an update of what we have achieved so far. The theme for our [...]
Spirituality: Nurturing Individual Responsibility
Nurturing Individual Responsibility 101 By Karen Huggins “…simplicity must first draw the heart, appealing to the soul in some mysterious way; only afterward will the intellect follow along, filling in the details of how to organize life around this new passion and dreaming up rationales for curious friends. The attraction of simplicity is mysterious because [...]
Health: Youth and Violence – UN Fact Sheet
STEP trust is committed to work towards working for youth. Today youth are one of the biggest victims of violence which has a deep impact on their physical, mental and social health. We would like to share the WHO (world Health Organisations) Fact sheet on youth and violence and the responses they have suggested to [...]
Education: Building a Peace Community
Peace Building: Teacher’s Workshop: Churachandpur – A Report
Building Peace Community Project: Responding to bullying through and compassion and accepting “Other” 5th -6th April 2013 A Report STEP conducted a two day teacher training program at Lalpuithluaii Foundation School on 5th and 6th of April, 2013. This program is a part of the project, “Building Peace Community”, whose duration is [...]
Social Justice: Y-BUILD: Working for Peace in Srinagar
Youth Peace Workshop Finding Common Grounds Follow up Workshop A Report Srinagar 15th and 16th April “Peace is not the absence of conflict but the ability of people to deal with it imaginatively.” With the idea of this STEP (Standing Together to Enable Peace) Trust which is working towards building a free, just, non-violent, sustainable, [...]
Business & Finance: Conflict & Corruption: A Tale of Two States
While doing our work in Manipur and Kashmir we were over whelmed by the stories and incidents recounted to us by young and old of corruption in the state. The helplessness of being trapped in prolonged conflict with everyday struggles further heightened by corruption at every turn was the key frustration of the people. The [...]
Ecology: Go Organic
Lesson Plan: Organic Solution Primary School Source: Gardens of Hope: Lesson Plan for Earth Democracy (Navdanya Publication, 2010) Subject area: Environmental Studies Time Frame: 1 hour 20 minutes Materials: Vasundera and the Farm handout, markers and paper to make posters Objectives: The students will gain awareness of the connection between personal choices and the health [...]
Direct Violence: One Billion Rising
1 In 3 Women On The Planet Will Be Raped Or Beaten In Her Lifetime. One Billion Women Violated Is An Atrocity. One Billion Women Dancing Is A Revolution. One Billion People In 207 Countries Rose on 14 Feb 2013 Harnessing their Collective Power to Continue Rising & Demanding An End To Violence Against Women [...]