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In pictures

Life at Vidyodaya

Classrooms and camps, play and craft, the forest and the children who call it home.

Adivasi children and a teacher doing a stick-dance (kolattam) inside a classroom

Students doing forest fieldwork, a girl with backpack writing notes at a tree while others walk a forest trail

Group of smiling Adivasi children lined up, one girl beaming at camera

Saxophonist crouching to play for a row of small Adivasi children watching closely

Woman teacher in yellow sari teaching young Adivasi children seated on the floor, a child raising hand eagerly

Adivasi women dancing and clapping in a row at the celebration, animated expressions

Crisp close portrait of an Adivasi boy in a blue-and-white shirt, soft window light

Teacher standing over a blue table guiding Adivasi children using a laptop, kids gathered around attentively

Group of children holding a giant colourful parachute outdoors in a camp activity

Adivasi girl in a classroom looking up thoughtfully while writing with two other students

Boy laughing as he runs with a green frisbee during outdoor play

Women in colourful saris dancing energetically in a circle outdoors, children watching

Tender portrait of a small Adivasi girl with twin hair-buns standing against a chalkboard wall, hands to mouth

Outdoor camp session, a man addressing a large group of children seated on the ground under a tree at the school

Hand-carved wooden elephant sculptures and a painted Tree of Dreams mural inside the campus building

Large joyful crowd of women and children dancing together at the Adivasi day festival

Adivasi girl in a green silk dress seated on the floor with her notebook, looking up at camera

Two visiting musicians (guitar and saxophone) with an elderly woman teacher in a sari, performing together

Children leaning in to look at a saxophone held by a visiting musician

Smiling teacher in pink-and-yellow sari working closely with children around her in a classroom

Five teenage boys bent over working a vegetable and seedling garden plot on the school grounds

Adivasi children and elders seated together watching a performance inside a classroom, an elder man laughing

Close-up portrait of a smiling Adivasi girl in a cream school shirt

Group seated in a circle around a large shade tree on a circular platform, working and talking

Candid of four young Adivasi adults eating a meal together on a wall outdoors, laughing

Portrait of a young Adivasi woman in a traditional shawl writing notes outdoors

Children lining up at a serving counter for a meal while a man serves, on a decorated mud-wall veranda

Portrait of two Adivasi children, a curly-haired girl smiling beside an older girl, against a brick wall

Group of women and girls eating together under a tree with a hill backdrop, a woman serving food

Visiting young woman musician playing the saxophone standing in a school hall

Two young Adivasi girls in traditional gold-and-pink dresses outdoors amid marigold blooms

Male teacher in maroon shirt and dhoti leading children in a stick-dance lesson in front of a chalkboard

Young people seated on the floor in small groups in a brightly decorated learning centre with a young teacher facilitating

Children and a man performing the kolattam stick-dance with wooden sticks in a learning-centre hall

Teacher and children sitting in a circle on a classroom floor doing a Tamil word-card learning activity

Adivasi girls and young women dancing together indoors, a girl in a blue kurta mid-movement in the foreground

Close-up portrait of a playful Adivasi boy framing his eyes with his fingers in a classroom

Woman teacher in a cardigan seated among a large group of attentive children

Two boys in a classroom, one proudly holding up his crayon drawing

A group of Adivasi women teachers and mothers seated with girls, all smiling warmly

Children clustered together in a reading and learning circle inside a library room

Three young Adivasi girls smiling up at the camera during a craft activity on a mat

Boy seated on a mat with a map jigsaw puzzle in a learning-centre classroom

Young Adivasi boy holding up a beading thread during a craft activity, other children working on mats behind

Two women demonstrating bamboo and reed materials on a display wall to a cluster of small girls in bright dresses

Children presenting potted plants and seedlings on decorated tables at an indoor exhibition

Smiling Adivasi woman in a grey-and-black sari at the community gathering, children walking behind

Crowd of Adivasi children and a teacher in a pink sari moving through the open courtyard outside the school building

Adivasi community members standing with President Droupadi Murmu beside life-size bamboo elephant sculptures on a green field

Young Adivasi man and woman honoured by India's President Droupadi Murmu at a formal ceremony

Adivasi youth gathered around a laptop, studying together

A stack of original short storybooks written by and with the Adivasi community

The Vidyodaya school grounds — tiled-roof buildings with solar panels, among trees

Children gathered at the Erumad community children's camp

A session in progress at a village learning centre

A large taluk-level children's camp gathering

Children at the Kollivayal village learning centre

Children tossing and catching balls in pairs during an outdoor camp game

Children at play with balls during an outdoor camp, the Nilgiri hills behind

Children and elders laughing together during a learning-centre session, animal charts on the wall

Vidyodaya Viswa Bharati Vidyodaya Trust

An Adivasi-led education initiative in the Gudalur valley, rooted in the language, culture and future of the community.

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12/669-A, Thottamoola Road
Gudalur, The Nilgiris
Tamil Nadu, India 643212

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