Power Of Knowledge And Education(POKE) is a not for profit organization working towards improving the quality of education in India. We are a team of dedicated and like minded people from different walks of life who share a drive to do their bit towards the making of an equitable and progressive society using education and knowledge as a tool. We are based out of Haldwani ( District-Nainital, Utta
rakhand) and we plan to reach out to kids across different areas over the next few years. Vision : To seek an enriched world where every person is busy acquiring knowledge and skills, has access to the source of knowledge, becomes a self learner and a responsible citizen. We are running following projects:
1. Literacy
“Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world”. This project aims to improve the reading, writing and basic arithmetic skills of children between 4-15 years. A strong pre-primary and primary education plays a pivotal role in laying a strong foundation for a child’s intellectual and social development. We take morning and evening classes everyday and all our kids are first taught the basics of the English, Hindi and Maths irrespective of the age or standards.
2. Library
“Everyone should have a small library in their homes to inculcate reading habits in children” . Our Library project ‘बुक बस्ता’is dedicated to late Dr A.P.J Abdul Kalam and aims at developing the habit of reading, creating a hunger to read books and providing the access to books to one and all. We plan to open a series of small libraries across different regions of Kumaun. The first in the series is already opened and operating at HimmatpuraTalla, Haldwani with more than 1000 books from all genres. The library is open to all people of all age groups and from all walks of life.
3. Learning
“WISDOM is knowing what to do next, SKILL is knowing how to do it and VIRTUE is doing it”. Our learning is not just restricted to academics. We strongly believe and follow the practice of involving our kids in all sorts of learning, fun based activities(dance, sports, drawing, meditation, yoga, crafts and the likes), skill and personality development. We give much importance to values, ethics, discipline, hygiene and service to Nation and its people.
4. सांझा चूल्हा – POKE’s Nutrition Mission
“ He who has health has hope, he who has hope has everything”. Our Saanjha Chulha initiative was launched to work on improving the health and nutrition standards of our kids. Their health has been long ignored and they often fall sick for long duration which affects their studies and daily activities. We provide fresh unprocessed milk to our kids with occasional variations of bananas, glucose biscuits, oatmeal, sprouts or any healthy stuff. We also organize health check up camps and maintain and monitor health records of our kids.
