Experiential Learning Initiative

23/02/2016

Creating art is a fine way for children to make choices and solve problems. Every step involves making a decision: what color to use, how to make a line, what size to make something. With every choice the object becomes more and more their own.

How involvement in art, music and drama can improve achievement in basic learning skills.

20/12/2015

Boredom is a "creative state".

An education expert says children should be allowed to get bored so they can develop their innate ability to be creative.

13/11/2015

"Joining the ELI has indeed been one of the greatest experiences I’ve had. And this is only the beginning…"
Read more about our ELI Corps volunteer, Lolakshi Chendriah's experience at ELI Africa so far and how her involvement has changed her perception.

A bunch of giggles. A dash of gimmicks. A pinch of squealing. A handful of laughter. And a few scoops of mischiefs. Stir them up. And add some zest of zeal. And you are almost ready with a bunch of Ved-Varun-Chellen in class. These encapsulated the onset of my journey as a volunteer at ELI Corps Pro…

10/11/2015

Children will value the education they are offered if they are intrinsically motivated!
"Giving someone a reward for doing a task can actually decrease their intrinsic motivation for that task because they begin to feel like they should only do the task for external rewards. This is called the overjustification effect."

10/11/2015

This Diwali, let's be kind and compassionate towards animals and towards the environment. Let's not spend our money on firecrackers but instead let's light up our homes with beautiful diyas and energy efficient LED bulbs, enjoy homemade sweets and maybe even consider a vegetarian or vegan diet for 2016!
Shubh Deepawali to all of our volunteers, our supporters and to all animal lovers!

06/11/2015

ELI Wooff in collaboration with the Municipality of Quatre Bornes, Rotary and Rotaract of QB are organising a Free Medical Clinic and Sensitisation Campaign this Sunday 8th November.
Venue: Residence Bassin, Quatre Bornes
Date & Time : Sunday 8th November from 2PM until 5PM
Call on: 5 854 9995 (free number) or 5 794 6423 to book your pet's consultation
We hope to see you and your furry friend(s) there! PLEASE share this post! You never know, a simple share might save a life. Thank you everyone!

05/10/2015

To celebrate and to contribute towards World Animal Day and World Vegetarian Day in action, ELI Wooff is launching a Veg Week starting Sunday 11th until Sunday 18th October with the theme "For the animals, for our health and for a kinder Mauritius". Participants in our Veg Week will have a chance to win interesting prizes in our daily draw while contributing to an amazing cause! So let's pledge to cut out meat from our meals next week! If you wish to register and win exciting prizes, join the ELI Wooff Veg Week 2015 Event, comment below, send us a private message or simply call us on 5 880 4040. Animal lovers, the challenge is on!

To celebrate and to contribute towards World Animal Day and World Vegetarian Day in action, ELI Wooff is launching a Veg Week starting Sunday 11th until Sunday 18th October with the theme "For the animals, for our health and for a kinder Mauritius". Participants in our Veg Week will have a chance to win interesting prizes in our daily draw while contributing to an amazing cause! This campaign will raise awareness on animal welfare issues, animal rights and also on the benefits of vegetarianism. We will post delicious and healthy veggie recipes every day and will also feature the creative and tasty dishes of our participants on our social media sites. So let's pledge to cut out meat from our meals next week! If you wish to register, join the ELI Wooff Veg Week 2015 Event, comment below, send us a private message or simply call us on 5 880 4040. Animal lovers, the challenge is on!

24/09/2015

I have heard that question a hundred times and on the moment I always viewed it as a question aimed at distracting the class. But with time I realized it was indeed a great question! When will we close our books and go play outside?

15/09/2015

With the IT sector expanding rapidly, our students will be learning, through the ELI Code Program, essential skills at an early age and they will easily become experts in the field. Even if they don’t end up being programmers, they’ll have learned a rather impressive skill they can be proud of.

It’s been more than five months now that the students at our Roche Bois education center are following classes on programming. The ELI Code program was introduced to our students in February and since then, it has become one the favorite classes of our students. In his previous blog on ELI Code, Ced…

01/09/2015

Like other children of their age, they also aspire to achieve something in life, be it a small achievement or a great one. But, they have all the rights to aspire to be successful and we can fulfill their aspiration.

“I want to have good manners”, “ I want to become a teacher”, “I want to be a good human being” or “ I want to make my parents proud of myself”-these are some of the answers I got when I asked the students, as part of the positive psychology program, about the changes they would like to see in thems…

30/08/2015

At ELI, we empower young students to use science and technology for the greater good. Our volunteer, Yuvish Chintaram, in the ELI STEM project used only a plastic bottle, water and sodium hypochlorite to provide an ecologically sustainable and cost free source of electricity in his neighbor, Mr Preetam Sujeeun's store, who will be saving approximately Rs 900 in electricity bills monthly! Follow the liter of light project on our page ELI STEM - Science & Technology to Empower Mauritius to see how we plan on using simple concepts of science to make Mauritius a better place.

25/08/2015

At ELI, our volunteers strive the level best to use and apply maximum of the teaching methodologies to enable the students play an active and participatory role in their own learning process.