Monga maiko ena ambiri, India akukumana ndi vuto la zinyalala zapulasitiki. Tsiku lililonse, matani 26 a zinyalala amapangidwa m’dziko lonselo! Ndipo m’chigawo cha Pamogi cha kumpoto chakum’maŵa kwa Assam, anthu anayamba kuwotcha zinyalala kuti atenthedwe m’nyengo yachisanu ya m’mphepete mwa mapiri a Himalaya.
Komabe, zaka zitatu zapitazo, Parmita Sarma ndi Mazin Mukhtar anafika m'derali, omwe adayambitsa sukulu ya Akshar Foundation ndipo adadza ndi lingaliro latsopano: kufunsa makolo kuti azilipira maphunziro a ana awo osati ndi ndalama, koma ndi zinyalala za pulasitiki.
Mukhtar adasiya ntchito yake ngati mainjiniya oyendetsa ndege kuti azigwira ntchito ndi mabanja ovutika ku US ndipo adabwerera ku India komwe adakumana ndi Sarma, yemwe adamaliza maphunziro awo.
Onse pamodzi anapanga lingaliro lawo lakuti mwana aliyense azibweretsa zinthu zapulasitiki zosachepera 25 mlungu uliwonse. Ngakhale kuti chithandizochi chimathandizidwa ndi zopereka zokha, omwe adayambitsa amakhulupirira kuti "kulipira" ndi zinyalala zapulasitiki kumathandizira kuti mukhale ndi udindo wogawana nawo.
Panopa sukuluyi ili ndi ophunzira oposa 100. Sikuti ikungothandiza kuwongolera chilengedwe, komanso yayamba kusintha miyoyo ya mabanja akumaloko pothetsa ntchito ya ana.
M’malo moti asiye sukulu ali aang’ono n’kumakagwira ntchito m’makwalala a m’derali ndi ndalama zokwana madola 2,5 patsiku, ana achikulire amalipidwa kuti aziphunzitsa achichepere. Pamene akupeza chidziwitso, malipiro awo amawonjezeka.
Mwanjira imeneyi, mabanja angalole ana awo kukhalabe pasukulu kwa nthaŵi yaitali. Ndipo ophunzira samangophunzira momwe angagwiritsire ntchito ndalama, komanso amapeza phunziro lothandiza la phindu lazachuma la maphunziro.
Maphunziro a Akshar amaphatikiza maphunziro apamwamba ndi maphunziro achikhalidwe. Cholinga cha sukuluyi ndi kuthandiza achinyamata kuti apite ku koleji kuti akaphunzire.
Maphunziro othandiza akuphatikizapo kuphunzira kukhazikitsa ndi kugwiritsa ntchito ma solar panels, komanso kuthandizira kupititsa patsogolo sukulu ndi madera ammudzi. Sukuluyi imagwiranso ntchito ndi bungwe lothandizira maphunziro lomwe limapatsa ophunzira mapiritsi ndi zida zophunzirira kuti apititse patsogolo luso lawo la digito.
Kunja kwa kalasi, ophunzira amathandizanso kumalo osungira ziweto populumutsa ndi kuchiza agalu ovulala kapena osiyidwa ndiyeno kuwafunira nyumba yatsopano. Ndipo malo okonzanso zinthu pasukulupo amapangira njerwa zokhazikika zomwe zitha kugwiritsidwa ntchito pomanga zinthu zosavuta.
Oyambitsa sukulu ya Akshar akufalitsa kale lingaliro lawo ku New Delhi, likulu la dzikolo. Akshar Foundation School Reform Community ikukonzekera kupanga masukulu ena asanu chaka chamawa ndi cholinga chimodzi chachikulu: kusintha masukulu aboma ku India.