Six month’s Report: Small Contributions can make a Big Difference
UMRAN GREEN PERSPECTIVE FOUNDATION is a non-profit international organization registered in India as a Section 8 Company (Licence Number: 119323, ID Number: U85300BR2020NPL046904). Umran was conceived in 2017 and established in 2020. It has undertaken various projects in the field of education, health, art and handicrafts, agriculture to promote peace and prosperity through intercultural engagement. Umran Green School is another project under its ambit that is under construction in Madhubani, Bihar (India). The word ‘UMRAN’ is inspired from Ibn Haldun’s concept of Umran that envisions holistic development at every level of individual and societies. Walter Gropius’ Bauhaus School is another strong inspiration in the conception of Umran. Currently, Umran offers online education programmes at zero cost to people from all walks of life.
Rajeev Kumar is Umran’s Founder and Managing Director. Under his leadership, Umran has been able to successfully introduce seven programmes that benefited nearly a thousand people and counting in a short span of a few months during the ongoing pandemic. The UMRAN team connected people from villages, cities not just from India but from various countries across the world. Now, we have a network of volunteers working with us along with a management team of 18 dedicated and qualified people from India and abroad.
UMRAN is a concept. It is a philosophy of wisdom that is being developed into a set of cultures, which will encourage a communicative society & inspire humanity towards peace and prosperity via a unique education process that re-imagines the material world & gives value & respect to the environment.
Umran Green School is another project under its ambit that is under construction in Madhubani, Bihar (India). The word ‘UMRAN’ is inspired from Ibn Haldun’s concept of Umran that envisions holistic development at every level of individual and societies. Walter Gropius’ Bauhaus School is another strong inspiration in the conception of Umran.
Our achievements so far-
- Free Summer Language Program:
We started with small activities along with the idea of building a library in my hometown, Bihar. But Covid-19 pandemic gave a new shape to our activities and thus our first big project became the International Summer language Program. It is an intensive A1 level Language Course of 12 weeks. We offered 6 languages to candidates willing to learn them by connecting them to 12 qualified native language speakers who took the role of teachers. Two teachers were arranged for each language course. We received more than 150 applications from all over the world, including my hometown and other marginalized areas of Bihar. In the beginning, I personally called my friends, relatives, villagers for their children and former neighbours and explained to them how to access this online education.