Rang Kaarwaan

District

Champawat

States

Uttarakhand

Prangan is a community-rooted library and learning centre reimagining education for rural children through play, stories, and love-led pedagogy. At its heart, Prangan nurtures foundational literacy, critical thinking, collaboration, and confidence in children aged 6–14—while celebrating local culture and languages. The curriculum blends storytelling, visual arts, phonics-based English, emotional learning, and exploration of themes like empathy, gender, and environment.

Sessions are co-led by trained local youth, 90% of whom are young women. These facilitators are not just teachers, but co-dreamers—modeling curiosity, confidence, and care.

Milestones & Collaborations
Launched in 2022 with 1 library in Champawat; now operating 2 vibrant learning centres in underserved areas.
Collaborated with Mantra4Change, Dost Education, Bookworm Goa, and Parag Initiative (Tata Trusts) for training, curriculum support, and library design.
Designed a multilingual story-based curriculum with inputs from pedagogy experts and feedback from children and parents.

Impact
Over 180 children reached annually with consistent engagement.
Children demonstrated a 36% increase in reading comprehension and 50% growth in communication confidence (as measured through baseline-endline tools).
10 local youth (8 women) trained and employed as facilitators.
Parents report increased curiosity, emotional expression, and gender-equitable behavior in children at home.

District

Champawat

States

Uttarakhand

Rang Shaalaa is a youth-led school fellowship where rural adolescents (16–24 years) become life-skills educators for younger peers. The program follows an intensive 6-month training in facilitation, theatre, gender, emotional literacy, and social action—after which fellows conduct 100+ sessions in schools, transforming classrooms into creative spaces for dialogue, reflection, and change.

The curriculum uses arts and play to explore self-awareness, aspirations, bullying, gender roles, time management, and emotional regulation. Fellows facilitate in pairs, receive regular mentoring, and co-create learning experiences based on community contexts.

Milestones & Collaborations
Launched in 2023 with 14 fellows; now expanded to 24 fellows across 12 schools.
Curriculum co-developed with inputs from Talim Mandi, Theatre Professionals, and SEL educationists.
Supported by mentors from Slam Out Loud, Rubaroo, and Agastya Foundation.

Impact
Over 850+ adolescents reached through weekly life-skills sessions across government schools.
82% of students reported improved ability to manage emotions and resolve peer conflicts (from anonymized surveys).
Fellows experienced a remarkable increase in self-confidence, with 100% delivering solo classroom sessions by month three.
Local schools and principals reported visible behavior change, better attendance, and deeper peer empathy.
Many fellows are now leading community campaigns and pursuing higher education.

States

Bihar

Delhi

Madhya Pradesh

Punjab

Rajasthan

Uttar Pradesh

Uttarakhand

Art-vocacy is Rang Kaarwaan’s creative activism wing—where rural youth use art as a tool to question, reclaim, and imagine. Through Theatre of the Oppressed, participatory murals, audio-visual storytelling, zines, and community campaigns, Art-vocacy enables grassroots expression on issues like caste, gender violence, menstruation, child marriage, and aspirations.

Instead of awareness alone, Art-vocacy enables public participation, emotional processing, and radical visibility—especially for young women. Events, exhibitions, and street festivals are held in village temples, schools, and panchayat halls.

Milestones & Collaborations
Facilitated over 40 Theatre of the Oppressed (TO) workshops in schools and villages.
Collaborated with Jagrik Project, Gillo Theatre, and Butterfly Effect for TO training and performance labs.
Hosted a youth-led street theatre festival in 2024, with over 300 community members attending.
Co-created zines and murals with adolescent girls on gender roles, menstruation myths, and aspirations.

Impact
Reached over 1,500+ community members through performances, campaigns, and exhibitions.
Participants reported increased courage to speak up in public spaces and challenge norms around gender and caste.
Local leaders invited youth groups to repeat performances in other villages and schools.
Built a pool of 20+ community artists, many of whom now co-facilitate workshops and mentor juniors.