Kaliyuva Mane is an informal school for underprivileged children located at

Mysore Mysore ( ), officially Mysuru (), is a city in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. It is the headquarters of Mysore district and Mysore division. As the traditional seat of the Wadiyar dynasty, the city functioned as the capital of the ...

Karnataka Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...

, India.

History

Kaliyuva Mane was established in 2005 by a nonprofit foundation called Divya Deepa Charitable Trust based in Mysore. The present Managing Trustee of the organization is Mr. M.R. Ananth Kumar, a social activist and lifetime volunteer. The first school was set up in 1999 in

Kenchalagudu Kenchalagudu is a small village near manandavadi road Mysore city in Karnataka province of India. Location Kenchalagudu is located on Mysore-Mananthavady road and it is very near the outer ring road of Mysore. The village is 15 km away fr ...

village. It morphed into a full residential school in 2020.

Location

Kaliyuva Mane is located at Kenchalagudu village, east of

Mysore railway station Mysore Junction railway station, re-christened as Mysuru Junction railway station (station code: MYS) is a railway station on Mysore–Bangalore railway line serving the city of Mysore, Karnataka, India. Previously Mysore was connected to Bang ...

. The school is located on the Mysore–Mananthavady highway.

Facilities

The school is set in of farmland adjacent to the

Mananthavady Road Mananthavady Road is an agricultural suburb of Mysore district in the Indian state of Karnataka. Terminology The term Mananthavady Road is used for the 52 km stretch of road between Mysore and Heggadadevanakote (H.D.Kote) town in Karna ...

in Mysore. There are five innovative learning areas, an auditorium, a science laboratory, a small library and a kitchen. There are separate dormitories for boys and girls.

Farm-like environment

The school has a farm-like environment so that children can learn from nature. The water source is a

tube well A tube well is a type of water well in which a long, -wide, stainless steel tube or pipe is bored underground. The lower end is fitted with a strainer, and a pump lifts water for irrigation. The required depth of the well depends on the depth ...

. The campus has a rainwater harvesting facility. Half an acre of the campus is earmarked as a playground. There is a small dairy farm that provides milk for the campus. An eco-farm called Vanasuma imparts environmental education.

Methodology

The school follows an informal way of teaching.

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