Vijayanagara

Parameshwaraiah Soppimata


Project Period: One year and three months

For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA that engages sixth and seventh grade students of the Government Model High Primary School in Maalavi village in Vijayanagara district, in Nammade Bank Nammade Duddu (Our Bank Our Money)— a study of the banking system in India. Children will learn about the history, structures, systems and malpractices of banks by running their own bank and linking their learning to their mathematics curriculum. The outcomes of the project will be a performance in the presence of school staff and villagers and a publication. The Project Coordinator’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will include the publication, along with photographs and video documentation of the performance and the entire project. Project funds will pay for honorarium, workshop, travel, professional fees, publication, documentation and performance.

This Project was amicably cancelled based on reasons mutually agreed upon by the Project Coordinator and IFA due to unavoidable circumstances.