According to the Population Reference Bureau’s 2000 World Data Sheets, life expectancy at birth for Indians is between 60 and 61 years Most people from developed countries, even most Asians on an average longer than most Indians. …
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MIEF current project: Make a wish for our little friend!
Our little friend here has been wishing really hard. We want help from our Facebook & Twitter friends! Guess our little friend’s fervent wish- the cutest & wittiest gets to win, and thus help us fulfill it for him. And…
Monday Inspiration: Shaping dreams- Olivia Wise
On November 27, 16 year old teenager Olivia Wise died due to a seizure after being diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour. Olivia’s dream was to record Katy Perry’s song in a recording studio, a wish that she was able…
Smart living: How to make your clothes usage more sustainable
India, with a population of 1.2 billion produces over 55 million tonnes of solid waste annually. A large part of this waste infact is textile waste that often goes into landfills. Landfills release methane that contributes to global warming. This…
MIEF project: Low cost microorganism kit as a teaching aid for schools!
While we may all keep complaining about the poor state of education and teaching in schools, we need to also understand that one of the reasons behind it is also that the teacher’s training programmes and ‘capacity building’ as such…
Child Labour In India: An overview
With an officially estimated 12.6 million children engaged in hazardous occupations (2001 Census), India has the largest number of child labourers under the age of 14 in the world What is Child Labour? Employing children for economic activity under…
AMU: XXXVII Indian Social Science Congress
Indian Academy of Social Sciences (ISSA) in association with Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) is going to hold the 37th session of ISSC towards year end between December 27-31, 2013 at Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. This year, the focus of the…
Monday Inspiration: I am 20
One of our readers sent this film to us, along side many people who we saw sharing it on Facebook as well ! It’s an amazing film of sentiments of 20 year olds in 1947 and their aspirations for India.…
Why Is Travel Important For Children?
It’s common in the western world for children to often take a year off after school (high school) and travel, or do voluntary work in another country and basically get new experiences. While it may seem like a rich person’s…
MIEF Project: World Ozone day celebrations!
Millennium India Education Foundation (MIEF) celebrated the World Ozone Day ,during the week 10-16th September 2013 in Delhi in partnership with the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India. We worked mainly in Guru Teg Bahadur Khalsa College, Delhi University, North…