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Empowering Kids Through Community Learning Spaces
In the quiet lanes of Haliyal’s villages, something remarkable happens every afternoon. Children gather in community homes and shared village rooms—spaces that have slowly transformed into vibrant hubs of learning, creativity, and confidence. These are the CherYsh Shiksha After-School Learning Centres, designed to give rural children the kind of support

RITE: Engineering Students Bringing Innovation to Rural Classrooms
In the villages of Haliyal, something special happens when college students and schoolchildren come together. Through the Rural Innovation Through Education (RITE) program—a collaborative volunteer initiative with KLE Tech University, Hubli—engineering students step out of their campuses and into rural classrooms, bringing curiosity, creativity, and fresh perspectives. RITE was designed

Training Sessions That Strengthen Haliyal’s Learning Facilitators
Every new academic year brings fresh energy into our Shikshas—but this year began with something even more powerful: a series of hands-on training sessions designed to strengthen the skills and confidence of our Learning Facilitators. Thanks to our earlier partnership with The Meghshala Foundation, and now with CFTE these sessions

Transforming Lives: How Local Women Became Educators in Haliyal
On a typical weekday afternoon in Haliyal, you’ll find a small classroom buzzing with energy—songs echoing through the room, children acting out stories, and a group of young women learning how to teach with confidence and joy. This is the heart of the CherYsh Shiksha Learning Program, where local women

Training Women for Sugarcane Entrepreneurship in Haliyal
If you visit Mundwad village during planting season, you’ll notice something quietly powerful taking shape—not in the fields, but in the hands of a small group of determined women. Here, in the heart of Haliyal’s sugarcane belt, a new kind of rural entrepreneurship is taking root. It began with a

Karakushala Kendras: Where Craft Becomes Community in Haliyal
Walk into the village of Mundwad on any quiet afternoon, and you’ll hear it before you see it—the soft rhythm of wool being looped, stretched, and woven. Inside a modest room, sunlight spilling across the floor, a circle of women sit together, laughing, sharing stories, and creating something beautiful with










