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The efforts of 400 volunteers working with the NGO, 4 Literacy, in the district of Malkangiri, Odisha, were lauded by the District Collector, Shri V. Singh (IAS). As a staff reporter of ‘The Odisha Bhaskar’, write a report about this in 120-150 words covering all the details of the event, such as training, teaching and infrastructure involved in the ‘Each One Teach One’ campaign, initiated by the district administration in association with the NGO.
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Efforts of NGO - 4 Volunteer appreciated by District collector
By RohitPreet Singh
The Odisha Bhaskar
25 February 2022: The effort of the literacy driven NGO were commended by the District Collector, Shri V. Singh (IAS). On Friday morning, he took to press the laudable effort of 400 volunteers of an NGO focused on encouraging and inculcating literacy for underprivileged children in the district of Malkangiri, Odisha. The campaign 'Each One Teach One' initiated by the district administration held training, teaching and maintaining infrastructure so that it may give a new opportunity for these underprivileged children to attain education. They taught a wide variety of languages including English and provided classrooms with blackboards and writing materials. Over the course of 1 year that the campaign was held, more than 60% of students progressed to further classes.
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- what - the efforts of 400 volunteers in the Each One Teach One campaign lauded by the District Collector.
- who was taught and what was taught.
- when & where.
- details of the volunteer work.
- training received by the volunteers by the NGO and district administration.
- the infrastructure - classrooms, blackboard etc.
- Any other valid relevant information.
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