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Slow Walk on the Farm

Today I made a slow walk on the farm of our school, situated at the entrance of a remote village in Bihar (north India) where mostly small scale farmers live.

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May 8, 2025

Slow Looking at Freedom

You will learn many things if you look for yourself. ~ Shari Tishman

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Nov 14, 2022

A Small School with Big Dreams

Exploring (new) ways of learning for a Bright, Beautiful and Sustainable World

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Surviving in my Village

In this blogpost Dinesh Kumar, student of Loka, describes how a global pandemic affects his village along the Punpun river in Bihar.

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Walk to Learn

Devwart (14): This was the most extraordinary school outing ever, of which I will carry the memories with me for the rest of my life.

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Jan 21, 2020

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Join hands with Loka for a Bright & Beautiful World!

Loka’s mission relies on the generosity of friends and donors to support our Small School with Big Dreams. Supporting Loka is investing in a Bright, Beautiful and Sustainable world where human bonds are close and care for our precious planet matters. Share ideas, resources and good wishes. You may also donate online through Paypal or our Indian and Dutch Bank accounts.

Help support a student whose parents are illiterate and unable to cover costs of education. Consider making a contribution of € 360/$ 425 per year.

Sponsor a nutritious diet for students through Loka’s Fruit Everyday project. Suggested donation: € 60/$ 70 covers fruit once a week for a month for 90 students.

Loka’s students regularly plant trees on their school grounds and in the village to contribution to a green planet. Contributing towards 10 trees costs € 25/$ 30.

Consider supporting towards the infrastructure and expertise required for an innovative and creative education for Loka’s younger students and a Craftsmanship Course for older students to uplift their surroundings. Required funds in 2019-2021: € 150.000/$ 170000, which includes:

€ 7.500/$ 8,500 for a classroom (5)

€ 10.000/$ 11,500 for a working space for the Craftmanship Course (6)

€ 15.000/$ 17,000 for a Loka Cafe run by students (1)

€ 25.000/$ 28,500 for a Multipurpose hall (1)

€ 12.500/$ 14,250 for a dining hall (1)

Funds go a long way in this part of the world so you may also consider making a monthly payment of €25/$ 25 or more to support our programs.

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Bank of Baroda in name of Sarvodaya Society
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For bank details contact lokafoundation@gmail.com

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Bank account: NL04 TRIO 0254 4577 38
On name of: Stichting Loka, Almere, The Netherlands
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Concept: Ishan Khosla and Charlotte Leech

Art direction and design: Ishan Khosla Design LLP

Website development: Wizard Concepts

Website Management and Hosting: SpringTree

Mithilia Illustrations: art by Pradyumna Kumar and Mahalaxmi Karn, art direction Charlotte Leech and Ishan Khosla

Animation: animator, Mud n Water, Shaaz Ahmed; art director, Ishan Khosla

We live on stories as much as we live on air and food. Without them, we are not fully human. ~Paul Salopek

Loka's Organic Farm (1/3)

Loka's Organic Farm (2/3)

Loka's Organic Farm (3/3)

Leewens Garden for Beauty, Peace and Reflection (1/2)

Leewens Garden for Beauty, Peace and Reflection (2/2)

Yoga for Health & Happiness

Solar Light Workshop by Teach for Green

Pre-primary students in conversation about the farm

Every day Loka's students enjoy a variety of sports and games.

Students playing a game of village style hockey.

Cricket match @ Loka using world class equipment donated by Sanspareils Greenlands (SG)

At Loka students receive fresh fruit everyday

At Loka, students take care of their green campus and beautiful buildings (1/2)

At Loka, students take care of their green campus and beautiful buildings (2/2)

Lunch @ Loka: pure vegetarian delight

Every Tuesday morning students perform a play they prepare themselves, mostly inspired by social issues or mythical stories

Children engrossed in writing their autobiographies. Shilpi was born in the field. And 'good' Sanatan used to be really naughty....

Students making a slow walk through their village and documenting their local surroundings. (1/2)

Students making a slow walk through their village and documenting their local surroundings. (2/2)

Theater Workshop with Theatre Director Arka Mukhopadhyay (1/3).

Theater Workshop with Theatre Director Arka Mukhopadhyay (2/3).

Theater Workshop with Theatre Director Arka Mukhopadhyay (3/3).

Loka's playground was handmade with love in India.

Students of Loka listening attentively to journalistic storyteller Paul Salopek's audio River of Culture.

Visit of Paul Salopek, who happened to pass Loka's school during his Epic Walk from Ethiopia to Patagonia.

Education Conference and Activities for students by senior researchers of Project Zero (Harvard University).

Photo's made by student Devwart (13) during a slow wak through the village (1/4).

Photo's made by student Devwart (13) during a slow wak through the village (2/4).

Photo's made by student Devwart (13) during a slow wak through the village (3/4).

Photo's made by student Devwart (13) during a slow wak through the village (4/4).

At Loka, the Universe is our Class room.

We live on stories as much as we live on air and food. Without them, we are not fully human. ~Paul Salopek

Leewens Garden for Beauty, Peace and Reflection (1/2)

Leewens Garden for Beauty, Peace and Reflection (2/2)

Pre-primary students in conversation about the farm

Every day Loka's students enjoy a variety of sports and games.

Students playing a game of village style hockey.

Cricket match @ Loka using world class equipment donated by Sanspareils Greenlands (SG)

At Loka students receive fresh fruit everyday

At Loka, students take care of their green campus and beautiful buildings (1/2)

At Loka, students take care of their green campus and beautiful buildings (2/2)

Every Tuesday morning students perform a play they prepare themselves, mostly inspired by social issues or mythical stories

Children engrossed in writing their autobiographies. Shilpi was born in the field. And 'good' Sanatan used to be really naughty....

Students making a slow walk through their village and documenting their local surroundings. (1/2)

Students making a slow walk through their village and documenting their local surroundings. (2/2)

Theater Workshop with Theatre Director Arka Mukhopadhyay (1/3).

Theater Workshop with Theatre Director Arka Mukhopadhyay (2/3).

Theater Workshop with Theatre Director Arka Mukhopadhyay (3/3).

Loka's playground was handmade with love in India.

Students of Loka listening attentively to journalistic storyteller Paul Salopek's audio River of Culture.

Visit of Paul Salopek, who happened to pass Loka's school during his Epic Walk from Ethiopia to Patagonia.

Education Conference and Activities for students by senior researchers of Project Zero (Harvard University).

Photo's made by student Devwart (13) during a slow wak through the village (1/4).

Photo's made by student Devwart (13) during a slow wak through the village (2/4).

Photo's made by student Devwart (13) during a slow wak through the village (3/4).

Photo's made by student Devwart (13) during a slow wak through the village (4/4).

At Loka, the Universe is our Class room.

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