|
Shishu Bharati is a non-profit and entirely volunteer-managed school in New England area of the United States of America. The three branches of Shishishu Bharati are located in Lexington, Massachusetts, Nashua, New Hampshire and Walpole, Massachusetts. Shishu Bharati offers a broad spectrum of educational programs in the languages and cultures of India for students of all ages. As of today, Shishu Bharati has been engaged in community service in Massachusetts and New England area for over 25 years. Since inception, Shishu Bharati's objective has always been to develop a sense of well-informed cultural pride in the students by exposing them to the Indian arts, customs, languages, history, geography, and current events. The curriculum consists of well-established programs in Gujarati, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Sindhi, as well as a comprehensive program in Indian Culture. The school also offers a kindergarten class for young children and Yoga and Advanced Culture classes for adults. == History == Shishu Bharati was founded by a small group of parents who had immigrated to the U.S. from India and wanted to pass on the knowledge of their mother tongue and rich cultural heritage to their children. The need for classes in the Indian languages had become apparent when the children growing up in the United States had to communicate with their relatives and friends (in U.S.A. or in India) who did not speak English. These parents formed a small study group for their children. It gathered every Sunday in the home of one of the parents. Volunteers taught the group about India's cultural heritage and Indian languages. As the group grew, it moved to St. Anne's School in Arlington, Massachusetts. By this time, the school had become a registered non-profit organization and was named "Shishu Bharati School". Indian culture is an important piece of the mosaic formed by the American scene today. Shishu Bharati is essentially a bridge between the cultures of America and India where ideas can be exchanged freely from either side. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shishu Bharati」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|