Inside Delhi’s Slum Temple School: How College Volunteers Teach 400 Kids Every Weekend

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In a city where inequality often feels entrenched, a group of college students is rewriting the story by teaching slum children in a temple courtyard.

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00:00As the sun dips behind the skyline near Delhi's IP Depot, something remarkable unfolds.

00:09A quiet temple courtyard transforms into a classroom of hope.

00:15Where devotees pray during the day, children now come to learn.

00:19No benches, no blackboards, just determination, slates and the laughter of hundreds of young minds ready to begin.

00:30Every weekend, between 300 and 400 children gather here.

00:35And teaching them are Delhi's young college students, volunteers who choose service over leisure.

00:42For Asmit, teaching here is more than a routine. It's a responsibility.

00:48What do we do? If you study, you will give them a coffee last time.

00:52Or if you study, you will become a good person, a good person.

00:56If you teach, you will be your mother-in-law.

00:58So, we give them advice so that they can learn and learn about the teacher.

01:02Besides, we play games so that they can do many things so that they can rest.

01:07So that they can rest.

01:09Shivam, another volunteer, believes learning should never begin with fear.

01:14We teach the children's drawings together.

01:16We try to create creativity inside them.

01:19Many times, when children don't listen, we always have to be a little bit.

01:22Because sometimes we have to be a little bit.

01:24Sometimes we have to be a little bit.

01:26But it's like that they can listen to us.

01:28Because they always see that they are coming to us.

01:31And they believe that the children are coming.

01:33So, it's a lot of fun.

01:35Students also listen to us.

01:36We also listen to them.

01:37What do you do?

01:38I'm doing B.Tech.

01:39Where are you?

01:40I'm doing B.Tech.

01:41B.Tech.

01:43Many of these children do attend school.

01:46But often, their questions remain unanswered.

01:49In school, their basics can't be cleared.

01:53So, they come here and clear us from the NGOs.

01:55There are many basics in school.

01:57They don't even know the teachers.

01:58They don't even know the teachers.

02:00So, we don't even know the teachers here.

02:01We don't even know the teachers.

02:02They understand each other.

02:03They understand each other.

02:04They tell each other.

02:05If they don't know each other, they ask each other.

02:07They understand each other.

02:10This temple-turned classroom isn't just about learning ABCs.

02:14It's about instilling confidence, dignity and dreams.

02:18It's a movement driven by young hearts who refuse to let poverty decide a child's future.

02:25Because sometimes, the biggest revolutions begin in the quietest courtyards with a slate,

02:31a smile and someone who cares.

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