ViKa Newsletter
What happens when 30 passionate facilitators come together in a space designed for dreaming, questioning, and creating?
Over two days in January 2025, the ViKa Workshop became a vibrant ground for play, reflection, and discovery. From theatre games to deep dives into democracy and learner agency, this wasn’t just a workshop—it was a journey of becoming.
The Sakhi-ViKa Workshop, held from June 13–15, 2025 in Hospete, marked the beginning of a powerful partnership between two value-driven organizations: Sakhi Trust and Vismaya Kalike. While Sakhi Trust has long worked with Dalit and Devadasi communities in mining-affected regions of Kalyana Karnataka, ViKa brings its philosophy of joyful, agency-driven, community-rooted education.
This collaboration was sparked by a shared dream: to reimagine education in the margins—not as a burden or a backup option, but as something children can experience with freedom, play, voice, and dignity.
The ViKa–Tammate collaboration brings together facilitators to explore what children-centered learning can look like in everyday practice. Through workshops held in October and December, we reflected on how children learn through play, relationships, and lived experience — and how learning centres can become spaces of safety, dignity, and choice.
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