For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA that will engage students of classes fifth to eight grades of Apple Buds Academy, in Kangpokpi district, Manipur. This 18 month project titled Dreams Beyond Textbooks and Echoes of the Earth hopes to reconnect students with the ecological and cultural heritage of their region through arts-integrated learning. The project emphasises bilingual learning in Thadou and English, intergenerational dialogue with community elders, and the development of teachers as facilitators of a culturally responsive, place-based pedagogy. The outcome of the project will be a series of performances, an ecological archive, a community celebration, and a Living Memory Garden planted with native species tied to folk narratives. The Project Coordinator's deliverables to IFA, along with the final report will be photographs, video documentation, bilingual learning materials, and a field archive of oral narratives and ecological maps. Project funds will pay for contract fees, travel and living, printing, exhibition, documentation, hire of equipment, performance, material, consumables, and purchase of books.
