Manipur: Watch how lockdown became ‘school time’ for elders of this Kamjong village

Kamjong: The pandemic has wreaked havoc across the country and left no sector, industry or trade untouched. However, there are always those who know how to turn adversity into an advantage. And one village along the Indo-Myanmar border in Manipur has turned the lockdown into an opportunity to render a lovely service for the village elders: the gift of education.

With over 100 households, Chatric Khullen village is located along the Indo-Myanmar, about 40 km from Kamjong district headquarters and about 150 km from Imphal.

Initiated by Gemson Haorei, a non-profit trust, elders of the Chatric Khullen village in the Kamjong district are getting access to education. Most of these senior citizens attending the classes had never been to schools in their youth life.