In early 2018, while going for a research of Masters in Education, Niwas interact with a transwomen beggar and quickly new that transgender community has no means of earning money respectfully. During the course of another 2 years, the fellow involved in providing job opportunity for trans community. But the fellow realized that breaking the stereotype is not easy because our current education system is highly gendered which making us prejudiced against another gender. Binary based separation in sitting arrangement breaks a healthy interaction among them. Falling skirt make girls fall when they try to take an adventures step. The fellow realized that the community is not going to accept new idea of “Gender-free learning environment” concept. Hence Founders Niwas and Shivani founded anantmool in 2021 and opened a gender-free learning centre in 2022. Now anantmool moving towards creating the change leaders to transform other Government schools on mass level and make sure no child become gender stereotyped.
anantmool is a name of an aromatic herb which grows every where in Asia and have long root. Even it is a tiny plant but uprooting of anantmool is impossible because of their infinite root. We want to change the blood of gender-human as this herb help in purification of blood.
Our Journey
2021
Conceptualized & Presented
Conceptualized the idea of gender-free learning with kanthari program
Registered anantmool foundation as section 8 company
Presented our model at an international Exhibition
Given kanthari talk on our dream project anantmool
2022
Pilot and Establish the Proof of Concept
Opened India’s first Gender-Free Learning Centre
30+ Children more than 5 hours on working days Engaging at Centre
Children plays together, sit together, learn together and fight together
2 local youth trained in this model and becoming ready for future leader
2023+
Growth and Building Foundation for take off
Reaching 3 Public Schools
1000+ children
Training of 5 local youth as leader of gender-free learning concept
Planning to organize events on gender-free learning to make it as a movement of Transformation