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Ananya Panday Champions Kindness in Classrooms Across India with New Social Emotional Curriculum Initiative
Actress and youth icon Ananya Panday is taking her commitment to creating a more compassionate digital and real-world space a step further. Her initiative So Positive, in partnership with the inspiring NGO Slam Out Loud, has launched a powerful new Kindness Curriculum designed for schools across India.
Rooted in art-based learning, the Kindness Curriculum is a unique program that encourages children to understand and practice empathy, compassion, and kindness from an early age. Through storytelling, poetry, and visual arts, the curriculum turns emotional learning into an engaging and creative experience.
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Ananya Panday steps into the unique role of guiding children through modules that blend her own personal journey with universally resonant lessons. By sharing her experiences and voice, she's helping make kindness not just a value, but a life skill.
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The curriculum will be distributed and practised in schools through Slam Out Loud's Jijivisha Fellowship and Arts for All Program in cities across India. Over 2.5 lakh children will benefit from this curriculum through various programs. It's also available on So Positive's YouTube channel, making it accessible to parents and educators globally. The team is currently working towards making it available on the Government's DIKSHA Portal as well.
Ananya said, 'Kindness has always been at the heart of everything we do at So Positive. It's something I deeply believe in—not just as an idea, but as a way of life. I truly feel that if we can instil kindness in kids from a young age, it becomes second nature to them as they grow up. That's why the Kindness Curriculum is so close to my heart. With everything going on in the world, I feel an even stronger need to help build a generation that's more empathetic, emotionally aware, and simply… kind.'
The initiative comes at a time when social-emotional learning is being recognized globally as an essential tool for the holistic development of children. In a world where children are growing up amidst complex emotional and digital challenges, the Kindness Curriculum offers a powerful foundation for raising a generation that leads with kindness.
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