Back in 2016 Parmita Sarma and Mazin Mukhtar started a small school in Assam, India to educate underprivileged kids. It was meant to be a free school for all, but when its classrooms got filled with toxic fumes because of someone burning plastic to warm their houses, Parmita and Mazin had a great idea. They encouraged their students to pick up plastic waste in their homes and neighborhood and bring it to school as a “fee.” What started as a small experimental school, soon turned into a paradigm-shifting educational project that teaches kids a simple truth: you’ve got to start with yourself to change the world for the better.
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