About Magic on the Wheel
Magic on the Wheel is Ayudhi Care Foundation's mobile learning unit — a purpose-fitted vehicle that travels to communities without adequate school access and delivers structured, interactive education sessions. Launched in 2023, the program has reached 200+ children every month across 15 schools and community sites in and around Jodhpur.
The Wheel operates on a fixed weekly circuit — visiting each location two to three times a week. Sessions are facilitated by trained community educators and cover foundational literacy, numeracy, digital tools, STEM concepts, library access, and career awareness conversations. The program is designed to complement — not compete with — the formal school system, serving as a bridge for children who have dropped out, are enrolled but disengaged, or are outside the school catchment area entirely.
Bringing Children Back to School
The Problem Magic on the Wheel Addresses: Across Rajasthan, school dropout rates — especially among girls and children from low-income families — remain one of the most persistent barriers to development. The reasons are varied: distance to school, the cost of transport, absent teachers, disengaged curricula, or simply a family that needs a child's labour more than they need her education.
How the Wheel Reduces Dropouts:
Community Identification Ayudhi's field team maps out-of-school children in every community the Wheel visits. Families are approached directly, barriers are understood, and children are enrolled in the Wheel program as a first step back toward formal education.
Re-engagement through Learning The Wheel's sessions are designed to be joyful and interactive — not a repeat of the classroom experience that failed these children. Storytelling, games, digital tools, and hands-on activities reignite curiosity and rebuild a child's relationship with learning.
School Re-enrolment Support Once a child is re-engaged, Ayudhi works with the family and the nearest government school to facilitate re-enrolment — including documentation, admission support, and where necessary, coordination with the Mahri Chidakli scholarship program.
Impact:
- 45 girls successfully re-enrolled in school through the Wheel
- 200+ children reached monthly across 15 locations
- Follow-up shows 78% of re-enrolled children maintain regular attendance after 3 months
What the Wheel Teaches
The Magic on the Wheel Curriculum:
Foundational Literacy and Numeracy For children who have missed schooling, the Wheel starts with the basics — reading, writing, and arithmetic — delivered through engaging, age-appropriate activities that meet each child where they are.
Digital Literacy Every Wheel session includes digital learning time: basic computer skills, tablet navigation, typing practice, internet safety, and introduction to educational apps. For many children, this is their first experience with a digital device.
STEM for Young Minds Simple, hands-on STEM activities — basic science experiments, number puzzles, pattern recognition, and engineering challenges — make abstract concepts tangible and exciting. These sessions are specifically designed to engage girls who are often kept out of STEM learning.
Mobile Library The Wheel carries a rotating collection of 100+ age-appropriate books in Hindi and English — fiction, non-fiction, and picture books. Children borrow and return books each session, building reading habits and a love of literature. Many children have borrowed a book for the first time in their lives.
Creative Arts Drawing, craft, and storytelling sessions build confidence, emotional expression, and communication skills — and give children a reason to look forward to the Wheel's arrival each week.
Opening Doors to Futures
Career Awareness for Young Minds: For older children aged 12–16, Magic on the Wheel includes structured career awareness conversations — introducing them to professions, educational pathways, and role models from communities like theirs. These sessions are delivered by volunteer professionals, Ayudhi alumni, and community educators.
Topics covered include:
- What different careers look like and what they require
- How to stay in school and access higher education support
- Government scholarships and vocational training opportunities
- Role models from similar backgrounds who have built successful careers
- Connections to Ayudhi's Mahri Chidakli and PANKHI programs for further support
5-Year Impact Summary:
200+ Children reached monthly
15 Schools and community sites served
45 Girls successfully re-enrolled in school
100+ Books in mobile library collection
120+ STEM sessions delivered
180+ Digital literacy sessions completed
Power the Wheel
How to Bring Magic on the Wheel to More Communities:
₹5,00,000 — Sponsor the Wheel for One Year Cover the full annual operating cost of one Magic on the Wheel route — including vehicle maintenance, educator salaries, learning materials, digital tools, and library replenishment for 200+ children per month.
₹1,00,000 — Fund a New Community Route Sponsor the addition of one new community to the Wheel's circuit — including community mapping, family outreach, first three months of sessions, and baseline assessment.
₹25,000 — Equip a Digital Session Fund tablets, charging equipment, and educational software for one Wheel vehicle's digital learning station.
₹10,000 — Stock the Mobile Library Fund 50 new age-appropriate books in Hindi and English for the Wheel's rotating library collection.
Corporate Options:
- Sponsor a dedicated route in your company's name
- Send employee volunteers as career awareness session speakers
- Fund STEM kits and science activity materials
- Co-brand the Wheel vehicle with your CSR initiative
All partnerships include: Monthly route reports · Child impact stories and photographs · SDG compliance documentation · 80G tax exemption