Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

By helping 300 poor students (50% boys; 50% girls) finish high school and own a bicycle after graduation, the project will provide access to basic education to all the poor students in the selected area and village.

Project Message

The program for the students, irrespective of caste and creed, will help raise the educational standard of the people as well as the income of the families.
- R. Thomas Parathara, General Manager of beneficiary school

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Claudine and Bernard Dussert,
President and Treasurer
Mary Mother of Peace-Medjugorje Charity, Inc
8617 Irvington Avenue
Bethesda, Maryland 20817-3603
United States
13015305416
Email:

Project Sponsor

GlobalGiving

Organization

Learn more about Mary Mother of Peace-Medjugorje Charity, Inc and the project team.

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in India and can also be found under Education.

For more information about India, read the Human Development Report on India or the Wikipedia entry for India.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on May 13, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on March 05, 2007.

Latest Update from the Field

These bicycles are benefiting humanity through education

By Mary Levering - Member Advisory Board MMP-MC, May 13, 2008 05:00 PM

Dear Contributor:
I am so pleased to hear that this wonderful project, Bicycles for Poor Students in India will be able to participate in the competition for recognition by the prestigious Tech Museum Awards organization, as an example of applied technology benefiting humanity in the education category.

The innovative use of bicycles, an often overlooked technology that revolutionized individual and environmentally friendly mass transport in human history, is now significantly improving access to education for poor students in India who otherwise could not go to school.

Knowing first hand that the Bicycles Project, India, has demonstrated results and needs fresh funding to be replicated in other schools, I strongly and warmly support its funding as many have generously done so far. It can and will continue to make a great difference in the life of boys and girls and their families and local communities that are still in great need after the tragic tsunami just a few years ago.

Rebuilding takes time but is worth the efforts, especially when it helps enable young people to further their education and build for the future.

Thank you for your consideration of this important GlobalGiving funding request.

Sincerely yours,
Mary Levering

Attachments:

• MMPActivityReport2007.doc

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