In a slum where girls are historically uneducated and relegated to a life of hard labor, the new Vikasini girls' school is shaping bright futures and must grow to meet overwhelming enrollment
How Donors Like You Helped
Thanks to donors like you, a total of $2,146 was raised for this project.
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In the Addagutta slum where residents live below the poverty line without drinking water or streetlights; mothers work on construction jobs or as domestic help; and only 34% of girls attend school, the desire to improve circumstances is intense. Mothers support Vikasini and enrollment has grown from 15 to 41 in its first year. An additional teacher, administrative help, books, sports equipment, and one computer are needed. Local donations cannot meet the school's needs.
Activities
An additional teacher, administrative help, books, sports equipment, and one computer are needed to help support the Vikasini school and provide an alternative to child labor. Local donations cannot meet the school's needs.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $2,146
Funding Information
This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding.
Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as
indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the
"Progress Report" tab as they become available.
Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $2,146. The original project funding goal was $8,800.
Girls are taught to comprehend discrimination; self-confidence is increased through sports; English, computer usage, information technology and math are taught; and reading will be encouraged through the addition of a library.
Project Message
Instead of cleaning houses with their mothers, these girls are seeing options. Now they want to become police officers or judges. Education has opened the door to a new world of possibility.
- Sangeetha Pearl, Communications Officer
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