India: Financial support for urban girl's school

Education in India

Summary

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 progress reportread updates from the field

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of $2,146 was raised for this project.

Received $2,146 from 37 donations from people like:

Kanwarpal
Kanwarpal
Melissa
Melissa
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More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

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.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

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

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Sangeetha Pearl
Communications Officer
Nirnaya
# 11 Deepti Apts., S.P. Road
Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh 500 026
India
91-40-27804361
Email:

Project Sponsor

Women's Funding Network

Organization

Nirnaya Trust
Flat # 11 Deepti Apts S.P. Road
Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh 500003
India
91-40-27805089
http://www.nirnaya.org

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in IndiaIndia and can also be found under Women and GirlsWomen and Girls.

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 November 6, 2009.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on June 1, 2004

Latest Update from the Field

Nirnaya newsletter

By Nirnaya - Project organization, January 23, 2007 03:11 PM

Please see page 3-4 of the newsletter for information about the Vikasini school program.

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