Schools for Mineworkers' Children in India
Education in India
SummaryMany mining communities in Rajasthan are without schools. Illiteracy is rampant and breaking out of poverty is close to impossible. Building schools and educating children is the only solution.
How Donors Like You Helped
Thanks to donors like you, a total of $1,650 was raised for this project. Other Projects Run By Gramin Vikas Vigyan Samiti (Gravis) That You Can Help
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Mineworkers live in very difficult and poor conditions. Some of the mines are in very remote areas and the communities there lack many basic facilities, such as access to education. Gravis would like to build schools in three remote villages to increase the number of children gaining access to education. Children of mineworkers, who due to family circumstances are often forced in to early labor and denied the benefits of education, will be the first to be granted admittance to the new schools.
Activities
The three new schools will be built that will benefit over 500 children (including 200 girls) by giving them access to education. There is often great enthusiasm among parents to send their children regularly to school.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $1,650
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 $1,650 . The original project funding goal was $1,650.
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
Increase in enrollment and retention of children in the education centers, reduction in the number of children working as laborers and increase in education levels in language, arithmetic and general knowledge.
Project Message
In 2003 I visited a school built by Gravis. Rather than being forced into early labor, the students were thriving. The new schools will change the futures of thousands of children – for the better.
- Balu Iyer, IDEX Asia Program Director
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Balu Iyer
IDEX Asia Program Director
IDEX
827 Valencia Street, Suite 101
San Francisco, California 94110
United States
415-824-8384
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
Gramin Vikas Vigyan Samiti (Gravis)
3/458 Milkman Colony Pal Road
Jodhpur,
Rajasthan
342001
India
91-291-2741317
http://www.gravis.org.in/
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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 November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 19, 2004
