Educating Deprived Mineworkers' Children in India
Education in India
Summary
Many mining communities in Rajasthan lack schools. Illiteracy is rampant and breaking out of poverty is next to impossible. Building schools & educating children provides alternative to work in mines
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Mineworkers live in very difficult and poor conditions. Some mines are in remote areas, in communities that lack many basic facilities, such as access to education. GRAVIS would like to build schools in remote areas to give more children access to education and also to continue existing centers. Children of mineworkers, who are often forced in to early labor and denied benefits of education, will be given priority admission to the schools.
Activities
The schools will benefit 500 children (including 200 girls) by giving them access to education suited to their needs, as well as extracurricular activities. There is great enthusiasm among parents to send children regularly to schools.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $1,049
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 $1,049 . The original project funding goal was $3,300.
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
Fewer children will need to work as laborers, while more will learn basic language and arithmetic skills. Children will discover feelings of self-worth and may be inspired to continue beyond primary education.
Project Message
Children have simple desires--go to school, learn to read, sing songs, and play games. Not impossible dreams to fulfill. We need to give back to these children their childhood.
- Balu Iyer, Asia Program Director, IDEX
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Balu Iyer
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 October 13, 2005
Latest Update from the Field
Mining Op-Ed
By Hayden Kantor - GRAVIS, December 12, 2005 10:24 AM
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