A good start in life begins with a primary education, which makes the framework for a child’s future. These early years determine the physical, social and emotional skills needed to succeed in life. Primary school education builds a strong foundation for future academic success and positive learning experiences nurture self-confidence. Most importantly, a healthy mind must be complemented by a healthy body, through a nutritious and balanced diet. 

The Samarpan Foundation runs a primary school in Kishangarh village, Delhi. The village is an urban slum, inhabited by migrant workers: rag pickers, sweepers, construction workers, etc. who never got the opportunity to go to school. The students at the school are not only given an education they are also provided with healthy meals, uniforms, books and stationery and a lot more. A majority of these children will be first-generation learners who will be the ones to break their families out of the vicious cycle of poverty.  

All it takes is INR 2500 to impact a child for a month - this includes 2 meals a day, education, uniforms, stationery, woollens etc.

I am raising INR 15000 or more to change the life of a child from the urban slums of Delhi for 6 months or more. This is being done in partnership with the NGO, Samarpan Foundation. Read on to discover how.

Help me raise INR 15000 or more to support a child for 6 months or more. If more funds are raised, the child is impacted for longer. If we raise more than INR 30000 then we impact more than one child.

The Primary School also serves as a Bridge School for late starters; covering nursery to kindergarten classes (children aged 3 to 5 years) and Primary Education: Class 1 to 5 (children aged 6 to 10 years). The meals are a balanced diet that consists of pulses, cereals, vegetables. Fruits are provided. There are 240 children in this program. School timings are from 8:30 am to 1:30 pm approx, both breakfast and lunch are given from Monday to Saturday.

Samarpan School was started in 2007 as a Primary School up to Class 5. It prepares children for govt schools and uses a syllabus that is in line with the CBSE syllabus. It is NOT affiliated with any exam board (like CBSE/ICSE etc). It is located in Kishangarh Village, a rag-pickers’ colony in Vasant Kunj, the aim was to bring children off the streets and into classrooms. Some parents did not see the point of sending their children to school when they could be earning instead, the meals provided at school served as an incentive for them as it was two meals less to worry about. Some children had been ‘pushed out’ of mainstream schools owing to ill-treatment meted out to them by teachers and peers. In 2011 they rented 2 rooms to start a crèche. This helped in bringing children to school, who used to stay home to care for their siblings.

A situation is deliberately created to redirect the child’s energy away from roaming the streets to a system of coming together, through counselling, fun pastimes, and awareness programs. Late starters are given personalized attention to catch up to their age-appropriate classes before joining the mainstream. Other vocational classes, sports training and value education programs are conducted, to ensure a well-rounded growth for the child.

CASE STUDY

ABOUT ME AND THIS CAMPAIGN

My name is ARSHIA DANG. I am in Grade 10 at DPS, Gurgaon.

I have undertaken this campaign because I think it is important to impact the life of a child who is not as fortunate as I am. Many of the parents are unable to pay to educate their child and would rather have them earn money. The fact that the school provides two meals, a creche, education, uniforms etc for free makes it impossible for parents NOT to send their children here. This allows these not-so-fortunate kids to experience a school life. They are often the first ones to be educated in their entire family.

The cost of educating them is just INR 2500 per month and includes food, uniform, education, books/stationery etc. Educating a child here holds the promise of them getting a job once they grow up. This will help them get their family out of the vicious cycle of poverty. Please fund my campaign as a simple act of kindness on your part can have a profound impact on a child’s life.

As an individual, I am trying to raise INR 15000 or more to impact a child for 6 months or more. Let us make a difference. If we collect more funds we can transform the life of a child for longer. So if we collect 60000 INR we fund the education, meals etc of 2 such kids for an entire year

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ABOUT THE NGO 

Samarpan Foundation is a charitable not-for-profit entity, established in September 2006 in New Delhi. They work to provide global support and assistance of any kind where there is humanitarian, ecological, environmental and animal welfare need. They are a community of outward-focused volunteers, guided by the principle of doing what needs to be done to achieve the greatest good for the greatest number.

TAX BENEFITS

Funding for this campaign is eligible for tax breaks as SAMARPAN FOUNDATION is a registered NGO & you can avail of benefits under section 80G of IT act. Foreign funding is accepted too. 

FEEDBACK THAT YOU GET

To ensure that there is complete transparency I shall get a report from SAMARPAN FOUNDATION (this takes between 1 to 3 months usually after the funds are raised & transferred to them) telling me who benefitted from the funding. The details will then be posted on the UPDATES section of my campaign and will be in a format like the one below. As soon as I post an update, the platform will send an SMS and EMAIL alert to all the funders - i.e. to you. Click on the link on the email and you can read about which child benefitted. That's transparent right.

The below image is an example of the FEEDBACK FORMAT that we will be shared with all my funders.