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GAURAV BALAJI'S CAMPAIGN TO TRANSFORM SINGLE TEACHER SCHOOLS IN TAMIL NADU.
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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My name is GAURAV BALAJI. I am 16 years old and In Grade 11 at the CPS Global School, Anna Nagar. This initiative aims to provide writing desks & solar lamps for students at " Single Teacher Schools" across TN.
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Started from 23/07/2021
Ended on 15/08/2021
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THE BACKGROUND

Children in remote villages in Tamil Nadu often do not have access to government schools. Even if they do, many of them drop out, for many reasons including the distance from their homes. Single Teacher Schools (STS) is a unique concept of schools which supplement govt. schools in Tamil Nadu & helps with the education of these children.


THE PICTURE BELOW SHOWS A TYPICAL SCHOOL 

These schools have only basic infrastructure, and this becomes a challenge. Students do not have writing desks, and they do not have access to electricity. This is a hindrance as the school operates from 5 to 8 pm. 

The solution is simple, the students each need a writing desk and the school needs at least one solar lamp. 

THE SOLUTION

By providing these schools with solar lamps & writing desks - these students will have a better learning experience.  The students at the school sit on mats or on poor and non-ergonomic seating arrangements. The objective is to enhance the facilities in the school so that the children, who belong to mostly families below the poverty line, are motivated to come to school.

THE COST OF PROVIDING A WRITING DESK TO EACH CHILD AND A SOLAR LAMP TO A SCHOOL ( EACH SCHOOL HAS ABOUT 30 CHILDREN ON AVG.) IS JUST INR 15000.


IMAGES BELOW SHOW SOLAR LAMPS AND WRITING DESKS AT A SCHOOL


ABOUT ME

My name is Gaurav Balaji.
I am 16 years old and in Grade 11 at CPS Global School, Anna Nagar.

I have undertaken this campaign because I believe a good learning environment is important for every child. Single Teacher Schools are an innovative concept that is helping a lot of students in remote rural areas of TN. There are currently 1057 schools with 31000 plus students and counting.

Parents of these children are daily wage laborers who work in agriculture, factories, shops, etc. These schools dramatically improve the quality of education and have the potential of getting the family out of the vicious cycle of poverty. This is because the parents are often illiterate and the child is the first person in the family to get educated.

However, it's not easy to sit on the floor and concentrate when you do not even have a writing desk. They often use their bags as makeshift desks. I was surprised to learn that for just INR 15000 we can fund writing desks for all 30 students PLUS give a solar lamp for the school. (Since these schools are from 5 to 8 pm and lighting is important).

Am very excited about this and want to help as many schools as possible through this crowdfunding initiative. Please support my campaign and let us together make studying fun & easier for these young students.


EXAMPLES OF STUDENTS YOU CAN IMPACT


GLIMPSES OF THE SCHOOLS


LOCATION OF THE SCHOOLS


ABOUT ROTARY  CLUB OF MADRAS EAST

The club was inaugurated on 3rd April 1985 and has held Rotary principles and values enviably high. The founding fathers gave it the character it retains even today while at the same time strongly believing in its need to evolve with passing time. 30 years down the road, you see a vibrant club, young at heart and face, happening and vivacious.

The club has been in the thick of action conducting programmes and running projects that are pertinent and of value to the beneficiaries. Additionally, it has been holding for several years in a row, national events like – National Fair on Water Management in Agriculture, BioMass (waste reduction, reuse & recycling), Energy ’91 (conservation & alternative sources), Green Expo (balancing development & environment issues), Green Earth ’94 (population, pollution & poverty), Food Security Expo ’96, Millennium Fair – 99, with the help of our Honorary member the world-renowned scientist Dr M.S. Swaminathan and elderly statesman Sri. C. Subramaniam, the former Governor of Maharashtra.


ABOUT SINGLE TEACHER SCHOOLS


Single Teacher Schools, a unit of the Swami Vivekananda Rural Development Society empowers children in the poorest parts of Tamil Nadu with education that will bring all round development in character building, discipline and moral values. To take supplementary ‘Primary education’ to every child’s doorstep in these areas. Villages and tiny hamlets in the remotest corners of Tamil Nadu have no access to proper roads. Hence, Education has to be taken to the doorsteps of the children. Such a step will improve the overall literacy rate and ensure that every child, irrespective of the background, will get good Education which alone will alter the destiny of the children, leading to self-sustenance and economic liberation.


TAX BENEFITS

Funding for this campaign is eligible for tax breaks as ROTARY CLUB OF MADRAS EAST  is a registered trust and you can avail of benefits under section 80G of the IT act. Foreign funding is NOT accepted.


FAQs

Will we get to know the details of who benefitted?

Yes. After the money has been collected it will be transferred by Fueladream to Rotary Club of Madras East. It will take from 2 to 4 months after that to get details of fund use. Once I get this information from them I shall upload this on the UPDATES section of this campaign. You will then get an alert & can read details about how the funds were used.

When do I get the receipts?

The receipts will start getting processed about 4 to 6 weeks AFTER the campaign is closed and will be sent to you directly.

How can we fund this campaign with a Cheque?

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Please draw a cheque in favour of "Fueladream Online Ventures Pvt Ltd", and deposit the cheque into the Fueladream Online Ventures Pvt Ltd HDFC Bank account (any branch across INDIA). After you deposit the cheque, please send an email to ranga@fueladream.com AND vineeth@fueladream.com with the following funder information.

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5) Cheque number:

6) Amount funded:

7) Whose campaign are you funding. (Name of the person OR campaign number/ID):

After the funds are received and the above details are verified, the fund amount will be transferred to the respective campaign. This can take from 1-3 working days.

How does crowdfunding work?

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It’s a concept that allows a large number of funders (like you) to fund an idea or a cause or event by giving small amounts of money online. Fueladream.com is a crowdfunding platform in India that allows for such pooling of funds. You can fund innovations & ideas on FuelADream and be the first to get these products or make them come true. You can also do a good turn by funding charities and causes through crowdfunding. When you fund a charity it’s more like a donation & you get small innovative rewards like a shout-out on an FB page or a thank you email from the beneficiaries.

Updates have been committed to after the campaign ends.
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3 years ago


Dear Funders,


The Rotary Club of Madras East would like to extend our sincere thanks to all of you who funded the crowdfunding campaign on Fueladream.com done by the students of CPS Global, Anna Nagar. Your generosity has helped impact 1290 students from 43 Single Teacher Schools in Kanchipuram District of Tamil Nadu. The details of the distribution ceremony will be posted shortly.


Click here to view the list of schools.

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