Schooling is the easiest and most impactful tool to bring children who come from needy homes out of the vicious cycle of poverty. This crowdfunding initiative of mine is a campaign that is being done by me and my fellow students at the Inventure Academy at Bangalore to raise funds, that will help educate such children. This will help them build careers and live a life of substance.

My aim is to raise 25000 INR to fund the education of a child who is being taken care of by the SPARSHA TRUST for an entire year. The Sparsha Trust is a Bangalore based NGO which has been championing the cause of kids who come from poor homes by running a shelter and taking care of all their needs – from food, to stay, to medical expenses and their schooling. The cost of their shelter, food, medical care etc is extra. I am just focusing on their schooling.

These funds will be used for their schooling for 12 months. If I raise 50000 INR I can fund their schooling for 24 months. There are a total of 60 students at Sparsha who are being schooled at English medium schools near their shelter who need funding.

CASE STUDY:

Let’s together transform the lives of children like Nandini. It would be a delight when the kids we fund start working and build their lives. The pictures below are of the 60 students who go to the English medium schools.

ABOUT ME & THIS CAMPAIGN:

Hi. My name is Anaaya Ravishankar and I study in Grade 8 at Inventure Academy. A few weeks ago, we met the children from Sparsha Trust. These were children who’d been abandoned by their parents, or came from extremely difficult homes and were now studying to make something out of themselves. They were lucky to find shelter at the Sparsha Trust.

Amazingly, I didn’t see just sadness or pain in these children, there was pride and the will to survive, learn and grow. I saw warriors. I made up my mind to help them. Supported by my school, I’d like to ensure these children get the educational opportunities they deserve.

We take education for granted. It is not the same for these children. I’d like you to join me in transforming the lives of these children and building a better future for them. I’m raising INR 25,000 so I can support 1 child for an entire year. I will then continue and raise the next INR 25,000 because there will always be one more life I can save.

Please support my goal to ensure these children have access to the basic right of education. No contribution you give me is too little, contribute as much as your heart feels compelled to do so.

LOCATION & MAP

The map below highlights the location of our school, the NGO and the 3 schools that these students go to.

Our Partner

• Bangalore based NGO
• Sparsha was founded by a handful of young graduates with master's degrees in social work. They began in June 2006. Sparsha provides shelters where slum & street children would be safe, where they would be nurtured, tutored and transitioned into mainstream schools.

Through its various projects, Sparsha is transforming the lives of children, helping them to live a life of safety, security and dignity. Sparsha also provides opportunities for the children to do their best. While some of these projects are residential in nature, others are day-care projects and open shelters. At open shelters, children have the option of spending the day in the center and may choose to stay the night or return to their homes. As a result, for the first time in their lives, from morning to night, the children are able to study, play, eat, express themselves and sleep without the fear of becoming victims of neglect or abuse.

• Children are provided with a safe environment, offered a clean home, fully furnished hostel with bathrooms, trunks for their belongings, smart uniforms, toys, school materials and three nutritious meals daily courtesy an immaculate kitchen and a versatile cook; essentially everything to lead a nurturing, healthy life. They are taken to playgrounds; those requiring psychiatric treatment are admitted to Nimhans; all children receive health check-ups, medical treatment and dental care. They are also taught sex education, counseled to deal with psychological and emotional problems, motivated to equip themselves with literacy - the means to deliver them from destitution.

TAX BENEFITS

This campaign had 80G tax benefits for all Indian funders. This campaign accepts funds from holders of foreign passports.

FEEDBACK THAT YOU GET

To ensure that there is complete transparency the team at SPARSHA will post feedback about 2months after the campaign gets over telling us which student has benefited from your funds. 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 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 given to you who fund this campaign.