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Join our campaign to collect 300 sponsorships for our new Fund A Meal and Healthcare Scheme!
Our Fund A Meal and Healthcare Scheme aims to collect donations for sponsoring a daily meal for the students at our center. With your help, we can ensure quality nutrition and healthcare for over 140 students who attend our Learning Center. With a donation of Rs. 1,500/- or $40, it’s an easy way to get involved with our work.
Help us achieve our goal to collect 300 sponsorships by the end of November 2008 and sponsor a meal today! |
Total Meals Sponsored to date |
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In one small village in a remote corner of India are a group of dedicated individuals who are making a difference in the lives of nearly 140 children. These volunteers are teaching, feeding and mentoring children who come from the poorest of communities in India… the villages. |
Purkal Gaon is a rural village in the foothills of the Himalayas and its area has a total population of around 1,500. Being literally "at the end of the road", these children do not have the same advantages as children in towns and cities because the village gets what is leftover from government funding for education. As a result, they receive a poor quality education that leaves them without basic language, math and science skills. Therefore, they cannot survive within the competitive job market of India's rapidly expanding economy. |
Another significant problem these children face is proper nutrition, to enable them to concentrate and physically develop properly. Some of these village families are so poor that they must take turns eating every other day. Part of the Purkal Youth Development Society (PYDS) programme is to ensure that each child receives at least one nutritious midday meal. |
It began with a small group of committed individuals doing whatever they could in their own community, and this website is an invitation for more people to get involved with what is happening in the small village complex around Purkal Gaon . This is how real change begins, and you can have an important impact on the life of a child in rural India who might be poor, but has a rich spirit that wants to learn and contribute fully to its own community like any other child. It all starts with a proper diet and basic education. |
How are we funded?
The Society is funded entirely through donations from individuals. There are presently over a hundred donors, although many of them could be one timers. Only time will tell. We keep advising donors of the progress made, through monthly bulletins. Most donors do not wish to be listed on the net by name and so this is not done. However, if any prospective donor wants any specific information, it can be provided. The Society does not receive any assistance from the governments, any corporate except sporadically, or from any other organisation. |
Students Achievements:
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These children, who were hardly able to comprehend their learning when they joined us, can now express their ideas confidently in English. They have become interactive in class and are developing interest and excitement in science, history and geography. Having rescheduled their post school study hours, they are cultivating the habit of reading small books, magazines and newspapers.
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