Overview

This project will fund a government-accredited school in a slum area in Indore, India. The school will provide quality affordable education, delivered in English in an accessible location to children from a slum community who would otherwise not be able to attend school.  The school also provides health and hygiene education to the students, and through them to the wider Anuradha slum community. This is our final year of four years of planned funding for this project; at the end of the four years our partners hope to have found alternate funding to allow the school to continue into the future.

Why support this

Our implementing partners have worked with the community to identify what the community sees as its most pressing needs. The community itself originally requested the school and have been dedicated in making sure their children attend. The school is run by a community based organisation set up by our partners and the community leaders.  The quality of the education is high, and the children are making great progress in catching up to age-appropriate standards after years of neglect.  As well as running the school, our partner will use the opportunity to also hold some skills development session with the women of the community.

Budget

$9,000. The budget for year four covers the costs of teachers, school books and bags for the students and an annual health camp.

Expected Life Change

• The children of Anuradha slum will be empowered through primary education
• Community health conditions will be improved through the regular health and hygiene awareness programs
• Community members will learn skills which can assist them in gaining livelihood skills