WINDOW To The WORLD

by Vanasthali Rural Development Centre in Maharashtra

  • 800

    Books Goal
  • 1711

    Books Received
  • 0

    Days to go
Raised Percent :
100%
The fundraiser is successful.
PUNE
Impact: 1040 Children

Know more about us

Who we are

We are children from rural Maharashtra belonging to under privileged class. We are deprived of availability of good interesting reading material and well equipped libraries in our schools and villages. We believe that availability of good reading material is immensely valuable to empower us to be well developed, independent and socially conscious human beings.


Our work and its impact

We are a Registered Charitable Trust (NGO) working for rural children and rural women aiming for better quality of life through better training and educational opportunities. We Work in about 180 villages from 9 districts of Maharashtra. There are about 600 teachers conducting various educational activities for around 25000 beneficiary Students in a year with just 5-6 administrative staff under the guidance of trustees. Our efforts have impact on children's exposure to preschool as well as reducing number of drop-outs in formal school years. We also have devised a six months training course for semi-literate rural women to work as facilitators.


How we will utilise these books

We target to achieve personality development and empowerment of the beneficiaries through our activities. *Teachers' Training for semi literate rural women to work as facilitators at Balwadis / schools *Refresher Residential Camps for the Teachers *Running Balwadis wherever needed *Hobby (music, dance, handicraft) / Learning Enhancement (puzzles, games, skill development) Classes (at Government Schools) *Vocational training courses are conducted for teachers *Balbhavan: Activity Center for Children (karate/Yoga training, other activities as above and Competitions) *Libraries (mobile, regular) for Adults and Children (Teachers get to read books,an opportunity they never had in their school days.) *Publishing bi-monthly magazine that covers women problems, nutrition and health issues, socio economic scenarios and values, scientific developments, environmental awareness and healthy entertainment *Publishing training material *Science Experiments / Exhibitions *Vacation Camps for Children *Step-up in teachers' and children's imagination and creativity through various activities We intend to distribute books among teachers at different centres so that they can further use these books to develop healthy reading habit among students. The teachers themselves would read the books as well as make students read the books loud in the class turn by turn. It will be followed by question-answer session based on such reading that would include some value adding discussions. The interested students will be allowed to carry books home, with a proper record. At the center, even parents will be allowed to read the books. Eventually, it will nurture the curiosity, imagination and creativity of the readers.



Supporters

Name Donate Amount Date
UCWeb MOBILE PRIVATE LIMITED 15,560 September 23, 2018
Madhura Damle 7,992 September 07, 2018
Anonymous 2,000 September 03, 2018
Santosh Gupte 5,000 August 29, 2018
Amogh Gore 5,000 August 29, 2018
Dhanesh Kamerkar 5,000 August 29, 2018
Kalpana Gupte 5,000 August 28, 2018
Gautam John 34,000 January 09, 2018
Anonymous 1,000 December 25, 2017
Anonymous 5,000 December 23, 2017
Name Donate Amount Date
UCWeb MOBILE PRIVATE LIMITED 15,560 September 23, 2018
Madhura Damle 7,992 September 07, 2018
Sunavantee Ursekar 2,000 September 03, 2018
Santosh Gupte 5,000 August 29, 2018
Amogh Gore 5,000 August 29, 2018
Dhanesh Kamerkar 5,000 August 29, 2018
Kalpana Gupte 5,000 August 28, 2018
Gautam John 34,000 January 09, 2018
Tushar Vaidya 1,000 December 25, 2017
Arpita Aamir 5,000 December 23, 2017