Posted Mon, 2009-08-31 21:06 by karthik.raghupathy
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Posted Fri, 2009-08-21 14:14 by karthik.raghupathy
Anand Charity is thrilled to anounced a new project! We have approved a $3,000 grant for a girls scholarship initiative at Nanubhai supporting college education for women in rural India.
"Roger, the self-appointed captain of the lifeboat, proclaimed, "This boat can hold twenty people, and there are only twelve of us on the boat, and we have plenty of rations to last us till the rescue team arrives, which won't be more than 24 hours.
Umang is continuing to make progress with 27 students in the work training unit. The training duration varies from 2-3 years and the students progress across three groups, a beginner groups doing the simple work, and intermediate group and an advanced group doing the finer work. Several leading boutiques in Jaipur and Udaipur, Rajasthan, are putting up the crafts made by the students up for sale. Exhibitions and sales have been organized at places like the Diggi Palace in Jaipur and the Udaipur City Palace.
India School Fund (ISF), a non-profit organization started by five Harvard Business School students, has been running a school at Rajugela village of Uttar Pradesh. On a request from ISF, Anand Charity has approved a grant of $4525 to build a Kitchen facility at the school and provide daily meals for 250 children of the school. Anand Charity will contribute to 50% of the construction cost and 75% of the meal cost for an entire school year. The kitchen will also serve as a meeting room for teachers and supervisors and will serve as a storage for the raw materials.
Project Oorani is Anand Charity’s first project in Andhra Pradesh. With the help of Dhan Foundation, we are building an oorani (water pond) in the village of Borajguda. This project was originally due to be completed in December 2008. However, several hurdles have caused unfortunate delays to this project. Originally, the digging of the Oorani was supposed to be manual.
On May 25 2009, cyclone Aila wrecked havoc in West Bengal, thousands died. Nearly 2.3 million people were displaced as 450,000 homes were damaged. Some villages were inundated with 20 ft of salt water. Standing crops were destroyed and at least 50,000 hectares of agricultural land was lost. Everything seemed to have perished except the spirit to survive.
The Nanubhai Education Foundation has had tremendous impact with the English and IT education programs funded by Anand Charity. Our first grant enabled Nanubhai to successfully execute English Language Programs, Computer Classes, and Capacity Building Programs at Kadod High School. Encouraged by the success at Kadod, Nanubhai has partnered with three new high schools (Madhi High School, Bajipura High School and Khatiwala High School) to expand the impact of English and IT programs.
