I am Viraj Anant patnaik, I am 12 Years Old and a Grade 7D student at Sentia Global School, Hyderabad. This Kit will impact students from Low-Income homes across Telangana and improve their health, grades, lifestyle & character. I have undertaken this campaign because I was surprised to learn that many students from low-income homes in India, who go to school (mainly govt schools) do not have the opportunity to learn the essential life values as a part of their academic curriculum. Lack of focus on Value based education in rural schools means 9 in 10 students will face mental health related problems in future. It will have an indirect impact on their physical health, career decisions, and their ability to become productive members of society and responsible citizens of the country. The Value Empowerment Kit costs just INR 500 and give students a Value Education Booklet, a copy of Bhagavad Gita, a school bag for books, a environmental friendly digital writing pad to enhance their creativity, and a pack of nourishing refreshments to bring a immediate smile to their faces. This is a very small amount to impact a student. Each Kit cost just INR 500 including the cost of distribution. Fund Rs2500 for example and transform the lives of 5 students. Please support my campaign and let us together impact the health, grades, lifestyle, and character of these fellow students. This kit also brings a big smile to their faces and gives them a lot of confidence.

The Background

Student life is a tender age where the ideologies formed are carried over throughout one's life. It is very unfortunate that today’s children are given a very self-centric, egoistic, unrealistic world view. Hence it is not surprising to see, that the student’s community is susceptible to vices of all sorts.

The Solution
The ISKCON’s Centre For Value Education has developed a unique Value-Empowerment-Kit that has:

1. Value Education Booklet (Based on the essential teachings of traditions across the world)
2. Bhagavad Gita As It Is (The Book of Universal Human Values)
3. School Bag (Environment friendly and easy to carry)
4. Digital Writing Pad
5. Nutritious Refreshments

These elements will help students to cultivate self-awareness about one’s own personality for better self-management along with broadening their insights about others in environment for Relationship Management. The Kit will act as a tool to evaluate one’s pre-conditions and present beliefs, so as to align them with the Universal laws by rational study of human thinking & behaviour. The students will be able to deal assertively with people, situations, and environment by nurturing their Angle like qualities and driving out bestial propensities.

PIC: the items that will be included in the Value Empowerment Kit

PIC: The students with the content of the Value Empowerment Kit

The value empowerment kit contains a value education booklet, a copy of Bhagavad Gita, a school bag, a digital writing pad, and a pack of nourishing refreshments. This dramatically trains a student in appropriate behaviour, healthy lifestyle and moral values. This kit will easily help children understand and practically imbibe good character and culture in their lives thus freeing the future of India from problems of corruption, adultery, bad habits like consumption of alcohol, smoking, extra-marital affairs, conflicts based on religion, caste, race and selfishness.

EACH VALUE EMPOWERMENT KIT COST JUST INR 500

What goes into the Kit?

PIC: The above pictures shows the facade and students from the government school in

 *Kamareddy, Telangana. An example of rural schools where the value empowerment kits are* 
*distributed*

CASE STUDY:

Previous Distribution Drives

PIC: Distribution of value empowerment kit in rural Karnataka

PIC: The students of govt school Tamangal, Rangareddy, Hyderabad Telangana receiving value

empowerment kit sponsored by a school who took part in a crowdfunding campaign like this and raised funds

OUR PARTNER

The ISKCON’s Centre For Value Education aims towards reviving and imparting the seed of character in the hearts of young minds that used to be there in the culture of India since time immemorial. A International society founded in 1966 by the unprecedented efforts of His Divine Grace A.C Bhaktivedant Swami Srila Prabhupada, ISKCON, today is well-known throughout the world for its varieties of initiatives for the holistic well-being of human society along with sustainable care of the planet. The systematic training programs and value enhancement courses launched by ISKCON are proven in their efficiency for bringing the desired transformation in the hearts of masses. This “Right Values - Bright Future” is one such initiative that helps the underprivileged children to strengthen their Moral & Ethical roots, by cultivating a strong urge in them to pursue value-based lifestyle along with academic growth. ISKCON’s Centre for value education has designed the value empowerment kit with utmost attention keeping the needs of todays student in mind, in order to equip them to face the inevitabilities of life boldly and to gain strength for rising above vices toward a life virtue.

TAX BENEFITS:

Funding for this campaign is eligible for tax breaks as the NGO, ISKCON is a registered trust and you can avail of benefits under section 80G of the IT Act. Foreign funding is NOT accepted

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