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C 15 Chiragh Enclave, New Delhi 110048, IN
Project WHY is a flagship program of Sri Ram Goburdhun Charitable Trust, that provides educational support to underprivileged children for the last 18 years. This after-school support program goes beyond academics, to include life skills and all-around development.
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MEET MITHU MANDAL, COMPUTER TEACHER: OKHLA CENTRE, PROJECT WHY, NEW DELHI
Mithu Mandal lost his legs to polio at the age of 3 and was never interested in formal education.
At Project WHY, he not only learned about computers but became good enough to teach children how to use them.
The Project Why Okhla centre where he teaches, supports the education of 350 children, quite a few of whom also learn computers from Mithu. Without this centre, Mithu would not have a job.
In the coming year, this centre is about to lose its funding and faces a very real possibility of a shutdown.
PROJECT WHY ACTIVITIES
Project WHY is a flagship programme of Sri Ram Goburdhun Charitable Trust, which provides educational support to underprivileged children. This non-profit, after-school support programme goes beyond academics, to include life skills and all-around development.
Project WHY reaches out to 1200 children and 160 women.
Since 2005, Project WHY runs a computer education programme. Mithu started as a student, worked his way up to being a teacher’s aide, and then took over as the computer teacher.
WHY THE PROJECT WHY OKHLA CENTRE SHOULD REMAIN OPEN
The Okhla education centre began its activities in 2004 to address the problems of an extremely vulnerable group of children who were targeted by drug and other mafias.
Space was not easy to find and the only option was a space near a garbage dump. It was ‘reclaimed’ and classes began under a plastic sheet held by bamboo poles. The centre is the result of hard work from its staff and founders, who have faced everything from littering to assault from criminal elements in order to keep it running for all these years.
Today, the Okhla Centre has a stable structure, and Mithu runs its computer programme. It helps retain children in school, offering primary and secondary education along with the computer classes.
The centre is an important component of the neighbourhood, keeping crime, drugs and negative elements at bay and replacing it with education and employment.
WHAT IS NEEDED
To give us time to find a sustainable source of funding, the Project WHY Okhla centre needs:
1. 4 Staff honorariums for 6 months: 379, 104 (5,330 USD)
2. Electricity for 6 months: 9, 000 (125 USD)
3. Learning aids and stationery 15, 000 (210 USD)
4. Laptop for Mithu 33, 700 (475 USD)
5. Internet 3, 000 (45 USD)
6. Bank fees for fundraiser 48, 379
(680 USD)
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Total 488,183 (6, 865 USD)
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WHY YOU SHOULD DONATE
▪ Computer education has changed Mithu’s life, and he’s passing on his expertise to others who are gaining the skills essential at a modern workplace.
▪ The teachers Mithu Mandal, Pushpa Kumar, Sophiya Tirkey, Naresh Bhardwaj belong to the underprivileged community, so when you donate towards their salaries, you’re directly donating to the community and not a non-profit overhead. Over the coming weeks, we will be sharing their stories, each just as inspiring and full of spirit as Mithu’s.
▪ Children gaining secondary education at the centre will be going in for higher education and staying away from life on the streets.
▪ The laptop will be given to Mithu. This will enable him to take courses, which he will use to improve his teaching curriculum.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE DONATION PROCESS
DONOR FEEDBACK AND COMMUNICATION
▪ The entire expense account would be put up on the Project Why website once the amount is raised. You can check out an account of our previous fundraiser.
▪ Join the Project Why family by supporting Mithu, so he can help others in his community. No amount is too small, and every little bit would help keep Mithu’s workplace, the Project WHY Okhla Centre, safe from a shutdown.
▪ Read the Project WHY story at www.projectwhy.org.
Find us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and please help share the story to your friends and family on the hashtag #HelpMithuSaveSchool
Each share can bring us three times the donation, and make the dreams of these brave teachers a reality.
If you ever visit our neighbourhood, please do stop by for a chat with the teachers and children at our centres: just drop us an email at anouradha.bakshi@projectwhy.org and we will help organise a trip.
by Sri Ram Goburdhun Charitable Trust (Project Why) on February, 15 2019
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In the last two weeks, your contributions and shares on social media have helped us reach:
Rs 2,17,939 (3054 USD) of our target of Rs 4,88,180 (6,800 USD).
A huge thank you from our team of teachers who are the face of this fundraiser: Naresh, Sophiya, Pushpa and Mithu.
The links lead to the remarkable stories of their lives, and we're very grateful that you're helping us keep their dream alive.
We now need to take this home, so these teachers do not go without their salaries in the coming months.
Here's how you can help triple your impact:
• Please share the fundraiser link to your networks using this link.
• Add the #HelpMithuSaveSchool hashtag to the posts on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
• If you're a blogger, please participate in our blogathon to help raise awareness.
Thanks once again, and we hope to receive your continued support and send you updates about the way your help has made a difference at the Project Why Okhla Centre.
If you ever visit our neighbourhood, please do stop by for a chat with the teachers and children at our centres: just drop us an email at anouradha.bakshi@projectwhy.org and we will help organise a trip.
Best wishes,
Anouradha Bakshi,
Founder, Project WHY
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