Raised: 71%
Target: £3,000.00
Raised so far: £2,142.00
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My story

 

Hello!  Thanks for visiting this page.  I seek your kind support for a beautiful project called Isha Vidhya.  A project which, run wholly by volunteers, helps children dream again. Let us together make every child dare to dream again ;-)

So what do they do? - The foundation educates the under-privileged children of India in rural Tamil Nadu who would otherwise be working in manually intensive jobs from a very young age. They also provide possibly the kids' only hot meal of the day.

My involvement so far? - I have volunteered with the Isha Foundation for a year and a half and feel privileged to have met so many amazing, selfless, inspiring people. People who give up their time to do stuff for others, with boundless energy, day in day out, beautifully and simply without wanting anything back in return.  My volunteer work has been limited to "helping out" whereever I can mainly at the Isha courses in London but I now seek to get more involved in fundraising.

Where can you find out more? - See site http://www.ishafoundation.org/IshaVidhya

How much does it cost to educate a child? - As little as £120 for a whole year!!!

So what are we doing to help Isha Vidhya? -

1) Ranjit and I did a very enjoyable 5k walk on the 20th September 2009 at Bushey Park in Hampton!  The highlight was walking with and seeing so many beautiful deer, from young bucks to wise old deer!

2) Our girls, Ishani & Anushri, have sponsored 2 children, Naveen & Sri Tharani, at Isha Vidhya -  please browse pictures of Tharani & Naveen above.  We, at first hand, have seen our money being used wisely and completely on the cause. As the schools are run purely by volunteers, we know every pound gets utilised efficiently.

3) It is a milestone birthday for me this year - 21 again you know - so I kindly ask those of you that wish to give me a gift or card, to please give me a donation instead via this justgiving site.   Thank you.

What can you do to help? - Please please please "Show me the money", loads of it...... so we can help the kids start dreaming again!   THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!

Love

Jayshree, Ranjit, Anushri-Lily & Ishani xxxx

"Education is about making the child grow with an uncluttered intelligence. An education that is not identified & entangled in doctrine and prejudice will naturally lead to ultimate blossoming of the individual"

"I don't want the children after ten years of schooling here to just survive. They must blossom and flower wherever they go" Sadhguru (Founder & all-round-amazing man!)

"you are the change want to see in the world" - well done! love, milen & family Donation by Milen Shah 29/10/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Well done Jay. Rizwan and Karina Donation by Rizwan Govindji 28/10/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Well done Jayshree. We are proud of you Donation by Aruna Mene 27/10/09  

Well done Jay Donation by Kamy Vekaria 08/10/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Well done Jay, amazing effort so far. Good luck on hitting your target Donation by Stephen Lavery 07/10/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Dear Jay, Well done for collecting so much for such a worthy cause! Donation by Vania Parelho 06/10/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Lovely cause Donation by Harpy and Sam 06/10/09  

Happy Birthday Jayshree. Keep Smiling! Donation by Ranjan + David + Milan 06/10/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Well done Jayshree for taking the time out for a worthy cause. Best Wishes. Donation by Chet & Reemi 05/10/09  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

Wishing you all the best. Hope to catch up soon. Donation by Aomesh and Sonya Bhatt 30/09/09  

£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid

belated happy birthday and all the best! Donation by Juhi 27/09/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good work Ranjit and Jay :-) .... You have my full support! Donation by Xi Gu 25/09/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

For all the children who dream of the gift of knowledge. Well done Jayshree! love Hema. Donation by Hema Ghantiwala 22/09/09  

£45.00 + £12.69 Gift Aid

Donation by Kian de la Cour 21/09/09  

£20.00

Donation by PAUL TORPEY 21/09/09  

It sounds like a very worthy cause. Donation by Chris Jack 19/09/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Hi Rajee, Hope you are ok. Keep up the good work......Take care and see you all soon love Bhavna & Mitesh X Donation by Mitesh Yadav 19/09/09  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

Donation by Manisha Amin 19/09/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

We had a great time at the bithday event and i hope you hit your target. Donation by Kantilal Mulji Parbat 18/09/09  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

Hi Jayshree and Ranjit - have a great walk on Sunday! Will be with you in spirit. Love Leora Donation by Leora Lightwoman 18/09/09  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

amazing cause-really proud of you for what are going to achieve. love sukanthi,skanda, lakshman &Krishnan Donation by Sukanthi 18/09/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Dear Jayshree, hope all is well and good luck! Swati, Dom, Natasha and Sophia x Donation by S Suri 16/09/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Well Done! We had a great time on Sunday. Donation by Priya, Ranjan Niki and Rohan 16/09/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Rajee, Happy Birthday! Well done on your selfless charity work for such a worthy cause... They do fantastic work & I know the money will be used well.. Love from Sangi x Donation by Sangita Vara 15/09/09  

£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid

Dear Rajee, Happy birthday! You are doing a great job for this charity..Well done. Lots of Love from Velji Kaka, Damyanti Kaki, Krishna & Shyam Donation by Babulal Mulji Vara 15/09/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Happy birthday and well done for doing such a great thing - love diya, sahil, shriti and rajesh Donation by Rajesh Gupta 15/09/09  

£21.00 + £5.92 Gift Aid

Rajee, Happy birthday and well done for all your efforts.. Love from Daya Kaka and Kusum Kaki xx Donation by Dayalal Mulji Vara 14/09/09  

£20.00

Happy Birthday! We hope you had a lovely day and well done for raising so much for a worthwhile cause.. Lots of love from Mum, Dad and Kaushi xxx Donation by Kaushika Vara 14/09/09  

£105.00 + £29.62 Gift Aid

Well done Jay! Love, Ranjit, Anushri, & Ishani Donation by Ranjit Mene 14/09/09  

Happy Birthday Jay, well done on raising so much for such a good cause. Donation by Opkar & Sarb 13/09/09  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
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