PROJECT FOR BIHAR GIRLS                                

It is very difficult for a village girl in Bihar to pass a Matriculation

(secondary School). In case of 6 girls that we know have appeared

for a Higher Secondary School Examination this year(University

Education starts after this). This achievement is very high for

someone from a very poor and lower caste background in a distant

village in Gaya district of Bihar. We have their Brothers in contact

with our Youth Project. They requested us through out a year that

their sisters who are at this stage needs support for

further education, and to be rescued from getting wedded forcefully

by the family after their schooling.

 

In Bihar Child marriages are still practiced. Having this outside

atmosphere and their daughters are now 18 years old, parents feel

tremendous pressure of getting them married. This is partly because

of the social pressure and partly because it is not safe to have a girl

of this age in the atmosphere where a lot of criminal gangs and

forces are active in the region. Caste also plays a big part in this

case; lower caste young girls are most vulnerable in social structure.

If any such thing happens, it brings a bad name to the family and

almost impossible life for a girl.

Therefore, We decided to help our friends in this case by bringing

over their sisters to Maharashtra and take responsibility for their

education. For this purpose we created a small project whereby we

will take the full responsibility of their education for 5 years. We will

provide them all the support that develops them into self reliant

individuals.

What we are planning to do?

1. Provide them a house to live.

2. Get them into reasonably good colleges and pay for all the cost of Education

3. Provide additional support to develop their abilities and over all personalities.

4. As and when they are ready, support them to find a job that would enable them to earn and carry on education.

5. Bring them in contact with other girls who are from a well to do backgrounds and provide them a fulltime mentor who would looked after all they need in all the time that they are looked after by us.

6. We would like to see that they are will educated and having their own source of income and take the atmosphere of education and higher human values in the families that will be getting married into.

Begining of the Project –

We shall be starting this project in from 15th  July this year 2011. We

will be able to start when we have minimum of 30% of our funds

secured. The cost on different headings will

be as follows:-

Budget –                                      Monthly                                 Annual

House rent -                                 3000                                    36000

Food costs                                   1500                                    108000

Clothing                                          250                                      18000

Kitchen Equipments                    8000                                        8000

House Furniture                         12000                                      12000

Travel Cost                                   350                                        25200

Books and Edu Exp                    1000                                       72000

Home travel                                1000                                       12000

Other house hold expenses      700                                          8400

Telephone/post                          500                                           6000

Other Office Exp                        500                                         6000

Total Annual                                                  3,99,600

For 5 years                                                   1558000

Fundraising – We are committed to take this project through. We shall raise money in various ways. Our intension is to include as many people as possible in support of this project. We shall be asking for smaller and regular sponsorships from our supporters and donors.

Kind of Sponsorship             Monthly                       Annually

1. Education cost for 1 girl   1000                            12000

2. Cost of food for 1 girl        1500                            18000

3. Rent for a month              3000                            36000

4. Clothing for 1                     250                              3000

Freinds therefore we have put our funding target limited to one year expenses only  so that we can raise it easily and start our project as soon as possible and later on we will again appeal for the same.