Give the gift of education by presenting an Education Kit to a poor child or youth of north Karnataka, INR 650

There are many children in villages who could not puchase the required school stationaries due to poverty at home. The uniform, text books and mid-day meal is available in the government schools but who should provide them with the necessary note books, pen, pencils, geometry box, water bottle, bag and such other necessities? There are many children who drop out of the education system when teachers pressurises for these stationaries. Janakalyan identifies such deserving children and provide them with an education kit containing all these items. During 2019-20, Janakalyan with the support of GiveIndia has helped many children of North Karnataka as presented in the chart above.

Janakalyan has an education initiative that is dedicated to ensuring that education reaches the far corners of the state of Karnataka. They have been tirelessly working toward making comprehensive education material available to children in the flood -affected villages of North Karnataka.

How It Works

Janakalyan is dedicated to this initiative and believes in leaving no stone unturned.

• Members of the staff personally visit each village.

• They interact with the families, teachers, school authorities and other representatives of prospective beneficiaries, regarding the student’s attendance record and general class participation.

• Based on the information gathered, students most suited to receive the education kit are identified.

• Prospective students are short-listed at the beginning of each academic year (June- July).

• Students that are chosen are given a token and asked to collect their respective kits on designated dates.

• Meanwhile, the administrative staff at Aapna Janakalyan purchases the appropriate packages and prepares them for distribution.

• The packages are brought to the villages on the designated days and distributed to students that were issued the token.

The Basics

The distribution of the kits is directly dependent on the funds being mobilized from various sources including Give India. So each contribution no matter how big or small goes a long way to help educate the children and young adults of North Karnataka.

Small but Big

Savaremma D/o Phakirayya was a student of Grade 5 who was under the parental care of her grandmother since she lost her parents within a year of her birth in Puladinni village of Sindhanur taluk. During the flood, she lost all her belongings including school stationeries. Providing school stationeries was impossible due to prevailing poverty and Savreamma was forced to take care of her cousin instead of school almost for 4-5 months.

Savaremma learnt from her fellow-friends that school kit is provided by Janakalyan to all regular students as part of flood response program; it was mandatory for the students to be regular in school in order to get the education kits, which contains all school stationeries required for a student. She convinced her grandmother to obtain a school kit from the school and continue education.

Savaremma is very regular to the school now pursuing her studies like any other children of her age; she and her grandmother are happy now while her aunt is not. A small intervention has helped many such Savaremma to build their bright career. School teachers expressed their gratitude for this noble intervention which has improved the school attendance significantly.