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Like all proud Indians and NRIs, we too, want to make India a better country. Even after the typically fierce “but India has a great history” retort, we look down embarrassed and helpless in terms of our rural youth being misguided and unemployed. The education system in rural India suffers both on poor infrastructure as well as an abysmal quality of education.A short clip above gives an overview of our work. Also there are related articles by Dr. Rishikesha T Krishnan, Director, IIM Indore. We have been very lucky to have had the stalwarts from the education &amp; social entrepreneurship sector (Professors from IIM Indore, Bangalore, Udaipur &amp; TISS; Caring Friends, Mumbai, Other NGO entrepreneurs like Vinayak Lohani) and tie-ups with institutions like Head-Held High &amp; Goonj Delhi) guide us through our journey of trying to bring around this paradigm shift. 
 We need your contribution to help the youth realize their dreams. Lets together give them our support and guidance and do our part in giving back to the society we feel proud to be a part of!SSES through its educational initiative SSISM empowers the rural youth with access to quality higher education and employment opportunities. It offers graduation courses with transportation to rural students from the interiors of Madhya Pradesh (70 KM radius). Free computer access education is provided to school children. Special focus is on girl education and parent counseling. Out of 1050 students; 70% are girls, few being university toppers. SSES provides placement &amp; entrepreneurship opportunities to students by exposing them to current industry needs every 6 months via industry visits, training, updated curriculum, vocational training etc. Spoken English classes from Head-Held High, Bangalore headed by CNN IBN Awardee aims to bridge the crucial communication gap that poses a big challenge of these students. 
 SSES target to impact minimum 10,000 direct beneficiaries per year. These include students, their families and all who wants to become self reliant.Since 2010; we have imparted courses &amp; training's to nearly 6000 people. A paradigm shift from being aloof to being aware and focused to parents encouraging their girls to study and become independent have been our key achievements. Some of the achievements are: 1050 total students, 60% girls from 200 villages, 4000+ villagers trained in the basics of computers, 10+ entrepreneurship projects, 14 university toppers, 3 university sports captain and 70+ placements in national and multi-national companies.SSISM alumnis being role models, girls making an exemplary mark by being independent and proving themselves, Emergence of local entrepreneurs. Girls who decide to stay in village are much sought after as teachers at primary and secondary schools, allied industries and occupations like dairy farming, retailing, etc. They are proving to be more aware and dedicated for their family occupation, like farming.

Empower rural youth for a brighter future

Disadvantaged students face many obstacles when trying to pursue an education. The expense to go to school combined with their parents expectations for their children to work and earn a living, means many discontinue their education. This leads to poor employment options in the future.In a country like India, where the majority of the population are youths, the overall effect of this problem multiplies. Societies progress and the economies growth rate both deteriorate as so many people are uneducated. 
 We have started an initiative to support bright but underprivileged students post the 10th grade to pursue further studies in literacy; leading to employment. We cover the cost of scholarships, books, and all skill training.Each student is carefully selected based upon academic performance and economic assessments. Our volunteers visit student’s homes to get a better understanding of their financial situation. As we have such a big network of volunteers covering a vast area, we can ensure that we reach as many students as possible. 
 Through our efforts and the support of others like you, more than 5000 students have received employment through Vidya Poshak and over 4000 students have reached the next level of literacy. Also, 60 free of cost rural book banks have been opened where students can borrow books and educational material.

Provide opportunities to deserving underprivileged students

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We, a group of people, working across India, share a dream. A dream of a developed India. An India free of poverty and illiteracy. An India which realizes its full potential in every domain. At present this is not happening in India. There is a lot of work to be done if these dream are to be achieved within an acceptable time frame. Many of us are still apathetic to the needs of the poor. This apathy and obliviousness to all social evils takes us nowhere. If we are to achieve this dream, we have to act. This organization has been formed keeping Indian professionals in mind. We strongly believe that India’s future lies in the hands of youth and the professionals. We trust that education is the key in securing the future of today's children. So, our focus area is the education of the underprivileged in the country.

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Dream India Educational And Charitable Trust

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Soma Joshi

Thank you all for the donations for Children's day. All the kids received the gifts and were very happy!

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VARUN RANGARAJAN

Where were we? oh we decided to look for good private school options in the neighbourhood. Its a good thing Chris likes to walk, he put on his walking shoes and started scouting the neighbourhood and after leaving out the very expensive looking, very run down looking ones, he identified one in the mid range and then setup an appointment with the head master. We both met the person in his cabin and he spoke sooo much about his family and how they are into so many businesses and how by change he decided to start a school (not inspiring at all so far). Some excerpts below: About discipline in school? Oh the teachers have to use strong means at times, we cant help it. It is for the good of the kids.School vision: 100%pass mark every batch in 10th. That is most important. We dont care much about other things.Extra curriculars - We have some clubs. Kids can participat. Some kids were not able to afford uniforms for karate class, so they study during that session.Extra support for our kids, as they dont know English much: Teachers will try best to teach, else after school some 30 mins they can stay back. Beyond that, we cant ask them to stay back. End of year, we can do some special class for them.But till end of year how will kids manage? if enough parents come and complain, we can do some special class during mid term, but kids have to skip extra curricular classes. We left the school happy. Happy not cos it was a good school but happy that we were able to make a quick decision. That we wont put our kids here. It didn't feel like the kids will have a good schooling experience here. Not to mention the philisophy of the school towards the concept of education seemed all skewed. So we left in the hope of finding a better school before the holidays were over. Meanwhile, the kids were waiting with bated breath if they will get to go to a nice school. More on that, in my next update :)

School hunting...

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I thought i will give some back dated updates (1 day at a time) to give you an indication of what happened here.. now that the school session is over, and summer holidays are on..one of the girls in the study center came to chris, our volunteer, and told him to talk to her parents and ensure they dont shift her to a boarding school in their village, now that she is finishing her 5th grade in her current school. It seems to be the norm for people in this community to send their kids to a particular boarding school near their village, far from Bangalore. Now, both the quality of experience in that school and the thought of leaving the city, is not sitting well with the kids, and hence she wanted Chris to talk to her parents. Then other children came and asked Chris the same thing. I cant help but feel that they would miss his sessions too if they moved out from Bangalore. Chris and I spoke about this and decided that we would raise money to move those kids to a nearby private school. We did consider all nearby public school options, but were still tempted to move to a more functional system. So, finally decided to search for a good private school nearby. More on what happened next.. in the next update!

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Dear Friends,With all your wonderful support, DI team made Diwali special for 4500 children last year. Dream India “Diwali For All” 2026 will be covering 4500 children this time covering children from 19 rural government schools and 6 study centers/homes we work with.Check out our Concert Campaign for Diwali <a href="https://www.dreamindia.org/concertforacause/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.The wonderful impact of last year’s Diwali can be seen at <a href="https://dreamindia.org/diwali2025" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Diwali 2025</a>.Requesting your kind support to enable us to serve the children this year as well.Total Number of Children : 4500Per Kid : 1200 INRTotal to be raised : 54,00,000 INRUPI ID: dreamindiaedu@iciciLink for payment: <a href="https://www.dreamindia.org/donation/?donate=1/diwali" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Dream India Payment Gateway</a>Foreign Currency:<a href="https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/dream-india-diwali-for-all--2026" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Dream India Diwali for All 2026 – Foreign Donations</a>Account Details:Bank Name and Branch ICICI, SanthomeAccount Name DREAM INDIA EDU AND CHARITABLE TRUSTAccount Number 021201001752Account Type SavingsIFSC ICIC0000212Thank you.<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/d21e55f4-b978-461c-8a5a-c4419c840c86.webp" />

Dream India Diwali For All 2026

The children from the rural government schools and various homes including special children home do not have a platform to showcase their talent and learn. Dream India team visits one rural school every month and conduct elocution, Essay, drawing, Thirukural, Quiz and cultural events for all the children. Volunteers interested in serving rural government school children are welcome to participate and motivate the children. 
 Dream India team visits one rural school every month and conduct elocution, Essay, drawing, Thirukural, Quiz and cultural events for all the children. Volunteers interested in serving rural government school children are welcome to participate and motivate the children.These events typically costs about 40,000 INR to 50,000 INR which includes lunch, snacks and prizes for all the children (usually 200 plus).Yearly Event – Annual Meet at Chennai for all TN based schools and homes30 children from each of these school participate in a yearly event at Chennai where about 10 to 12 school children participate. This event takes about 40,000 INR for each school. 
 The special children from Vasantham who started attending the event in 2008 turned out to be the overall champions in 2022. The confidence and the self belief children have today is the testimonial for the impact created.

Dream India - Project Thiramai Thiruvizha – Talent Festival

Children from various government schools Dream India works with attend special classes to prepare for their exams. These children come by 7 AM and continue studying till 6 PM. The HMs of the schools requested us to support the children by providing tiffin in the morning and evening so that children can focus on studies without hunger. 
 • Providing morning and evening tiffin for the 10th standard children appearing for public exams.• Duration: Mid January of the year till exam end – May• Average Cost: 50 INR per kid per day 
 Ensure children study without hunger and gets the right opportunity to grow.

Dream India - Project Annalakshmi

The pandemic has put lot of children and elderly homes in serious economic trouble. We at Dream India are catering to the needs of these children and elders by providing them food on regular basis. The support the homes and schools had earlier has come down significantly [especially the material support] and hence the need for us to come forward to extend our support is imperative. All the homes are known to Dream India team personally for more than 15 plus years.	 
 <img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/aeaaaf56-1bd5-4a53-ac3d-cf0df7d8cbe9.png" />We are raising funds and ensuring support is provided to the children. 
 Ensure children get good food every day and focus on their education.

Dream India Project Annadhanam - Support to Homes/Rural Govt Schools

Dream India works with close to about 13 govt schools and various homes in Tamil Nadu. We also have our study center in Bangalore and Mumbai. We have received educational scholarship requests from the children of these government schools for higher education and also children of our study center for school education. These government schools are in Chennai, Kancheepuram, Tiruvannamalai, Cuddalore and other parts of TN. We also work with various homes like Udhavum Nanbargal, Payir, SV home and Vasantham were the children need educational assistance.  
 <ol><li>We have received educational scholarship requests from various children known to us from the schools and homes above</li><li>We are requesting support to cover the educational support for these children.</li><li>We would be able to share the details of the children supported and fee paid for them. </li><li>Dream India is also planning to have a mentor for each of the children and monitor and guide them further. </li></ol> 
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