Village Vist- came back with a heavy heart

Rajkot, India
September 10, 2016 2:32am CST
This morning I went to a nearby village for an annual visit programme and I returned with a heavy heart. The elementary school provides "facilities" way below the "acceptable standards". I felt pity for these tiny toddlers. there weren't even enough benches to "suffice" 30 students. Even the mid-day meal provided wasn't enough to meet their growing nutritious needs. The dingy classrooms with stale walls made me feel dizzy. But hats off to this mini angels even though they were trapped in those catacombs there determination to learn and educate themselves was par excellence! I have decided to start a crowd-funding programme, so that I can help them at least a tiny bit. Any suggestions? what else can I do? can you help in any other way? please do respond, I seriously want to help them!
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• India
10 Sep 16
I'm into such service from a long time...but trust me that zeal of ours to help them is not at all enough to help them...it really takes years of homework and hard work. You have pull up contacts..make a team..plan how to raise funds..and friend remember that thoughest part is when you start sharing the idea with others I mean with people who can fund you...they will make sure you fall down...feel low...I faced it..at every step.. if you are from India..then its even more though...I ended up joining as a volunteer in NGO and serving children...but I never gave up the idea of making an organization... but don't rush into this...it's not easy...start by volunteering you can learn a lot
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• Rajkot, India
10 Sep 16
okay, thanks a lot! a just want to help, that's the idea, yeah I truly understand how difficult things are here in India. I'll make sure I take one step at a time and reach the destination. It was a great advice, thanks.
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• India
11 Sep 16
@nilesh1s all the best! Let me know your successful ..I would be happy to hear!
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• Rajkot, India
11 Sep 16
@shaheena11 sure ma'am
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@ria1606roy (2797)
• Kolkata, India
12 Sep 16
It's good to see that you are eager to take initiative. Now everything starts by good marketing, you have to make the people you want as sponsors understand why they are putting money into this. And they will need the assurance that the money is put to good use. Even then you have to follow some people around for receiving the funds, as they would say that there's no time and it will end up in your harassment. So be prepared as there are more lows on this path than high. You can open a website from which you can collect donations and then post this website as extensively as you can. People like to be rewarded for good deed so you have to prepare something in return, can be as simple as a letter of thanks. The conditions that you've described here is the scenery in 99.99% of Sarba Shiksha Abhijaan elementary schools. And you have to ask yourself, even though I get enough money, can I put it to the use I aim to? The local parties may interfere, asking for bribes. So be careful. You can help them a lot better if you are not alone, put up a team headed by a big organization or join an NGO.
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• Rajkot, India
12 Sep 16
thanks a lot, yeah I'll keep these points in mind.
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