Some of our students, their parents - our wonderful friends.
Dear Friends and Supporters,
If you have been reading some of my recent blogs and emails, and following us on Instagram, you will know that our team in India has been thoroughly impressive in their efforts and work reaching and helping poor and needy communities in Northern India. So far in 2021 some of the things we have achieved include;
* providing food and ration packs to the elderly, unemployed and some very destitute people who are suffering due to the ongoing impact of COVID,
* teaching and feeding 500 children five days a week in our 9 small school centres in the cities of Kotdwara, Bijnor and Chandigarh
* holding information sessions for the parents of our school children
* collaborating with local police
* delivering individualised programs for our students who have significant disabilities,
* distributing lots of warm blankets to village and slum dwellers who have been suffering from the winter cold.
Presently we are busy as we prepare for our SHINE Women’s Empowerment Conference (in three locations) in mid March. We have 500 women registered delegates! How exciting is this!
This all takes money and resources. We pay rent for each of our school centres, and we pay salaries to all staff in India (more than 20 team members now). Right now, we are stretched a little more than usual, tracking below our budget for this time of the year. Some reasons for this are a payment for the unanticipated medical expenses for one of our team members, our SHINE conferences were not originally budgeted for, and we must transfer our quarterly payment to India one month earlier than usual to comply with some new mandatory banking structures.
So, if you have been following what we are doing and achieving, and if you are happy and willing to help and support us … we really need your help right now.
Our next quarterly transfer, to cover our April, May, and June expenses will be approximately $24 000 and we are currently $5500 short.
Can you help us to reach this target?
Your donation is fully tax-deductible. Click the DONATE box on our website
With love and thanks from the ‘Project Help India’ Team.