‘Holi’ is a popular and significant festival known as the ‘Festival of Colours’, celebrating the arrival of spring in India, the end of winter, the blossoming of love and the sharing of stories about eternal and divine love - especially the triumph of good over evil.
Last week, one evening after lessons some of our City Centre students could not help themselves but to spontaneously break out into some crazy games and to throw the colour powders at each another. Any excuse for some fun and frivolity …something we suspect they had been planning for a while (ha!).
Our education centres and the kids who attend
At ‘Project Help India’ we recognise the privilege that we have in educating the now 320 children who come to our 8 centres 5 days a week to learn and receive a nutritious meal. Additionally, we are now supporting and partnering with 5 centres in Western Punjab that have recently joined the Project Help India family. There are 350 kids who attend these centres every day.
The kids who attend our schools do so with enthusiasm. They are respectful, cooperative and committed to learning. They are also grateful knowing how lucky they are, because for most there is no other school to attend.
None of our students pay to attend a Project Help Centre. It is thanks to our supporters, who make all of this possible. Currently, it costs approximately $30 a month to pay for a child’s education and meals, and approximately $40 a month to pay for a child’s education and meals at our Slum Disability Centre in Kotdwara. (This cost is currently rising due to a significant increase in the price of food.) This is why we need your ongoing support.
If you don't already, would you consider making an annual tax-deductible donation of $360 or $480 to cover the costs associated with a child’s education? Your donation has a very big impact.
