Help A Child To Study…

I come home from the field,

to a dream everyday.

A dream to do better,

than what we are today.

I see my mother toil,

and father work like a machine,

to earn that bread we live on,

and pull on with life as it’s been.

Help A Child to Study,

is a project that has given me hope.

to fulfill my desire to learn further,

to help my family cope.

Cope with the finances we could not otherwise afford,

To bear half of the burden and lessen the load.

Providing a Gift to the family,

A Gift of Education.

A gift that is not luxury,

but has only developed the Nation.

I too can now believe,

in a life of dignity

A life that many like me desire,

to leave the shackles of poverty.

I too now can trust,

my parents wouldn’t have to slog any longer,

and in a few years when I become a Pharmacist,

This dream will only get power.

     – Student of Help A Child

There are many young minds who dream everyday for a better future.

They have seen their parents toil all day and yet be able only to provide just food and some basic necessities.

They do not lack determination or talent, what they lack is only skill and an opportunity to give their best.

As supporters to our fellow brothers and sisters, we can help them to get equal opportunity to prove themselves and establish their lives through Education.To have a better life and good future for their children.

To know us better you can visit : https://www.helpachild.in/

To make a difference to a life you can visit: https://www.helpachild.in/Home/SponsorShips

Sponsor Bhavesh!

Bhavesh’s parents can’t work due to ill health. Bhavesh’s maternal uncle is supporting his family and Bahvesh for his studies. Bhavesh dreams of becoming an Engineer. He also works during holidays to support his studies. Currently bahvesh is studying in III year Diploma. He has scored 67.5% in III, II year Diploma. Bhavesh needs assistance to fulfill his dream.

If you wish to sponsor Bahvesh, please click on the following link:
http://www.helpachild.in/stu_det.aspx

Recently an article on ‘Help a Child’ Turn Girls’ Higher Education Dream into Reality – by Meera Tenguria has been published in CSR Mandate Vol II, Issue II, 2015. Please check the below article

Last week we had two workshops for our Karnataka HAC Students at Sameerwadi and Dharwad.

On 31st January 2015, we had a workshop on Carrer Counselling, Interview Skills and Resume Writting for our Final Year Degree Students. 44 Students from different cources attended the workshop. The workshop was organised in association with Utkarsh Foundation. They also guided students about different Competitive Exams and how to apply for the exams.

On 1st February 2015, we had workshop for our B.E, MBBS, B.Sc Agri and PG Students at Dharwad. The workshop was focused on Quality of Life, Personality Development and Giving Back to Society. 32 studets attended the workshop. This workshop was organised in association with NGO CONNECT. The students found both the workshops very informative and said this will surely help them in their future life.

We wish all the Students All the Best for future. Our special thanks to Utkarsh Foundation and NGO CONNECT for conducting this workshops and guiding our students on the right path.

Trupti has been supported by Help a Child to Study project since 2011. Trupti’s father passed away few years back. He was a postman and the family lives on his pension. Trupti’ brother is also studying Engineering and is supported by her relatives.

Trupti completed her B.E from K.J.Somaiya College of Engineering. She scored 67% in her final exam. Trupti has now secured a job with L&T, through Campus Interview. Congratulations Trupti and we wish you all the best for the new start. Wish you more success in the future.

 

 

We have been supporting Shilpa from last two years.  Shilpa’s father is not working due to ill health and her mother is a pre-school teacher. Shilpa has two brother and both of them are studying in school.

Shilpa recently passed her 12th Exam with very good marks. she scored 94.83% in the exam.  Also Shilpa has cored 100 out 0f 100 in Maths in her final exam. We are very happy for Shipla for this great achievement and wish her more success in near future. Congratulations Shilpa and we wish you good luck for future!!

Mahalingappa has been supported by Help a Child to Study Project since 2011. Mahalingappas father and mother work as weaver on commission basis. His brother and sister are studying in school. They live in a mid house.

Mahalingappa completed his JC Commerce from BLDE’s Commerce, Arts and Science College, Jamkahandi with 81%. Recently he completed his BBA with 78% and has been placed in Indian Bank. Congratulations Mahalingappa and we wish you more success in future. All the best for new start!!

Preeti Patan has been our student since 2011. We have been supporting Preeti since she was in B.Com II Year. Preeti’s father passed away 14 years ago in an accident. Her brother works on a rented power loom to support the family and mother is a house wife. She has two sisters, one is studying while other helps her mother for household work. They live in a rented house.

Preeti completed her B.Com from S.T.C. College, Banhatti with 89.24%. Now she is doing M.Com I from Karnataka University. Recently she had her I Sem Exam in which she stood 1st in the University with 78.67%. We are really proud of her and we wish her all the Best for future. Congrats Preeti!!

Earlier this month we had a workshop on Total Quality of Life at Dharwad. The workshop was organized for Degree and Post Graduate Students in association with NGO CONNECT, Dharwad.

The workshop as divided into four sessions:

First Session was on importance of concentration and how it helps to improve the process of thinking. Also, a small film was shown which gave a message of sharing happiness; caring for others without any expectations.

The second session included importance of Values and ethics in life.  They also specified on  attitude of students towards education and how it has helped to improve life of students and their families.

The third session was of group activity, where three students were paired  in a group and were given a game to play. One student had to decide his where he/she wants to reach in the specified area and his/her eyes were closed with a handkerchief. The other two had to distract the first person so that he/she shouldn’t reach the desired goal. This game helped them to understand that no matter how many obstacles come in life you have to be very focused in order to achieve your goals. The game seemed to be simple initially but as it progressed it became interesting and students enjoyed playing it.

The fourth and final session was about importance of listening. Again the students were paired in group and one of them had to tell happy moment of his/her life. The others were asked to make noise. Due to this the first student got annoyed, then the Workshop in-charged explained we all do the same thing. When someone is trying to tell you something listen carefully as at a times it cause misunderstanding and people feel bad.

Lastly, we all had fun dancing on the song from 3 Idiots Give me some sun shine, give me some rain…. It was indeed a very funfilled workshop with very clear message about how to live life, maintain relations, respect others,focus on goals. The stuents enjoyed workshop and we hope to have similar workshop for our other students a well.

Here are photos from the Workshop:

Last week, we had two of our donors Manisha Pandit and Supriya Rai with us. In month of October both, Manisha and Supriya had raised funds for us through the India Giving Challenge Online. Both were very eager to meet the students and interact with them.

We had students form various backgrounds, studying various course, who came to meet the donors. Manisha and Supriya had lovely time interacting with the students, knowing more about them and their families. The students were very expressive about their dream, future plans and how they would like to give back to the society and create awareness of education in the society. Manisha is a teacher in a school in USA and shared her experience of working with the small children’s. Supriya loves to connect with the students and mentor them from time to time. The student were happy to meet both Manisha and Supriya and all of them parted away with promise of meeting again.

Here are some of the photos: