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Social project
Its name : Asha Ki Kiran (pronounced: Asha Kee Keeran) = (Bright of light).
Its function : Free school where about twenty children can go (girls and boys of 5 years old to teenager).
Teaching : Hindi, English, mathematics, yoga. They learn prayers, national anthem and little songs as well.
Its characteristic : A hot meal per day is given to the children who study in this school. These children are all from poor families.
Place : New building paid by André and myself. In this building there are two classrooms, a kitchen, toilets, and a place outside where the children can play. This building is reserved for the children and the people who work in. The school is located in Jaipur’s suburbs but is still in the countryside.
Employees :
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1 teacher: Mamtha is the teacher of the primary class. |
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1 household employee: Nani, who prepares food, greets the pupils before the teacher arrives, and helps maintaining the building. |
Financing : Several means exists to support this project :
a) Sponsorship: CHF 35.- per month, per child. The sponsorship includes:
- Employees wages
- Electricity
- Gas
- Water
- School supplies
- Lunches
b) Donations
c) Craft-items sales
In Switzerland, I run a booth in several markets, in order to sell Indian craft- items and to promote to project. The proceeds of sales are placed in a Swiss bank account. Once a year, a newsletter including the annual statement as well as news from Asha Ki Kiran is sent to all sponsors.
The future of Asha Ki Kiran : During the 2007-2008 winter, we built a new room which is currently used for yoga. In the near future, we would like to use this room as a pre-school class for a small group of children to start learning the alphabet. Furthermore, we could offer the possibility to organize meetings for adults in the same room, on subjects such as maternity, AIDS, hygiene, etc.
