Isha Vidhya – is a rural education initiative of Isha Foundation (www.ishavidhya.org). It has 9 schools in Tamil Nadu & Andhra Pradesh (India) with 6415 children - 60% of them on full scholarship and rest on subsidised fees. They have supported critical interventions in 40 rural government schools in TN benefiting 28,000 children. Most of these children are first generation school goers. In the current year, Isha Vidhya requires to build 11 classrooms, 19 school buses, provide for scholarships and support the 56 Government schools that have been adopted. . In addition to the above, approx 700 new children get admitted every year who require scholarships over and above the existing children. Isha Vidhya schools are run largely by volunteers and hence cost of fund raising is very low (<2%). I am reaching out to you for your support and would appreciate any amount you can contribute towards this cause. A few donation options are indicated below (a) Full scholarship per child per year (includes tuition fees, books, school uniform, transport and noon meal) – INR 20,000 per child per year (b) Sponsor a child’s tuition fee and books for one year – INR 10,000 per child per year (c) Sponsor transport subsidy for a child for one year – INR 5,250 per child per year (d) Sponsor noon meal subsidy - INR 3,000 per child per year (e) Any other amount – This will be used for infrastructure expansion – such as classrooms, toilets, labs etc. Last date for donation 1-Feb-2016