Dear Donors,
I am reaching out to you to seek your support for Isha Vidhya–a rural education initiative of Isha Foundation(www.ishavidhya.org), with which I am associated as a volunteer. I am running Half Marathon (21km) in support of Isha Vidhya on Sunday,15th Jan'17 in the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon and reaching out to you to raise funds for this cause.
In Jan'16,over 400 runners raised INR 1.44Cr. which was used to support education of 630 children and construction of compound wall across 8 Isha Vidhya schools.
Funds raised thru the year 2017 will be utilized for Scholarships for the students in Isha Vidhya schools, Classroom and Infrast. in Isha Vidhya schools, Learning Aids, Computers, laptops, tablets, LCD projectors, School buses in Isha Vidhya schools and Govt. school adoption program in TN. Contributions can be made by cash/cheque/online.
A few donation options indicated (a) Full scholarship per child per yr (includes tuition fees, books, school uniform,transport and noon meal)–INR 20,000 per child per yr (b)Sponsor a child’s tuition fee and books for one year–INR 12,000 per child per yr (c)Sponsor transport subsidy for a child for 1 year–INR 5,250 per child per yr (d)Sponsor noon meal subsidy - INR 3,000 per child pa (e)Any other amount–This will be used for infrastructure(classrooms, toilet blocks, labs etc). All donations will be exempt under Sec 80(G)(for donations made in India) and United Way of Mumbai will issue the receipts for the same.Thank you.