Isha Vidhya is a rural education initiative of Isha Foundation (www.ishavidhya.org). It has 9 schools in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh (India) with 6,415 children 58% of them studying on full scholarships and rest on subsidised fees. Isha Vidhya has also adopted 40 rural government schools in Tamil Nadu benefitting 28,000 children. Most of these are first generation school goers. To learn more, watch these videos https://youtu.be/evYHBAAnbiI, https://youtu.be/vmA5POSVLF0.
In 2015, 400 Isha volunteers ran the Mumbai Marathon and raised funds for Isha Vidhya that were used towards scholarships for 288 children, activities of 17 government adopted schools, and construction at 8 Isha Vidhya schools. In 2016, Isha Vidhya is aiming to build 11 classrooms, deploy 19 school buses, provide scholarships, and support 56 government adopted schools.
I am seeking your generous donations for this cause. Please choose the below options* -
(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 childs 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 to be used for infrastructure expansion e.g. classrooms, toilets, labs.
*Note: All donations are eligible for tax deductions