A New School For Children In Need In India

The library is stocked and ready to go.

Addison Demaree is a young woman, who made her way over to India for classic instruction as a yogi. While there, she met the people in the village of Haridwar. Then she hooked up with a group of volunteers from HELPING HANDS FOR INDIA. Together, they built a new school, World Conscious Yoga Family Helping Hands For India School.

This group started out providing scholarships to the local children, before the school building was built. Located in Pritamgarh, the new school building is ec-friendly. The curriculum combines sustainable farming, reading, writing, arithmetic, and yoga. Community members are Dalits, what has been translated as untouchables, people who lack access to resources and are unrepresented in India's government.



Ms. Demaree said, "We were able to speak with the elders, the women, children, fathers. and community leaders. All of them expressed the importance of developing the intellectual capacity and confidence in the youth."

Since its construction, the school has been serving about 300 children from Kindergarten through grade 5, all attending daily. The school is operated and maintained through donations. The group hopes to raise about $60,000 CAD (Canadian dollars) this year. The plan is to add two new classrooms to support students continuing their education into grades 6 and 7, since the demand for education has become so high. Besides the additions, the budget covers uniforms and books for students, salaries for teachers and staff, building maintenance, and transportation.

Besides educating the children, the school also provides educational enrichment for families. They have been teaching fun and educational games that can be played with the entire family. They have also been teaching families about the role of nutrition and ways of being active outdoors with their children.

Students seated with their backpacks.

Recently, Helping Hands For India announced the completion of the school library, with help from donations last year. While being stocked with books, the space is also the location for crafts programs. Considering that the school has been in operation only two years this July, it has made stunning progress.

The enthusiasm for school is evident.

Thanks for information from this article on Pollination Project: http://thepollinationproject.org/grants-awarded/addison-demaree-helping-hands-for-india/; this fund-raising article by Helping Hands For India: http://www.helpinghandsforindia.org/2016/04/03/2016-fundraising-goal/; and the above link.

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