THE CONTEXT
While education is a fundamental right it remains a distant dream for many children in India. Families that live in extreme poverty often school as an impossible cost. Even public school carries costs, including books uniform, and transportation. Parents that have not experienced the benefits that come along with education such as an increase in earnings and quality of life don't know what they are missing by pulling a child out of school to work instead. This is why it is a cycle. Children who grow up without education are less likely to send their children to school.
THE SOLUTION
The Vidya Daan scholarship funds the fees for an entire year and is awarded to students in Grades 11 and 12. The parents of these students are farmers, maids, daily wage labourers, and auto drivers. The scholarship will help them build careers and get them out of the vicious cycle of poverty that has plagued their families for generations.
JUST INR 18000 WILL EDUCATE A CHILD FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR.
ABOUT THE PROGRAMME
THE IMPACT
Let's educate more bright students like Manjuntha and Ramba and transform their lives. Join me on this journey.
ABOUT ME AND THIS CAMPAIGN
My name is MOHAMMED AFFIQ. I am 14 years old and in Grade 9 at the DPS Bangalore North.
I have undertaken this campaign because the gift of education is something that is important to any student. The children that I would like to support and give a scholarship to are doing very well at school, despite adverse economic circumstances and conditions at home. Many of them have parents who are daily wage labourers, house help and need our assistance. The fact that raising just INR 1500 can support a bright student for an entire month is something that I am very excited about.
I aim to raise as much as possible to help these students. For example INR 9000 will support them for 6 months, INR 18000 for an entire year etc. The more we raise the bigger the impact.
Getting a good education will definitely transform their lives and the lives of their families. Many of their parents cannot even read or write. Please support my campaign and let us together bring light into the lives of these fellow students.
MAP
ABOUT OUR PARTNER
Rotary Bangalore Indiranagar is a 140-member club, with members from diverse communities and regions. It's engaged in various community service projects which include projects around health, infrastructure, water conservation, and education. It's a model Rotary Club and we are very proud of the partners we have and the impact we have made.
Some of their initiatives include:
1) Water Wheel initiative.
2) Karunashraya - Hospice for advanced cancer patients.
3) Pediatric Heart surgeries: We do over 300 annually.
4) Eye Care Hospitals at Kolar & Tumkur: Over 5000 cataract surgeries are done annually.
5) We have 8 adopted schools.
6) BGMS - We support the stay and school of 300 underprivileged children.
7) Vocational Training in Computer course, Retail, and Banking to deserving candidates from financially poor homes.
8) Pediatric Cancer Treatment at Kidwai Hospital.
9) Vidya Daan - Scholarships to 500 needy students annually.
10) Many Anganwadis restored.
11) Lake revival schemes.
Our trust is exempt under the 80G rule under the IT act.
FEEDBACK THAT YOU GET
To ensure that there is complete transparency, the team at ROTARY BANGALORE INDIRANAGAR will post feedback about 2-3 months after the campaign gets over telling us which student has got the scholarship. This takes some time as they need to screen candidates and allocate them to me. The details will then be posted in the UPDATES section of my campaign and will be in a format like the one below. As soon as I post an update the platform will send an EMAIL alert to you. Click on the link and you can read about which child has benefitted. That's transparent right?
Sharing an example of the FEEDBACK FORMAT that we will be giving to all my funders.
TAX BENEFITS
Funding for this campaign is eligible for tax breaks as Rotary Bangalore Indiranagar is registered and you can avail of benefits under section 80G of the IT act.
FAQs
Will we get to know the details of how the money was spent?
Yes. After the money has been collected it will be transferred by Fueladream to Rotary Bangalore Indiranagar. It will take from 60 to 120 days after that to get details of who the beneficiary was with details of them. Once I get this information from them I shall upload details of the beneficiaries in the UPDATES section of this campaign. You will then get an alert and can read details about the beneficiaries.
When do I get the receipts?
The receipts will start getting processed about 4 to 6 weeks AFTER the campaign is closed and will be sent to you directly.
How can we fund this campaign with a Cheque?
Fueladream Online Ventures Pvt Ltd account details are as below
BANK NAME: HDFC Bank Limited.
BRANCH: Koramangala( Main Branch). City: Bengaluru - 560095.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 50200013106778
IFSC CODE: HDFC0000053
Please draw a cheque in favor of "Fueladream Online Ventures Pvt Ltd", and deposit the cheque into the Fueladream Online Ventures Pvt Ltd HDFC Bank account (any branch across INDIA). After you deposit the cheque, please send an email to prasad@fueladream.com AND getintouch@fueladream.com with the following funder information.
1) Name of Funder:
2) Full address with Pin code:
3) Telephone/Mobile no and Email ID:
4) PAN of funder:
5) Cheque number:
6) Amount funded:
7) Whose campaign are you funding. (Name of the person OR campaign number/ID):
After the funds are received and the above details are verified, the fund amount will be transferred to the respective campaign. This can take from 1-3 working days.
How does crowdfunding work?
Crowdfunding in India is a relatively new concept and is growing very quickly.
It’s a concept that allows a large number of funders (like you) to fund an idea or a cause or event by giving small amounts of money online. Fueladream.com is a crowdfunding platform in India that allows for such pooling of funds. You can fund innovations and ideas on FuelADream and be the first to get these products or make them come true. You can also do a good turn by funding charities and causes through crowdfunding.
