Vikash Kumar is nine years old and is one of five children.

Both his parents are illiterate casual laborers. They live in a slum within the city of Patna.

The family lives well below the poverty line and the father could not even think of giving proper education to his children. For Vikash, admission to the school run by Shoshit Seva Sangh is a dream come true.

Vikash has been in the school for two years and is doing extremely well by scoring over 90% in all his subjects.

Thanks to a generous donor, Vikash received a full year of clothing and medical care, two months ago.

And now with your kind donations, David, Rajeev, Molly, David, Ray and Lael, Bill, Katherine, Peter, Elizabeth, Cindy and Daniel, Cindy and Craig, Vikash’s tuition for an entire year has been taken care of.

Thank you all for coming together in support of Vikash, thereby encouraging him to study harder and do well in life!

Anand mohan at SSK

Nine year old Anand Mohan belongs to the Musahar community and lives in a village on the outskirts of Patna. He lost both his parents and is being brought up by his uncle and aunt. He has two brothers and two sisters. His uncle is a casual laborer, and has children of his own, so it is virtually impossible for him to financially cater to five additional children. Anand would have been forced to start working to supplement the family income, and for him, getting admission into the school run by Shoshit Seva Sangh is like a dream coming true.

Anand Mohan is a conscientious student and has performed reasonably in the two years that he has been in the fully free English medium residential school run by Shoshit Seva Sangh. Two months back Anand received a donation that took care of his clothing and medical care for an entire year.

Your donations of a month of tuition each, Leo, Elena and Shanen, Jerame, Cindy, Dwayne and Terese, Dean and Julie, Peter, Praveen, the Entrepreneurship Class, Kyley, Andrea and Deepti, will ensure that his tuition fees are paid for the entire year.

Thank you, Leo, Elena and Shanen, Jerame, Cindy, Dwayne and Terese, Dean and Julie, Peter, Praveen, the Entrepreneurship Class, Kyley, Andrea and Deepti, for enabling Anand Mohan to continue attending school.

Nine years old Anuj Kumar lives with his mother and four siblings.

Anuj lost his father, the main bread winner of the family a couple of years ago. They live on the meager earnings of his mother Bunna Devi who works as a casual agricultural laborer in the village. The photograph showing Anuj and his mother with their hut in the background tells the story of the abysmal condition in which the family lives.

For the last two years, Anuj has been attending the school run by Shoshit Seva Sangh and is doing extremely well.

Thanks to a kind donor, two months back Anuj received a donation that took care of his clothing and medical care for an entire year.

And now, your generous donations Neil (x4), Tom, Anil, Subhash, Chris, Erica, Terrell, Margaret and Samidha, will ensure that Anuj gets to attend another year in school and continue his education.

Thank you all, for supporting Anuj and his family!

Manoj at home with his grandfather and younger sister

Manoj in his school uniform at school

Sixteen year old Manoj Kumar lost both his parents a few years back. Since then, he and his sister, Nirmal Kumari, have been brought up by their grandfather who is a landless laborer. Because of his old age, their grandfather struggles to find work, and the family barely has enough food to keep the hunger pangs at bay. Since their grandfather is very old, Manoj has always been conscious of the fact that looking after his sister would eventually be his responsibility and he despaired of ever finding a job that would ensure a sustainable livelihood.

The future looked very bleak for Manoj  till he got admission into the free English medium school run by Shoshit Seva Sangh. Manoj is now in Grade 5, and his grades have been consistently high in the four years that he has been in the school. He does particularly well in Maths and Science, and hopes to become an engineer. Even a few years back, nobody in his extended family (or even his community) would have even dared dream of engineering as a viable career option, but Manoj is confident of making his dream a reality.

A few weeks back, Manoj received a donation that took care of his clothing and medical care for a full year. Your donation of a month of tuition, Akiko, Craig, Marc, Bill, Katherine, Daniela, Agnieszka (x2), Mishele, Kelley, Raj and Howard, will ensure that Manoj can continue to get a brilliant education at the school run by Shoshit Seva Sangh.

Thank you, Akiko, Craig, Marc, Bill, Katherine, Daniela, Agnieszka, Misheles, Kelley, Raj and Howards. If you can make it to Patna, Manoj would love to meet you.

Shekhar at SSK

Shekhar with his parents and siblings

Shekhar is nine years old and is one of four children.

Shekhar’s father is a casual agricultural laborer and his mother is a house wife. He has two brothers and one sister who is 3 years old. The family lives well below the poverty line in a ghetto in the outskirts of Patna and the father cannot afford to send the children to school. For Shekhar joining the fully free English medium residential school run by the Shoshit Seva Sangh is indeed a dream come true.

Shekhar has been attending the school run for two years now and his performance has indeed been promising.

A few week back, Shekhar received a donation that took care of his clothing and medical care for a year. Your donation of a month of tuition, Pooja, Cheryl, Allison  and Marshall (x 9) will ensure that he is able to continue studying at the school run by the Shoshit Seva Sangh.

Thank you, Pooja, Cheryl, Allison  and Marshall, for ensuring that Shekhar and his family continue to hold onto the dream of a better tomorrow.