Help Educate A Child is a registered NGO which has been working with remotely located schools in interior areas of MM Hills (Male Mahadeshwara Hills), about 5 hrs. drive from Bangalore. These areas are very backward in nature, comprising mainly of tribal people (Soligas), and have little or no facilities in the schools/villages.
At present, we support 24 Schools and 19 Anganwadis (Kindergartens), a total of 3,000+
Some of the activities that Help Educate A Child has been involved with over the past 10 years are:
- Providing notebooks and all other required accessories for the complete academic year to children every year.
- Have installed Solar Lantern facilities in schools/villages that had no power.
- Have installed Solar Pumps to make water available in schools.
- We have opened libararies in all the schools we support.
- Computer centers have been set up in all the schools (some desktops were donated by Arcesium a few years ago).
- Provide Teachers’ Aides – these are young people in the same or nearby village who come into schools and help the teachers as there is a shortage of teachers in the schools.
- Conduct Dental and Medical Camps (we are associated with RV Dental College, Bangalore and Aster Hospital, Bangalore).
- Organise refresher courses for Teachers.
- Conduct courses for high school students in spoken English and vocational knowledge/training.
- We currently support 11 students who have excelled academically, but due to poor economic backgrounds cannot pursue their education further.
- This year onwards we will be conducting online training programs now that all schools are equipped with computer centers.
