Shree
Bindu Sewa Sansthan is sponsoring
more than 160 children
for their education. Their parents cannot pay for
their education because they are living below the
poverty line. So our trust ‘Shree Bindu Sewa
Sansthan’ has decided to provide them with an
education for their bright future.
The first step
was to sponsor the school fees for poor children who
were then able to go to a primary school in
Vrindavan. In 2007 we were able to open the
Swami Balendu e.V.
Kindergarten in which 60 children learned the
basics of reading and writing in a playful way. Only
one year later, in August 2008, the
Swami Balendu e.V. primary school
opened its doors in the fully renovated building of
the Kindergarten.
The children of the Kindergarten and
those of the school, from the age of 3 to 12, are
taken care of from morning till late afternoon,
receive a warm lunch and of course everything
necessary like school uniforms, books and pens.
Of course every child is supported by
Shree Bindu Sewa Sansthan but you can support our
work with your contribution. You can
become sponsor of one or of several children.
Through sponsorship you will receive a photo of the
child, progress reports and you may also arrange to
visit them if you come to India. Such a contribution
goes a long way in changing the lives of these
individual children and their families, giving each
child the skills to make their own way in life and
contribute to their community.
We are hoping that we can provide more children with
an education in the future because there are many
poor children in Vrindavan and the near villages,
who are not getting any education due to lack of
money.
In India there is no compulsory
school attendance in India. This makes the situation
and circumstances that we are running the school in
are very different from schools in the west. Here we are
trying to convince the parents that it is good to
send their children to school. Many parents
understand that and are happy that their children
can come to our school. Others are not really
convinced that education is beneficial for their
daughters and sons but they appreciate that they get
something to wear and, most importantly, something
warm to eat for lunch.
We are happy when the
children come to school, whether their parents value
the present of education or not, but unfortunately
we have to experience often that parents see school
as a waste of time. They have not been to school
themselves and thus do not consider it
necessary. Unfortunately some parents think that in
the time that they are in school they could as well
work and earn money. It is sad reality that many
children work on fields, in shops, in factories or
as servants and earn less than 10 Euro per month.
The childhood is spent in working instead of playing
and having fun in school. So we go and talk to
parents, explain them the benefits of education and
very often we are able to convince them to send
their children to school.
However it also happens that after
two months they decide that it is not worth it after
all and they do not let the children go to school
anymore. Whenever a child does not come to school
unexcused for several days we need to talk with the
parents again. We go to their home and sometimes we
get the answer that this boy or girl has a job now.
We are very sorry about this situation and we try
our best to convince the parents but if they
persist, we need to accept that. We cannot force
anybody. This is how sometimes a child is in our
list to be sponsored and after a while the child is
not at the school anymore. We hope that our sponsors
understand the difficult situation also if the child
that they sponsor leave school. In this case we take
another child to give the chance for a bright future
to as many children as possible.
You can also help them. For only 140 Euro per
year you can sponsor a child and thus contribute to
their future. Children are the future of our
universe.
Sponsor
a Child
