Support a Child - Each One Teach One

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Each One Teach One (EOTO) was started in Bombay in Dec '83 with five students and the purpose of educating children from the economically backward sections of urban society. The trust now assists 350 children who are widely praised for their academic scholarship and social responsibility. The children all attend municipal schools. EOTO provides them with daily necessities like milk, food, uniforms, stationery, books - everything a school going child needs. In return, the student accepts the responsibility for a child from a lower grade, in the same school or family. The older student helps the younger one with his studies and ensures his/her welfare. The teachers at EOTO constantly monitor and keep an eye on the older children to make sure they are caring for and tutoring their younger dependents. Also, all the children are given medical examinations and social and family counseling is given for those who need it. A big achievement of EOTO is making the parents aware that in education lies the key to their children's success - they are putting children through school who would otherwise have been fodder for the child labor exploitation machine in India. EOTO also provides the kids a sense of community with other school going children by sending them to inter school competitions, organizing social activities like picnics and sponsoring them for vocational training seminars. The success of EOTO in kindling the desire for education in these children can be seen from the fact that the pass rate of EOTO children has risen from 60% to a stunning 84%. The average pass rate at these schools is 54%.

If you would like to make a difference in a child's life, all it takes is $12.50 a month. You can pick the child you want from the biographies we get from EOTO. You can have one to one correspondence and interaction with the child and your money will sponsor her/his education from the 7th to 10th standard. Most of your money will go directly to the service of the child because EOTO has very low overheads. There are no offices to be maintained - each school where EOTO is active provides a room for them. The midday meal provided is cooked by one of the children's parents. The staff consists entirely of volunteers.

Please help these children realize their dreams!

One of our volunteers paid a surprise visit to EOTO in Bombay in September to check up on how the organization is functioning and she said they are doing a lot of very good work. The school conditions are quite appalling and the fact that these children are still braving the odds and graduating successfully from school is quite amazing. We have also received a progress report from EOTO in which they describe how your money is being used. They say that 6 of the students who finished up their 10th Std. (SSC) exam have moved on to a Technical High School for their 11th Std studies. 36 students participated in a workshop to learn feasibility studying and cost benefit analysis for entrepreneurial development. 12 girls took sewing classes. Students learnt embroidery, flower making, poster making, diya painting, agarbatti and rakhi making and successfully marketed the above items to create their own Students Development Fund. 72 students are being trained in short-term courses for careers like Draftsmanship, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering etc.

To sponsor a child in this program, please view the profiles.