Karnataka Capital: Bangalore Population: 45 million Urban Population: 31% Literacy Rate: 56%

Project Name and Description	Funding Chapter(s)	Total Amt. Disbursed	From	To
Ashraya This residential school, for 50 children of migrant laborers, provides a constant environment, good education, food, medicare and a caring staff to nurture the children. For the first time in their lives there children can be children.	Cornell Chicago Delaware	$ 950	1998	1999
Concern for Working Children (CWC) CWC works to eradicate child labor and seeks to empower children to gain control over their lives and be self-reliant. The project supports children from poor families, broken homes, neglected/forgotten children, orphans etc.	MIT	$ 1,050	1996	1996
Hope in the Hills Run by Vivekananda Girijana Kalyana Kendra (recipent of Right Livelihood Award (also called the alternate Nobel Prize for Social Work), covers for basic and adult educationa and vocational training for Soliga tribe.	Los Angeles	$ 9,684	1997	present
New Modern English Medium School This school was started by some local residents with the view to make learning more fun and imaginative, and thereby counteract the high drop-out rate caused by unimaginative teaching methods at the single local municipal school. The New Modern School provides free education, uniforms and books to it's students.	NYC/NJ	$ 2,500	1998	present
Prasana Jyothi Trust The project benefits about 25 destitue/orphaned girls by paying for their boarding and education.	Berkeley	$ 3,400	1994	1995
SODWAC As the teaching standard in rural areas is not very high, the drop out rate for girls at class 5 is very high, and hence girls who go on to class 6 and 7 need extra attention to cope with their studies. The project targets 40 to 50 girls between 11 and 15 years of age.	MIT	$ 1,000	1998	1999
Balanandana Trust This trust provides education, health facilities to 60 (28 girls & 32 boys) students from pre-primary to IV standard. The children are primarily from the lower castes or economically poor sections and are scattered over a number of nearby villages.	St. Louis	$ 750	1998	1998
Appropriate Learning This project is run by the Spastics society of Karnataka. They aim to provide educational and literacy services to Handicapped children and poor children of normal functioning capability, and to integrate the brighter Spastic children into normal classses.	Seattle Berkeley	$ 4,500	1996	present
Shree Ramana Maharishi Academy The project supports the highly effective educational facilities being provided for the vocational training and guidance of handicapped and blind children as well as adults to make them self-reliant and independent individuals.	Arizona	$1,000	1996	1996
Prerana Prerana uses an innovative scheme to provide impetus to the process of setting up schools in the local villages. The idea is to first set up schools there that are modeled on Govt. schools and then pressure the Govt. into take over the running of these schools.	Silicon Valley	$ 12,000	1995	1998
Viveka Tribal Center for Learning (VTCL) The VTCL is run by a group of medical graduates to benefit over 300 tribal students. Students are provided textbooks, uniforms and mid-day meals. They are also given free medical facilities.	Silicon Valley	$ 24,000	1994	present
Sumangali Sevashram The project in north Bangalore seeks to provide needy children with a healthier childhood, pre-school and other education. It provides formal and non-formal education to children, free hostels for needy women and children, awareness programmes, family counseling services and a creche for destitute children.	MIT	$ 2,000		present
Sunaad Sunaad is a school for the hearing impaired and funds are being requested for providing hearing aids to the children who cannot afford one of their own.	UIUC	TBD	2000	2001
SVES Not available	Arizona	$ 2,000	1996	1999
Abilities ABILITIES is a Registered Charitable trust, providing services to children/persons with disabilities. The aims are to make accessible educational material for children/persons with vision loss, develop training Programmes for persons with disabilities and develop a Rural Community Based Rehabilitation Programme.	Berkeley	$ 1,100	2000	present
Aralu Formation and Operation of six Pre-school, day care centers for the children of working women below 6 years of age. Three year plans include continuing the centers and create a continued aptitude for schooling. A five year plan includes enrolling the children into mainstream edu...	Chicago	$ 2,600/yr (starting 2000)	2000	2002
Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement The SWAMI VIVEKANANDA YOUTH MOVEMENT was formed in 1984 by a group of like minded young medicos from the Government Medical College, Mysore. It is a registered, voluntary, non-political, non-religious, social service organization committed to community development through Community participation. The main activities of the organization have been in the field of Health, Edu...	Princeton	?	?	?
Deaf Aid Society A school for Deaf Students.The aim of the Institute is to provide specialized schooling and vocational training to enable the students to become independent and productive. Most of the children come from very poor backgrounds where the parents do not have the resources for schooling and hearing aids.	Seattle	$ 4,500 (one-time)	2000	2000
Seva Bharathi Seva Bharathi is situated in the Ullal Upanagara village approximately 15 kms from Bangalore (around 4 kms from the Bangalore University campus). This village is a small settlement of approximately 1200 huts. The residents of this village were previously living in a slum next to the football stadium in Bangalore. These slums were cleared up by the government and their resi...	Seattle	$ 2,500	1998	2000
Viveka The primary goal of the Viveka project is to provide for the "all-round development" of the child to shape its contribution to society tomorrow.	Silicon Valley	?	?	?
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