Mahila Vikas - Tribal Children

Project Brief: Leraning centers from std. 1 to 3 for saura tribal children who don't go to school due to lack of enough seats in government schools
Project Type: Non-Formal Educational Centers (description)
Primary Focus: dropouts (description)

Secondary Focus: other

Area: Rural
Supporting Chapter Contact:
Stanford
Status: ENDED
Project Steward: Nikhil Bojja
Co-Steward: Mohit Saigal
Project Partner(s): Sibani Panigrahi
Project Address: Mahila Vikas - Tribal Children
Mahila Vikas, Palace Street, Parlakhemundi 761200
Gajapati District, Orissa, India
Orissa 761200
Tel: (+91) 6815 224679
Stewarding Chapter: Stanford
Dec 2011StanfordUSD 6600
Jul 2011StanfordUSD 5630
Feb 2011StanfordUSD 7760
Jul 2010StanfordUSD 7521
Apr 2010StanfordUSD 4937
Sep 2009StanfordUSD 4870
Feb 2009StanfordUSD 4500
Apr 2008StanfordUSD 5310
Aug 2007StanfordUSD 4401
Nov 2006StanfordUSD 4040

Total = $55569

Mahila Vikas is undertaking a project titled “Promotion of Girl Child Education of Primitive Tribals” in the Gajapati district of Orissa. This is one of the most backward areas of Orissa and is occupied by Saura Tribals. Due to limited school capacity and the inability of parents to send their girl children to government schools far away, there are an estimated 2000 girl children who are school dropouts. Mahila Vikas will establish a learning center for these children attending grades 1 through 3, and transition them into a government school subsequently. There is a great degree of community support for the project and a strong desire to remedy the situation.