Preschools as a Turning Point | North Bihar, India
Context | More than kindergartens
The fact that I came from India to Germany through adoption in 1980 when I was nine months old saved my own life. But despite all the progress, many children still live in inhumane conditions with no prospects of opportunities. As part of collectively exploited communities, as child slaves or street children. We are planning new kindergartens in North Bihar, which will not only open sustainable paths for children. Together we end the cycle of poverty, dependency and exploitation.
Insight | Children without opportunities
For many children from marginalized communities, school attendance fails because of a trivial problem: time. During the day, while their parents work in the worst conditions in the fields, the older ones have to look after their younger siblings. School is not necessary. Wages for 16+ hours of field work are also not a given. If it is, it is paid in grain, in rupees, or both. It is not enough to get enough to eat. Therefore, people try to catch a rat in the evening. In the devastating consequence this means that generation after generation neither education, nor the learning of a handicraft takes place. Thus, nothing changes for the children. The cruel cycle continues. The "Musahars" ("rat-eaters"), as these people are pejoratively called, have no land of their own, which further exacerbates the catastrophic dependency.
Action plan | Giving children a future
A single kindergarten already brings the urgently needed turning point for 30-40 children and families per year. The project goal of the campaign is to open and operate initially one kindergarten. The investment and operating costs for this amount to the equivalent of 5,000€ per year plus (once each) 1,000€ for the preparation of existing premises and 3,000€ for administrative costs. With 19,000€, the kindergarten can be operated for a period of three years. Pre-financing is planned for the first three years. Please support us in North Bihar.
Use of funds
The fact that I came from India to Germany through adoption in 1980 when I was nine months old saved my own life. But despite all the progress, many children still live in inhumane conditions with no prospects of opportunities. As part of collectively exploited communities, as child slaves or street children. We are planning new kindergartens in North Bihar, which will not only open sustainable paths for children. Together we end the cycle of poverty, dependency and exploitation.
Insight | Children without opportunities
For many children from marginalized communities, school attendance fails because of a trivial problem: time. During the day, while their parents work in the worst conditions in the fields, the older ones have to look after their younger siblings. School is not necessary. Wages for 16+ hours of field work are also not a given. If it is, it is paid in grain, in rupees, or both. It is not enough to get enough to eat. Therefore, people try to catch a rat in the evening. In the devastating consequence this means that generation after generation neither education, nor the learning of a handicraft takes place. Thus, nothing changes for the children. The cruel cycle continues. The "Musahars" ("rat-eaters"), as these people are pejoratively called, have no land of their own, which further exacerbates the catastrophic dependency.
Action plan | Giving children a future
A single kindergarten already brings the urgently needed turning point for 30-40 children and families per year. The project goal of the campaign is to open and operate initially one kindergarten. The investment and operating costs for this amount to the equivalent of 5,000€ per year plus (once each) 1,000€ for the preparation of existing premises and 3,000€ for administrative costs. With 19,000€, the kindergarten can be operated for a period of three years. Pre-financing is planned for the first three years. Please support us in North Bihar.
Use of funds
- Legal and administrative organization
- Furnishing and equipping the premises
- Purchase of toys and learning materials
- Qualified staff
- Small meals
The medium-term goal is the follow-up financing by the Indian state and the opening of kindergartens in Sakri, Gaunaha and Ratanpura. In this project we cooperate with the Patna Jesuit Society and the Jesuit Conference of South Asia. The organizations support us with know-how, infrastructure and voluntary commitment in the implementation. The local and expert staff has been working for disadvantaged groups all over Asia for many years. We are recognized as a non-profit organization. You will receive a donation receipt
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