Help a child stay in school

EMSRD designed a Sponsor-A-Child program for the school dropouts children in urban slums of Ghaziabad and Gorakhpur. The parents of the children come from a very poor background and do not have a steady income. The beneficiaries come from the destitute families whose earnings are Rs 3000-4000 per month and they work as rickshaw pullers, auto drivers etc.

The school is situated in the same locality where these children come from for easy access. The eligible beneficiaries are identified through surveys.The school runs both formal and non-formal classes. It also has a computer room and a library. Many times children discontinue school as they cannot afford the cost of uniforms, books and other supplies.

EMSRD provides school supplies to the children to avoid dropouts.A donation to this program can help in re-enrolling a child back into school and save their education.

Empowering Minds -Society for Research and Development (EM) is a registered NGO which utilizes various participative methodologies in working with individuals and communities for empowering them to attain a better quality of life and sustained development.

They started with a voluntary training assignment for a research project with the local NGOs in Delhi and since then they have worked on various small but interesting projects like providing support services to individuals and groups on health-related matters, counseling, training and proposal development for grass root organizations etc. Education, Health, Skills development, research, and training are the areas that they focus on. 250 children have been re-enrolled in schools, 800 women reached under various awareness programme,60 families have received health-related counseling in the past one year under the organization.

They have transformed the lives of many by their ceaseless efforts in creating awareness about education, promoting mental and physical health care and support and recognizing their potentials and empowering individuals and communities for a better living.