India
Dear LFT Donors: Make the Only Hope of the People of Ejipura Come True. It Costs Only GBP 24 to Realize the Hope of One Person and GBP 120 to Realize the Hope of a Whole Family
Bangalore is the capital of the southern Indian state of Karnataka. With a population of 8.4 million, it boasts several modern universities and heavy industry and is India’s leading IT exporter. However, like everywhere in India, poverty is rife. The city also has no less than 862 slum areas and 20 per cent of the population are estimated to be slum-dwellers.
Appeal from St. Paul’s School in Mysore, India to Provide Full Scholarships to Seventy Two Students from Destitute Families in 2010 – 2011
LFT Donors only GBP 8.00 per month will educate a child
Knowledge enables its possessor to distinguish what is forbidden from what is not; lights the way to Heaven; it is our friend in the desert, our companion in solitude, our companion, when bereft of friends; it guides us to happiness; it sustains us in misery; it is our ornament in the company of friends; it serves as an armour against our enemies. (Prophet Muhammed p.b.u.h.)
1- Appeal from St. Paul’s School in Mysore, India to Provide Full Scholarships to Seventy Two Students from Destitute Families in 2009 – 2010 :
St. Paul’s School in Mysore, India was founded in 1980 with the aim of offering an affordable education to students coming from poor families. The school is recognized by the government of Karnataka State and today has 800 students. A second branch has been opened in 2000 in another part of Mysore to meet the rising demand among poor students.
Seventy per cent of St. Paul’s students are from the Muslim minority, and the school is listed as a Muslim minority institution. Many of St. Paul’s graduates have continued their education, obtained university degrees and have settled in India as well as abroad.
St. Paul School’s curriculum includes Kannada (the local language), Hindi and English as well as mathematics, sciences and social studies. The school’s most important extracurricular activity is to offer a religious education to Muslim students to introduce them to their religion and strengthen their religious convictions.
2- Appeal from Elite Educational Trust, Bangalore to sponsor 104 destitute children for year 2008 ~ 2009. {USD 62.50 or GB£ 35.00 per annum will educate a child}
Bright School in Bangalore was founded in 1987 with the aim of offering an education to children from poor families and prevent that they engage in child labour. In the year 1987, it had 22 students and 2 teachers.
Since then it has grown to 1,140 students and has 41 teachers. Despite the very modest annual fee of 35 GBP, many families still have difficulties to pay it.
When families cannot pay, children are at risk of interrupting their education and entering the labour market at a much too early age.
