Report October 2010 - A NEW ‘HOPE’

Dear Friends,

HOPE Worldwide Jodhpur has a simple mission -

‘Children are the future of this country. Education is the tool with which they can gain understanding, develop their talents, and contribute to the growth of this great nation. Unfortunately, due to poverty, many bright young people are never given the opportunity to learn and attend school. Government schools in rural and urban areas of India are resource strapped, and do not offer effective education.

At HOPE worldwide we strive to bridge the gap between the underprivileged youngsters and the “New India”, the India of young people with a dream in their eyes, the India that is fast becoming competitive with the rest of the world. We place a lot of importance on spoken English, computer skills, and life skills.

Our goal is to prepare young people to face the world as responsible, confident contributors, able to support themselves and their families, and as individuals who in turn care enough to give something back.’

HOPE worldwide Jodhpur with its limited staff and support has been trying to provide the best service in its three partner government schools and their surrounding communities. The students at Maderna colony, Jodhpur and Police line, Pali are being trained on MS-Office, life skills, spoken English and Azim Premji Foundation’s (APF) educational CD’s. Our two new achievements in the month of October :

1. We started FREE TUITION at government secondary school Police line, Jodhpur. Nineteen students enrolled.

2. We started conducting English classes, teaching English action songs and English interactive games for students at Rajiv Gandhi Kachi Basti government middle school, Jodhpur.

Now bringing HOPE in Rajiv Gandhi Kachi Basti government middle school

School Background:

This government school is located in the midst of a slum of over 5000 people, mostly rag pickers and daily wage labourers. The school has over 300 students. The headmaster of the school Mr. Sayad Ikram Ali expressed that he does not want the students to be burdened by their studies but rather enjoy them. He genuinely wants the HOPE staff to start something at the school. When we proposed to conduct English classes at the school he was very happy and willing to provide all possible support. He personally came for our session and started following the action songs. He is happy and confident of our play way teaching methodology. Above all the students were happy and all excited about the class and they look forward to the staff taking their class.

Below is the strength of the four government schools.

	School Students	Maderna Colony	Police line	Pali	Rajiv Gandhi	TOTAL
1	Beginning of Month	168	147	479	300	1094
2	Admissions	-	-	-	-	-
3	Dropouts	-	-	-	-	-
4	Course finished	-	-	-	-	-
	End of Month	168	147	479	300	1094

*We are training school students and youth both on MS-Office skills at Computer lab, Pali.

*We are training school students on MS-Office skills at Computer lab, Maderna Colony.

*Police line and Rajiv Gandhi Kachi basti school students are getting trained in spoken English, life skills, etc.

	Youth Students at Pali	Oct.10
1	Beginning of Month	14
2	Admissions	2
3	Dropouts	-
4	Course finished	-
5	Placed in jobs	-
	End of Month	16

*Above is the Youth Batch Statistic for Pali computer lab for the month of October 2010.

	FREE TUITION STAT	Maderna Colony	Police lin	TOTAL
1	Beginning of Month	22	19	41
2	Admissions	-	-	-
3	Dropouts	-	-	-
4	Course finished	-	-	-
5	Placed in jobs	-	-	-
	End of Month	22	16	41

*Above is the statistics for FREE TUITION classes at Jodhpur centers for October 2010.

Our program funding runs out by April 2010 and we continually approaching individuals and donors to seek support. We appreciate your support and feed back.

We will be delighted if you also join hands with us in this noble cause. You may kindly forward our blog to friends with a similar interest, who may wish to participate in way of program sponsorship or in kind donation.

We want to thank all the donors, Volunteers and friends who have helped HOPE work in Rajasthan…

We look forward for your feedback and continual support.

Thank you,

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CONTACT DETAILS:
Nadine Templer Executive Officer Education Programs Mobile No. + 91 – 99589 12111 nadine_templer@hopeww.org	Anil Masiya Program Coordinator #630,12th B Road, Sardarpura, Jodhpur, Rajasthan 342003, INDIA. Mobile No. + 91-96492 91465 anil@hopefoundation.org.in anilmasiya@gmail.com

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