Supporting communities in India by Gifting Hope... to Rise Up
In order to support we listen, learn and develop relationships of love and trust with communities we work alongside. While our primary goal is to see first generation learners given access to an education, we understand this is only possible if we first understand community aspirations and challenges. To do this, we go in as learners… allowing the community to lead the way in how we can support.
Self-sustainable development
Community support works best if it is sustainable, so we work alongside communities to develop self-sustainable initiatives. For example, Jagriti Academy is run by local people and women are empowered with skills like sewing that enable them to develop microenterprise endeavours.
Education builds communities
Our community collaborations have had major flow-on effects, including the education of the wider community and the establishment of training and jobs for local people, such as school support staff, teachers, cooks, librarians and construction workers.
Community issues such as burglaries have reduced, since many of the children attending Jagriti Academy receive a meal a day and don’t sleep hungry, so families don’t need to steal food to support them.
Our impact
1
bridge built
500+
children attend
Jagriti Academy
200+
bikes
sponsored
400+
library books
sponsored
35
Sunshine Books
titles translated
60+
women taught
to sew
1
community toilet
facility built
Our India Initiatives of Hope
In the rural village of Rasra in Ballia, the community lives without power, shares a water pump and many have little to no access to vehicles. Prior to Jagriti Foundation support, the community was separated by a raging waterway each rainy season, had no toilet facilities and the majority of children were unable to attend school.
Now, the community is connected by a bridge, have access to community toilet facilities and children from the surrounding 21 villages in the greater Ballia area attend Jagriti Academy. Children who attend Jagriti Academy are given a school uniform, shoes, a school bag, books, stationery, health checks and a meal a day (often their only meal of the day) and many are also sponsored with a bike. We do this through our Initiatives of Hope.
Hope Fund
Hope Fund
Aditya
Community Bridge
