People First Educational Charitable Trust - Bodh Gaya

Project Brief: People's First educational charitable trust is involved in education related projects in the states of Bihar and Jharkhand. It runs 16 village schools and benefits 2000 children. Asha Stanford is funding 1 village school (Dobhi) for 1 year.
Project Type: Formal Schools (description)
Primary Focus: children of dalits/tribals (description)

Secondary Focus: children of dalits/tribals

Area: Rural
Supporting Chapter Contact: Stanford
Status: completed - requirements ended
Project Steward: Padma Dakoju
Project Partner(s):
Other Contacts:
Project Address: , Gaya Dobhi Road (Near Magadh University Bodhgaya),P.O Magadh University Postoffice Bodhgaya District,Gaya,
Bihar  824234
Tel: + 91 - 631 2200657
Stewarding Chapter: Stanford
Dec 2005StanfordUSD 2986
Dec 2004StanfordUSD 2288

Total = $5274

Asha will be supporting the village school in Dobhi village for one year. This school benefits 127 students who come from low income families. The village and the surrounding region has one of the lowest literacy rate in India. The school is a formal primary school with classes till 6th grade. The school has three teachers. The funding is for running the school for one year.
The organization is primarily focussed towards providing education to children in rural Bihar. It is a non-profit organization working since 1992. Apart from education it also works with the local community to provide self help centers such as dairy farm, sewing center, vocational training center etc.
e-mail address is : india_peoplefirst@yahoo.com