Sanatan Rishikul Ashram Seva Trust (SRISHTI)

Project Brief: Srishti runs school a formal high school for the children of tribal people in the Sambhalpur district of Oissa.
Project Type: Formal Schools (description)
Primary Focus: children of dalits/tribals (description)

Secondary Focus: other

Area: Rural
Supporting Chapter Contact: Cleveland
Status: completed - requirements ended
Project Steward: Bharadwaj Ananthan
Project Partner(s):
Other Contacts:
Project Address: , Village – Boxma, P O Kuchinda,,,
Orissa  768222
Tel: 91 06642 220240
Stewarding Chapter: Cleveland
Dec 2007ClevelandUSD 12028
Jun 2007ClevelandUSD 4880
Nov 2006ClevelandINR 192640

Total = $21107.552

Asha-Cleveland will be supporting the teachers salary, the mid-day meal program and misc. activities (Sports day, Independence day programmes etc). The first round of funding will start in Aug 2006. After 6 months, the project will be reviewed with a site visit before continuing further funding
This school has been around since 1991 with over a 1000 children in attendance. It is the only high school in about a 12 km radius (20-25 viallges) and is crucial to the overall development of the area.
SRISHTI is affiliated to Orissa State Voluntary Organisation under the Rural Development Programme and was established on April 20,1990. The registered office is at Boxma Village in Kuchinda sub division, district Sambalpur of Orissa State.The welfare activities of SRISHTI are Health, Education, Income Generating Programme and Environmental Awareness Programme. SRISHTI is a non sectarian social service organization registered under the Orissa Public Charitable Trust Act,1961 and Sri Swami Om is the Founder President & Managing Trustee.