Tukaram Education Centre

Project Brief: The project is to support the school in Raiwada with teachers salaries funding for 1 year
Project Type: Formal Schools (description)
Primary Focus: children of (ex)convicts (description)

Secondary Focus: other

Area: Rural
Supporting Chapter Contact:
Frankfurt
Status: CLOSED - ENDED
Project Steward: Sandeep Morthala
Co-Steward: Seema Kulkarni
Project Partner(s): Sarita Raut
Project Address: Tukaram Education Centre
The Tukaram Shikshan va Lokprabodhan Kendra
Ajara, Dist. Kolhapur
Raiwada, Maharashtra 416505
Tel: 0091-9922264310
Stewarding Chapter: Frankfurt
May 2008FrankfurtEUR 1000
Oct 2007FrankfurtEUR 950

Total = $1950

The school is situated in Raiwada, around the hilly region about 7 kms away from Ajra (Dist. Kolhapur). Raiwada is a rehabilitated settlement of tribals and people who were affected through the construction of the Chitri dam.

The school is started by Tukaram Educational Centre with inital fixed funding from few stundents who were from that region. As the funds are utilised and they are not able to continue school properly. Asha-Frankfurt to start with funding regular expenditure for 1 year and work closely with the group in India to make it sustainable in long run.