One Candle project
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One Candle project
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The
One Candle Fund The One Candle Fund was set up
in 2004 during a visit to K.V. Kuppam by some of the Link supporters.
The name was suggested by Sally Whittingham who was in India developing
the Nursery School project at the time. |
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The women of the village self help group helped with setting up the One Candle Fund. |
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Govinderaj knows the village well and helps administer the One Candle Fund. |
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The aim of the fund is simply to enable children from lower income families to complete their education. It was decided to support children from the weaving community in the areas of Seetharamanpet and Kamatchiammanpet, K.V.Kuppam Block, initially, with a view to extending this to other areas in the future. The One Candle Fund
has a simple but successful format. Cheques are made out to the individual
children each year when they begin the new school term. The cheques
are issued to the children by RUHSA , who also advise us which families
need the support. We know the village well, have met all the children
on the scheme at present and have email contact with one young person
from the village who works in Chennai. |
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Most of the village turned out for the distribution of the cheques. |
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The One Candle Fund's first group of children. |
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Sudha and Karthik live with their disabled father Natarajan. Their mother died when Sudha was 4 years old and she was kept home to help in the house. Thanks to The One Candle Fund Sudha was able to return to school. She is now doing well with her studies. |
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We raise funds in the UK through events and some schools have raised money for us. We have recently received a generous donation from the Bishopston Trading Company. We would like to be able to help more children in more of the villages so we are always grateful for any donations to the fund. If you would like to learn more
about the fund, plan a fund raiser event, sponsor a child, or make a
donation, please contact;
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Pam
Morris |
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