Open Hands Education | Developing Families, Developing Lives.

Empowering Women in Rural India

Help disadvantaged children access education.

Give young and orphaned children Wings to Fly!

Change the lives of vulnerable children.

Build community access to clean water, latrines and hand washing

Change lives by educating women.

Help elders stay warm, dry and fed.

Give poor rural women job skills.

ABOUT OHET

Open Hands Education Trust (OHET) is a registered charitable NGO in Bihar, India, supporting marginalized communities through holistic, sustainable education and community development since 2017.

CURRENT PROGRAMS

Free school for
disadvantaged rural children

Free job training
for impoverished women

Continued learning
for orphaned children

Warm blankets and dry food
for vulnerable elders and children

Clean water and hand washing stations
for community health

FUTURE GOALS

New School Building

Buy land and build a new school and community centre with a well, clean toilets, a library, and a computer lab. The school now operates in a borrowed village building.

Food Program

Expand the 'dry food bag' program we ran during COVID for the very poor, elderly and disabled in our community.

Medical Clinic

Establish space in the new building for a free mobile medical clinic where a qualified health professional provides regular care to local residents.

Water Access, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH):

Continue to build more wells and sanitation/hygiene facilities to combat drought and illness in the community.

Highlights Of The Year

Our school was excited to host our supporter on their first visit and share our progress.
Our supporter received a warm reception from the secretary and teachers during her first visit.
The visitor interacted with the women trainees, listening to their experiences and aspirations.
A group photo was taken with the women trainees to mark the memorable visit.
The women were excited and honored to welcome international guests for the first time in their lives.
The visitor was delighted to see the women’s impressive progress in learning sewing.
Opening of new sewing School in Goh,
september 2025.
On the opening day, students received an inspiring talk from a visiting Buddhist monk.
President Jhulan Kumar greeted our visitors with enthusiasm for the grand opening of the sewing school.
New Sewing school supported by Unitarian Church of Victoria, Canada.
The guest motivated and inspired the rural women to embrace sewing as a valuable skill.
Buddhist monks performed prayers to bless the new sewing school on its opening day.
The project coordinator warmly welcomed the Buddhist monks by offering traditional robes.