HOW YOU CAN HELP
"Here at Open Hands Education Trust we love the idea that those who donate to the Trust can choose what area of need they want their donation to support. Below are a list of options that donations can be directed towards. On the other hand, it is also very helpful to just send a general donation, which can be used where the need is greatest at the time"
Help Pay a Teacher's Salary
Donate towards paying the salary of a teacher at the children's school or the women's program.
A six month teachers salary is 65,000 Indian Rupee.
$800
1000 Canadian Dollar
Buy Study Materials for School Children
Donate towards providing study materials, eg. pencils, pens, crayons, pencil crayons, notebooks, workbooks, drawing materials and books for the children at the school. For 4 months the cost would be 30,000 Indian Rupee.
$360
500 Canadian Dollar
Buy Books for a School Library
Donate towards buying books to create a school library and teacher's resource library.
$840
1100 Canadian Dollar
Purchase a Sewing Machine
Donate towards purchasing a sewing machine or to support poor rural women and older girls to learn the trade of tailoring and sewing.
$95
135 Canadian Dollar
Buy Warm Blankets for Elderly Villagers
Donate towards providing warm winter blankets for poor elderly villagers.
$13 USD Dollar for one blanket
18 Canadian Dollar for one blanket
Donate Towards a Food Program
Donate towards a food program for the poor elderly and other needy villagers.
$15 USD Dollars for one dry ration kit bag
20 Canadian Dollars for one dry ration kit bag
Donate to Build A Well / Hand Pump
Donate to build a well/hand-pump in a drought-prone rural village,
and provide access to clean water.
$800
1050 Canadian Dollars
Donate to build sanitation (Toilets) and hygiene (Hand Washing) Facilities
Donate to build sanitation (latrines) and hygiene (hand washing) facilities in a poor rural village to improve the health and well-being of villagers. (The World Health Organization states that WASH (Water Access, Sanitation and Hygiene) are the most important predictors of improved health for children and adults in the Developing World.)
$1800
2400 Canadian Dollars
Donate towards Buying Land and Building a New School/Medical Clinic
Donate to Build a School and A Free Medical Clinic
Donate to purchase land and build a school and community support services building in the village. Currently the Open Hands Education Trust's programs, including the school and women's programs, are being held in a building which is borrowed from a generous community member on a temporary basis.
Having a purpose-built building would allow for expanded educational programs such as increasing the number of students who can attend classes, providing a school library and computer lab, increasing the options for job-training skills for women and older girls, and offering free Basic English classes for adult villagers, so that their job opportunities can improve. (Jobs are available the tourist industry in Bodhgaya, a nearby larger town - but English is required.)
