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"
Pay the salary for the children’s school teacher for one month $150
$150
Provide Study Materials for School Children and give nutritious food for kids
Providence study materials and nutritious food to children at OHET’s Free School for one month $180, eg. pencils, pens, crayons, pencil crayons, notebooks, workbooks, drawing materials,books and give nutritious food for the children at the school.
$180
Buy books for OHET’s Free Children’s school library $25 - $100
$25 - $100
Help a woman in OHET Free Sewing School purchase a sewing machine and sewing materials and supplies $165 to $185
$165 - $185
Buy a warm blanket for a poor/disabled elderly villagers - $20
$20
Purchase a “Dry Food Ration Kit” containing food supplies for a poor/disabled village elder - $20
$20
Contribute towards sending an orphan village girl to university for a year -
$50 to $500
$50 - $500
Donate to build a deep water well in a drought-affected rural village - $50 to $5000
$50 - $5000
Donate to build Sanitation (community toilets) and Hygiene (hand washing) facilities in a rural village - $50 to $2000
$50 - $2000
Providing study materials and food for children at the OHET’s Free School for six months - $1080
$1080
Pay the salary of a teacher at OHET’s Free School for six months - $900
$900
Donate to purchase land and build the new school for disadvantaged children
The cost of the 6,800-square-foot plot, including registration fees, is $24,500.
The estimated school construction cost is $40,500,
bringing the total funding required for the establishment of the new school to $65,000.
$65,000
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.)
