- Location : ner Chennai, India
- Community Served: Children
- Focus: Education (School Building)
Organization background
Sevalaya is charitable organization in India, engaged in activities for the welfare of the poor and the deprived.
It runs a destitute children's Home, and
a free unaided school for the children at the destitute home
and the surrounding villages; a free medical center; a free craft center;
a free library; a goshala to shelter dry and milk yielding cows;
and, an old age home for destitute senior citizens.
In addition, they help the neighbouring community by conducting self-help classes (sewing, computer)
and have a mobile library that goes to the villages and loans books to people.
It has been operating since 1988.
Project background
The school has classes from pre-KG to Class XII. There are about 1000 students (around
160 children come from the orphanage and around 800 students come from surrounding villages). They charge no
fees and even provide text books, stationery and uniforms for free.
There are 40 full-time teachers
and 2 non-teachings staff.
Due to demand for its services, the school is considering expanding to accomodate an
additional 500 students. They have purchased the land and are now soliciting funds to
build the new school building. Their estimate of total cost is Rs 58 lakhs.
Project description
The project is to help fund the school expansion.
GKF had helped with the cost of the new school building last year, and this
year Sevalays plans to build out the 2nd floor. GKF will pick up part of the cost
of building this floor.
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