1. The monthly cost to feed each tribal student of our residential school is Rs. 2000/- or $25.
2. Construction of a school with boarding facilities (at Joka, Behala, south 24 pargana) only for slum, under privileged, Street, rural and tribal children. (Approx 1 Crore for construction).
3. Procure some medical equipment.
4. Need an Ambulance.
5. Vocational training and health education teaching aids.
6. Appointment of two medical officers (doctor).
7. A projector machine.
8. Rs. 40000/- (approx) to buy new clothes for children before Durga Puja/ Poila Boishakh (every year).
9. Laptop, computer and printer.
10. Construction of new rooms and bathroom in our residential project(Bonkanali Sabor tribal village).
Sabors are one of the oldest tribe in India. They lives in mainly West Bengal, Odisha and Jharkhand.
This tribe also lives in 'Bonkanali' village in Purulia district, West Bengal, India. There are 10 families and the population is about 80. The village has no running water & electricity. This tribe is severely discriminated since the British era. They are also the so-called 'lower caste' and hence deemed 'untouchables.' They have no steady income and they survive on meager jobs like tending cows, cleaning up trash in other villages, working as temporary workers in brick kilns, collecting firewood from forests and selling them. When they don't have any income, they hunt field rats, snakes, monitor lizards, frogs, squirrels, cats and birds as their sources of food. 'Sabor' tribe suffers from extreme poverty, degradation from caste discrimination, untouchability, and lack of education.
In November 2020, our organization, headed by Jeniya Talapatra, established a relationship with this village, Bonkanali. On January 18, 2021, Swapnaloke set up there a residential school for the Sabor kids and teenagers. The school was named 'Swapnaloke Sabujangan Vidyalaya.' (Swapnaloke, the Green School). We started with 14 children and now there are 26 students. Along with education, they get training in dance, gymnastics, drawing, yoga, computer, hand craft and art. They also play various Indoor and outdoor games. Besides, they learn to make kitchen garden & cultivation of Vegetables and fish farming (When there is enough water in the village pond; Because, in the summer season there is a severe water crisis at Bonkanali).
The school children are learning to make brooms, hats, flower bouquets, and garlands from local grass and dried palm leaves. They are also making masks and handicrafts with clay, MDF wood and papers which are being purchased by customers
Health, food, daily essentials, nutrition and treatment are provided for the kids in the residential school. They are given healthy foods. The monthly cost to feed each kid is Rs. 1800 or $23 approximately. There are 26 kids in this village. In addition, they need clothing, school supplies, medicines etc.
Funds are also needed to construct two school rooms that would serve as classroom cum office as well as a shop that can store and sell the handicrafts made by the kids also as bedroom for girls. Currently, there is just one room which is used as classroom also as a cramped bedroom for all kids and teachers. There is an additional small room that serves as the storeroom & office.
Besides that, Swapnaloke is running educational help project at Penchara village of Purulia district since 2015. Currently 18 students are enrolled in this project, out of them majority are girls (16), as a support to stop underage marriage. Some of them are in high school & college. Beside free coaching Swapnaloke provides them healthy food, training for dance, drawing, yoga, new clothes (twice in a year), all educational materials, school & college fees etc. The monthly cost for each student to feed is only Rs. 800 or $10 approximately.
Bonkanali has no running water & electricity. Two groundwater borewells and a well in Bonkanali village provide water. But one borewell is completely non functional and the other is almost dry. Moreover, during summer the well dries up completely. So in 110F heat, the kids and adults have to walk 2 miles each way to collect water from a borewell located outside the village. New wells are needed ASAP. An organization called 'Selco Foundation India' has arranged solar power in this village. Moreover, Swapnaloke has already taken necessary steps to bring electricity connection to this village.
The needs are dire and we appeal to all of you to donate generously for giving these kids a chance to continue on a path to better their living conditions. Please give them the best gift - the gift of education by donating.
All donations are accepted directly to our bank account:
Baranagar Swapnaloke For Humanity With Humanity
State Bank of India, Cossipore Branch, Baranagar
31210471482
SBIN0002043
The donors will get our financial statement (Around the month of May) after the completion of each financial year. It will also be uploaded to our website www.swapnaloke.org.in
We will provide our 80G certificate so you can use it for tax benefit (if needed).
Donor meet: All donors can meet our P.R.O (virtually) every quarter, to get to know about the progress & current situation of the project. We will update our work on our social media page and send the link & photographs to respective donors as per request. Besides, the progress report of this project will be uploaded to our website as well as social media page.
If any donor wants to visit our Centre physically can directly contact us. Any suggestion, feedback, or idea regarding improving the condition of these students is heartly and thankfully welcomed.
On behalf of ‘Swapnaloke’ & these helpless children,
– JeniyaTalapatra
President, B.S.F.H.W.H