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A large group of students holding certificates in a hall at a nursing college session.

Our impact

Two decades of work in the Kumaon hills, and what it has added up to.

  • 500+Children and families reached
  • 450+Donors and supporters
  • 150+Volunteers

What the work has produced

  • 67students

    Into Navodaya Vidyalaya

    The residential schools that give rural children a route into higher education they would not otherwise have.

  • 1lab

    An Atal Tinkering Lab

    Giving primary and middle school students access to robotics, AI, 3D printing and drones.

  • 125+ experiments

    A working science lab

    Built to raise scientific temperament rather than only exam results.

What has been given, year by year

Every item below went to a government school in Champawat district — uniforms, desks, computers, laboratories, medical camps. It is an unglamorous list, and it is the clearest account of the work there is.

28 things given or built, across 11 years, from 2005 to 2016.

  1. 2005
    • Complete uniform in Kulethi (including tie, sweater, shoes with shocks)
    • Desk and chair in Kulethi
    • Library books
  2. 2006
    • Computer in GPS Kulethi
  3. 2008
    • Science lab
    • Complete uniform in GGUPS Kharkkarki, Dungrasethi, GPS Dungrasethi and Dhakna (including tie, sweater, shoes with shocks)
    • Liv.52, Albendazole
    • Sports goods
    • Computer in GUPS Kharkkarki, Dungrasethi
  4. 2009
    • Adopted GPS school Dhakna Badola, Kharkkarki
    • Organic, inorganic dustbin
    • Dress for Dhakna Badola, Kharkkarki
    • Computer in GUPS Kharkkarki
  5. 2010
    • Furniture for junior school Dungrasethi, Kharkkarki and Kulethi
    • Health check up for students
  6. 2011
    • One laptop and printer in CDLASRC Kulethi
    • P.A. system in CDLASRC Kulethi
  7. 2012
    • Nakshatra Vatika concept for tree/medicinal plantation
  8. 2013
    • Dell laptop
    • Net Setter
    • Medical camp
  9. 2014
    • Adopted GPS school Champawat
  10. 2015
    • Robotics workshop by Dr. Atul Pant
    • Adopted GPS Latoli and Tyarkuda
    • Healthy vitamins, handwash, bags and notebook
  11. 2016
    • Digital education in CDLASRC (tablet, laptop, projector, hard disk)
    • Digital education in all adopted schools
    • Adopted GGIC Champawat, GIC Duvchoda

This record covers 2005–2016. More recent work appears innews and activities.