Saturday, June 8, 2013

PAKT assistance to "Ma Sarada Shishu Tirtha" - an underprivileged girls' school at Krishnanagar

We came to know of Ma Sarada Shishu Tirtha (MSST) through a PAKT companion.
We made a visit to this school which gets support from Spanish NGO (El Hogar De Las Ninas) as well as another Kolkata based NGO, Abheda Foundation.

Out of the pressing issues seen in the school,  two specific issues (repairing of toilet doors, as well as purchase of primary school books etc at start of session) were deemed most suitable to be taken up by PAKT. Following an authenticity verification visit to MSST, PAKT contribution towards these two expenses was agreed with members. 
The disbursement has been made to MSST. In a subsequent visit the toilet door fitting activity has been confirmed, along with MSST acknowledgement of admission / new books support for new classes.

With this activity, all funds related to HSI (Help Sunderbans Initiative) stand disbursed. These funds were collected for HSI relief and rehabilitation activity triggered by cyclone Aila (May'09) wreaking havoc amongst large swathes of population dwelling in the Sunderbans.

Pix of follow-up visit uploaded in link: https://picasaweb.google.com/115644634360398428782/1305_MaSaradaShishuTirtha_visit?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCPKD5p-bgcCpDg&feat=directlink

Pic of repaired toiler doors: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-int8jZdKnG8/UZKSp9lE9vI/AAAAAAAADCk/A0ESLKvhhho/s128/140520133326-001.jpg

Some other links related to MA Sarada Shishu Tirtha:

a) brief write-up on Ma Sarada Shishu Tirtha: http://share.pdfonline.com/d35e54806fbe46f29543a2746750f1ec/Ma%20Sarada%20Shishu%20Tirtha%20-%20writeup%20for%20Rotary.htm
b) online video of Ma Sarada children putting up a dance program: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahC0DCdpXxE