Project Name:- New Savera Educational Sponsorships

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  Name of Funding Agency :- United Way of Baroda
  
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  Name of the Working Areas:- 80 villages from 4 Blocks, i.e. 20 villages out of each Block - Vadodara, Waghodia, Dabhoi & Kawant for Rural and Vadodara city area for Urban
  
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  Total No. of Beneficiaries Covered:- 400
  
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  Target For The Year:- To facilitate as many underprivileged children as possible for their education, who are either working or not attending school due to financial reasons in both urban and rural areas
  

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  The Cheque Distribution event was organized on November’14 for the selected children’s of Savera-Educational Sponsorship Project at district level with support from United Way of Baroda. The event organized by BCC, this day was very important for us also with much gusto to bring the selected children of Vadodara Urban along with other 02 blocks under a single roof.
  

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  Baroda Citizens Council had organized a Bal Garba-2014 with Chhota Bheem at Alembic Ground, Nr. Pragati Cooperative Bank, Alembic Rd., from 25^th September to 3^rd October 2014 as a part of the Annual Resource Mobilization Event. In this Bal Garba event, our Savera Project children and their parents were invited to play a garba. More than 50 children were invited with their parents and family members to play and watch the garba. One child named master Rutvik Shrimadi got second prize in Bal Garba. Other children had got daily prizes from the Bal Garba event.
  

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  On 12/6/2014, total 21 children had participated in drawing competition organized by BCC supported by Nielsen wherein one girl named Krishana Vasava had got third prize.
  

Mayaben Panchal lives in Nandodri Faliya, Ta. Dabhoi, Dis. Vadodara. She is living with her husband and child and she used to work as a maid to support the struggling finances of the family at school Principal’s home.

Mayaben used to live with her husband and child. When she got married they were happy with their life and their income but one day a tragedy has occur and her husband got a victim of a paralysis. And after that she is facing lot of hardships. Therefore, behind their treatment she sold out all ornaments whatever she has. After this tragedy, it was very difficult to survive in society in very limited income. So, it was also difficult to pay school fees of her son which is 7200 Rs. per year. After that she met school Principal and they agreed to appoint as maid at their home on 2500 Rs. salary per month. It helps to her little bit survive in the society but it is not helpful for medication and school fees. Due to low standard of living it was so difficult to fulfill the basic needs. Somewhere she heard something about Baroda Citizens Council and its services.

She contacted Mr. Ashok Patel which is from BCC staff. They explained her about BCC and its different assistance and they have conducted an interview at BCC office. In interview, she told them about her and her family background also about the whole situation. BCC convinced and agreed to help her in paying school fees.

BCC helped a lot to a family facing lot of hardships. Truly, she believes that she got school fees from BCC and it helps her lot for supporting her son in education. She feel blessed her that she got this kind of services from BCC. Definitely it helps her in nature of finance. This kind of assistance will help her for medication and savings because her wish is that she would like to see her son in life independent and successful. She is very much grateful to BCC and United Way of Baroda for giving wings to Het’s dream.

Finally she is very much thankful to Baroda Citizens Council and United Way of Baroda such as they are helping those children who are really needy and unable to survive in society.

By the reference of an old student’s parent Dhiraj Patil was given help under the project SAVERA. Dhiraj is a bright boy studying in 4^th std in Vidyut Board Vidyalaya. His parents are living with HIV/AIDS. His parents used to sell vegetables but due to their ill health and deteriorating strength they discontinued the vegetable selling business. Currently his father is working in D-Mart and earning a fixed income of Rs.5000/-, and his mother is a housewife. They are on ART medicine since last many months as a part of HIV/AIDS treatment. Though Dhiraj is tested negative for HIV he faces a lot of problems due to his parent’s ill health. He is the only son and so he hasn’t the support of any sibling. With the help of United Way of Baroda supported project “Savera-Educational Sponsorship Program” implemented by BCC a child is currently able to study. The child is excellent in studies and also active in co-curricular activities of the school. Thus the New Savera project at BCC with the support of United Way of Baroda, staff and volunteers has been able to identify such kids and families who need financial support for their education.