Many children in the community are kept out of school by their parents. Often because they cannot afford the smallest of school fees (we charge 50 Rupees - 60 pence per month), but also because the children must work to support the family.

This is particularly true for girls - by the time they are twelve or thirteen they are becoming young women and can expect to be married off within a few years; and so they are used by hard-pressed mothers to work or to look after smaller children (and become household drudges/workers) so that the mother can go out to work as a builder's labourer, carrying baskets of bricks or sand or sacks of cement.

The school runs a nursery for smaller pre-school children especially so we can offer education to these young girls.

We ask people who can afford it to donate 1,800 Rupees (about £25 ) for one year of schooling. This pays school fees for the year, plus two dresses/uniforms, plus a pair of shoes and a school bag with notebook, pen, ruler, etc.

We promise you - all donations go to the education of the child sponsored. Nothing is kept for administration or expenses.

Sponsors will be given the details of their sponsored child, plus a photograph every year. They can email the child occasionally through the school email address (but not directly). They will thus have an opportunity to watch their ward grow into maturity and have the pleasure of knowing that they have contributed to the education of a future parent.

If you would like to sponsor
a child, please email sponsors@holloways.org

If you have a question about our sponsoring scheme, please email Rachel Evans, or call her on +44 (0)7779011856