Manav Utthan Sewa Samiti Manav Utthan Sewa Samiti, an all-India registered socio-spiritual and charitable organization
Area of Intervention Mission Education (ME) aimed at instilling values of honesty/ integrity and character molding among school’s children and the society at large
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No cash/ cheque accepted through ME boxes
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Collected stationery distributed among the needy ones
Resources Ashram Volunteers for ME and the society at large
Key Geography 24 States across India
Need for the initiative Problem ME is trying to address the problem by bridging the gap between rich and poor sections of the society through act of voluntarily giving
Situation Before A majority of the students dropout even from free schooling facilities, primarily on account of their parents’ inability/ reluctance to afford the recurring expenditure of stationery
Intervention Overview ME - an initiative to provide the stationery to the needy ones with the help of the society having excess of it. ME serves as a medium between affluent to the poor and enables the poor to afford the recurring cost related to education
Impact and Key Learning Achieved so far •
Benefited 1,89,000 people across 24 states so far
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Initiated ‘School on Wheels’ to enable poor children to study at their own place
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Established linkages between the rich and the deprived
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Helped in the character development of the children
Steps
Key Learning
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Instituted ME at all India level by forming four zonal teams to lead State level teams, which were further lead the Ashram level teams
Pooled resource found to be the best way to distribute individually to the beneficiaries
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Ashram level teams placed ‘ME Boxes’ in schools to collect stationery from the children having excess of it
