Hi everyone! If you're here and reading this, thank you so much! *EDIT* If this page in coming up in French you can scroll down to the bottom right side and change the language to English 😊 So as you may know, I'm currently travelling around India and right now I am staying with a family who has founded the Indian Social Services Institute (ISSI) organisation. They are a non profit organisation who dedicate their services to very poor children, the elderly community and empowerment for women among many other things. They receive no government help or funding for this, but ask for volunteers to help work with them as they have no employees. I am currently volunteering as a teacher for the children of a small village which is part of the Dalit community, who are very poor. The kids, aged 4-16, come to the centre in the evening to learn some English. The kids come to this centre of their own accord, they are not obliged, it is there for them if they want to learn, and they do! They are really funny, happy, energetic and bright kids who deserve at the very least some school materials to use while they spend their evenings learning. I am fundraising for these materials as there is actually nothing in the centre for the kids to use, and parents have no means of buying them. I know that even just providing them with some super basic stuff that we all take for granted like notebooks, pens and pencils, felts, school bags to carry it all in, they would be over the moon! If you would like to contribute, that would be amazing, it doesn't matter how much, it can even just be a pound.. over here a little goes a long way! The funds will go to my bank account and I will personally take out the funds raised and decide what to buy for the children. If you would like to read more info about ISSI please visit https://issiorgn.webs.com/ Thank you for taking the time to read this! RachelXxxx
