By Aubrey Merki | Manager, Annual Fund
Christel House students often live in extremely unsafe environments. For example, Geetha is a bright 3rd grader at Christel House India - Bangalore. She lives with her family in an area that has been declared a slum by the government. Walking is dangerous. Bicycles are frequently stolen. Taxis rarely travel the areas where our students live—and even if they do, our families cannot afford cab fare.
According to the India National Crime Records Bureau, Bangalore has the second highest rate of crime against girls and women in India, including rape. These are the conditions our students must journey through on their way to and from school. But, the Christel House bus arrives every day to pick up Geetha and her classmates.
Transportation is a lifeline for our children and families trapped in poverty and crime that extends for miles. Every year, Christel House spends over $800,000 providing transportation to and from our schools in India, Mexico, South Africa and the United States. Without these buses, many students would never reach school because of the distance and danger.
Our children are motivated to do whatever it takes to break the cycle of poverty. Will you help drive them along this journey? Join us in an effort we are calling “DRIVEN TO SUCCEED,” and help us provide transportation to the students of Christel House.
$32 – Could provide roundtrip transportation for a bus full of students at Christel House India for a day
$79 – Could provide roundtrip transportation for a student at Christel House India for a year
$354 – Could provide roundtrip transportation for all 900 Christel House India students for a day
Links:
Project reports on GlobalGiving are posted directly to globalgiving.org by Project Leaders as they are completed, generally every 3-4 months. To protect the integrity of these documents, GlobalGiving does not alter them; therefore you may find some language or formatting issues.
If you donate to this project or have donated to this project, you can receive an email when this project posts a report. You can also subscribe for reports without donating.
Support this important cause by creating a personalized fundraising page.
Start a Fundraiser
