Schools

Educational Sponsorship | Non-formal/In-House | Formal/Mainstream | Further Education | Our Schools | Some of Our Students

As we all know, child educational sponsorship is often high profile on many charity websites – statistics show that this area of sponsorship is the most lucrative.  Cute little faces, big and sad eyes, ragged clothes … this image appears again and again.  And the money pours in ….

Whilst we are desperately keen to access as much funding as possible for our CR students, we feel uncomfortable about 'advertising' our children in a 'meat market' fashion.  The smallest and the sweetest ones get picked for sponsorship immediately; those with less appealing physical good looks are sidelined.  Is it appropriate to single out one child for special treatment?  It can alienate them from their own siblings, cause great jealousy and can even result in child peer victimisation.  Therefore, we suggest you sponsor the cost of one child’s education but your contact is with the class group as a whole.  If you wish, you may specify which class you would like to sponsor.

Should you require any further information, we are always happy to be in email contact with you, email educationalist@calcuttarescue.org

You may disagree with the foregoing; you may want to sponsor a particular child – and we do, of course, respect your wish and are willing to implement an individual child sponsorship.  However, to be fair to the child, we would very much appreciate a long-term commitment to secure the child’s future.

To keep expenses to a minimum and use our funds most effectively for the benefit of those we educate, a simple 'no frills' sponsorship scheme is our preferred option.  This keeps administrative costs down, gives the children no pressure and benefits the programme as a whole.

As a Class Pupil Sponsor, you will receive the following:

• A letter or a picture/drawing - twice a year
• Up to date photo of a class/activity/day out – twice a year
• Class Annual Report – once a year

As an Individual Child Sponsor, you will receive:

• A letter or a picture/drawing – four times a year
• Up to date photo of your child – twice a year
• Copy of your Child’s Annual Report Card – once a year

Sponsorship Form

Annual Sponsorship Costs

The costs for one year include: tuition fees, school fees, books and stationery,
uniforms, shoes, outings, food, medicine, rent, emergency, etc.

Any educational sponsorship money is used exclusively for the Education Projects

Additional ways to give to our Education Projects

• Fund books for the library
• Fund a computer
• Fund a new school
  Make a donation of any size towards the
  acquisition of new premises and/or the building of a new school
• MAKE A REGULAR MONTHLY DONATION
  Make a regular monthly donation of any amount you choose
  which will be used exclusively for educational projects –
  this is the most effective way of supporting our educational programme.

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