| Project Name | Tamarind Tree School |
| Amount Utilized (INR) | 2600000 |
| Project Description | The funds raised from the Marathon were used to cover the operational costs of the Tamarind Tree School. This includes the Teachers Salaries, Nutrition Programme ( 2 meals a day for 100 people), Internet and Bandwidth, Salaries for Administrative Staff, Electricity and other repair and maintenance expenses. The fund was also utilised to support our technological infrastructure, in terms of Server costs (Tamarind Tree has its own Learning Management System) as well as a Virtual Class platform where students access their courses online. In addition, the school was able to buy some hardware and undertake basic repair and maintenance. |
| Locations | Palghar > Maharashtra (MH) |
| Causes | Education > Technology development,Education > Digital Learning,Education > School Infrastructure,Education > Promoting reading,Education > Teacher training |
| Beneficiary Group | Children,Tribal community |
| Beneficiary Description | Approximately 99 percent of children studying in the Tamarind Tree school belonging to the Warli Tribes, categorised as Scheduled Tribes under the Constitution of India. The remaining 1 percent is also from a scheduled caste. The school has a ration of 60:40 for boys and girls.
Our School Without Walls programme reached out to 350+ volunteers who took online classes and developed content for children in Tamarind Tree as well as children pan India. We were able to reach more than 700 children through our online volunteer teaching programme |
| Impact | Tamarind Tree School is now in its thirteenth year of functioning. We are a government recognised school, providing quality education to tribal children denied of this basic right. With Covid, our funding and resources had taken a huge hit and the Marathon resources helped us stay afloat. The impact of the funds was that we have been able to keep the institution afloat and resume full fledged operations, serving 100 tribal children on campus. Not only did the Nutrition programme revive fully, sports and all other digital learning was brought back on campus. Students in Tamarind Tree undergo an English education predominantly on digital devices and we were able to hire teachers capable of imparting high quality education. With these funds, two batches of Tamarind Tree students (approximately 20) passed the Class 10 board exams through the NIOS and have joined colleges in Dahanu. Many of them would be the first from their families to continue a Higher Secondary Education (Class 12). In addition, Tamarind Tree spruced up its SCHOOL WITHOUT WALLS programme engaging corporate volunteers to teach online and a part of the funds were utilised to mobilize volunteers as well as create content and maintain our online servers. |
Activities Conducted
| No | Activity / Item / Beneficiaries | Quantity / Number, if applicable |
| 1 |
Hiring of Teachers |
5 |
| 2 |
Providing Nutritious Meals to children and staff for the whole year |
440 meals provided to 100 plus children and staff |
| 3 |
Content Creation on our Learning Management System providing children with high quality digital resources |
10 courses added to MYBIGCAMPUS.IN |
| 4 |
Karate classes introduced for all children for fitness |
100 |
| 5 |
Purchase of School Uniforms |
100 |
| 6 |
Corporate Volunteers added to Teach Children Online |
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