SEED has been an active organization providing education to 15,000 students studying in 58 schools and has provided around 2 crores of scholarships to school-going students.
TCN News
HYDERABAD — Two philanthropic organizations SEED-USA and Helping Hand Foundation provided scholarships worth Rs 24 lakh to several meritorious students in Hyderabad.
“Education is our top priority and we have spent approximately 5 crores on education this year,” said Syed Mazhar Hussaini, founder of SEED-USA.
SEED, which stands for Support for Educational and Economic Development USA, was founded in 2009.
SEED has been an active organization providing education to 15,000 students studying in 58 schools and has provided around 2 crores of scholarships to school-going students.
On August 14, SEED and Helping Hand Foundation held a memorial and Merit Scholarship Award for students across India at the MESCO Convention Centre, Hyderabad. Students from Hyderabad and other parts of the country attended the award function. The 57 award recipients were from different backgrounds, including 11 MBBS Students, 13 PhD Students and 33 Master’s students from different streams.
“The services of the SEED organisation are also being extended to provide mentoring services to the widows & destitute families and provide placement assistance to vocational training graduates; around 757 widows and single mothers got support from seed recently,” Husaini said in his speech.
The donors of the SEED include philanthropists and helping Non-Residential Indians (NRIs). These donations are dispersed through various activities conducted by Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) permitted NGOs based in India.
SEED is working to provide modern education to poor children in slum areas of cities in India and aims to increase scholarships in states in North India. They aspire to increase vocational training in other states (other than Telangana).
Chief guest Prof. Amirullah Khan, who is a Development and Trade Economist emphasized the need for education to build a prosperous nation. He highlighted that only a small percentage of students make it to school and even fewer numbers manage to go to college because of financial constraints.
Mujtaba Hussain Askari, who is the founder and managing trustee of the Helping Hand Foundation, was also present at the occasion.