By Zafarul-Islam Khan,
New Delhi: Expanding its work in the hunger belt in Murshidabad (West Bengal) the Delhi-based NGO Charity Alliance is going to start a school from this coming school year. Situated at Uttar Ghoshpara village near Jalangi town, initially the school will start with classes 1-5 and will progress with one more class annually thereafter. Charity Alliance has been working in the area for the last four years offering regular ration, medical and educational help to the victims of the hunger belt.
Last year in March, Charity Alliance also started two vocational training schemes to teach tailoring and Zari to the victims and other poor villagers in the area. Certificates will be distributed to those who have completed the first batch, in a ceremony next month.
Murshidabad is a Muslim-majority district which is a living testimony to the neglect suffered by the Muslims of India after independence. The initial budget for the school is Rs 1,000,000 (ten lakh) for both land and building and furniture. The school will start in a rented house and will move to its own premises as soon as the building is ready.
Well-wishers and readers are requested to donate generously for this scheme. For details of the Charity Alliance please visit: www.charityalliance.in
(The writer is Editor, The Milli Gazette, and heads the NGO Charity Alliance)