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Nirvanavan Foundation

Project Location: India

Global Partner: One World Children's Fund

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The Nirvanavan Foundation is a grassroots organization working in the remote areas of Alwar district of Rajasthan on educational, ecological and social issues.

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Nirvanavan Foundation Program

Nirvanavan has multiple schools with 120 children enrolled in the main school. The schools are situated in an area where prostitution is widespread. The schools exist to help end the cycle of exploitation and provide children with an education that will lead them to an alternative means of income.

The Childline program provides a 24 hour freephone service. This service is set up to listen to the many children who need someone to talk to and offer on-going support.

Nirvanavan teaches children and the community the importance of environmental conservation. Nirvanavan is working to revive the tradition of the digging of local ponds (called johads) to raise the water table by conserving rain water, as well as the planting and caring for new trees.

Why the need?

The villages surrounding Alwar are in an area where it is traditional for the young girls to be sent as prostitutes to the large cities of India and the Middle East and for the boys become pimps.

The schools which Nirvanavan has built are an attempt to help break this pattern of exploitation and to give these girls and boys alternative choices in their lives.

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How Team Efforts Translate to Impact

All funds raised provide support for the Nirvanavan Foundation’s educational, social, and ecological programs.

How the Nirvanavan Foundation creates Sustainable Global Change

Without awareness and education, children living in the Alwar district are at risk of continuing the socially devastating cycle of poverty and prostitution. Over a short period of time, the Nirvanavan Foundation has improve local communities by empowering community members with an opportunity for an education, alternative means of livelihood, and the ability to protect their environment for future generations.

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