Dear Friends,

I am happy to report that our model and contents are now being used by the government of Madhya Pradesh to be replicated in other schools of the state. All the content has been shared with the state for this purpose.

Thanks for your support always for contributing generously to making education better and more accessible to students in India.

Best regards,
Nitin P Khanna.

Greetings from Bharat Learn!
 
Firstly, many, many thanks for supporting us last year! In fact, your contribution helped the campaign raise more than Rs. 53 Lakhs, and is the 2nd highest crowdfunding campaign for Education on Milaap (and most likely in India)! We are truly humbled by your generosity & remain grateful.


Here’s what your support enabled the Bharat Learn team to achieve:

• The pilot program of Smart Classes reached ~800 students & 25 teachers in 10 schools in Singrauli District, Madhya Pradesh. 
• The program is starting to show some dramatic results – we’re already seeing a 2x improvement in learning outcomes in these primary classes!
• Looking at the progress, the Govt. of MP has extended the MoU with Bharat Learn till 2021
• Further, seeing the positive turnaround in education outcomes from the program, both our CSR supporters, NCL & NTPC, are encouraging us to extend the program to another 10 new schools in the district!

Based on the success, we are having encouraging discussions with the Govt Administration in some other Hindi speaking States as well. We expect a rapid scale up in next couple of years with direct participation of State Govts. and Institutions. Needless to say that all this is because of your help in these early years, when it matters most.
 
Coming back to the Singrauli effort, one, the program needs to continue in the 10 existing schools. And two, we need to expand to 10 new schools. A total of ~ 1600 kids stand to benefit from this program. We’re starting this 2nd round of crowdfunding campaign, from where we left it last year, to cover the balance funding needed for the 2-year program. More details are available in the Story tab.
 
You supported us last year, just trusting our intent & our plans. This year, we have results to show as well. Another 1 year of support will ensure that the learning outcomes we targeted at the start of the program are reached. And that kind of comprehensive and integrated in-classroom transformation in education in rural Govt schools will, most likely, be unprecedented in India.
 
HOW YOU CAN CONTINUE SUPPORTING THIS TRANSFORMATION

1.      Make a contribution towards this campaign at this link - https://milaap.org/fundraisers/smartclasses-in-rural-MP

2.      You could go further, very simply. Like many of you who chose to start your own supporting campaign page on Milaap to amplify the fundraiser. No worries, all the funds will flow directly to the main campaign, and nothing to you (they won't even ask for your bank account details or anything). Here are the simple steps for that -

o    Got to the new campaign page here - https://milaap.org/fundraisers/smartclasses-in-rural-MP
o    On the right side, below ‘Donate Now’ button, click on the button that says ‘RAISE FUNDS’

• A pop-up will open saying ‘Create a support fundraiser’, where you will need to specify the goal, say Rs. 50,000
• Then you need to give the URL of your choice, for your fundraiser page in 24 characters, for eg. ram-for-bharat-learn
• Then the platform will ask you to sign in / sign up with your email id (don’t worry if you don’t remember the password from last time, it will guide you)
• That’s it! Your support campaign page is set up. You can instantly share on FB / Twitter / WhatsApp, straight away.
• To encourage your friends & kick start things, you can start by making a contribution, yourself.

Note: INR donations will receive tax exemption under section 80G. All Donors will receive the tax exemption receipts upon completion of the campaign.
 
Bharat Learn team fervently hopes to continue marching forward for the cause of Education with your support & good wishes!

Please accept the heartfelt gratitude from us & the 1600 kids who are eagerly awaiting this, in advance.

Dear Supporters

A BIG SHOUT OUT to you, in our end-of-crowdfunding-campaign update! This campaign raised Rs. 53.17 Lakhs out of its goal of Rs. 115 Lakhs.

On the face of it a < 50% achievement on the campaign may sound underwhelming. But when we started this campaign, this was far beyond our dreams. Further, if we were to place the amount raised in a relative context, you might be able to share our joy. Did you know that this is the 2nd highest achievement by an Education related campaign on Milaap? :)



Which is why these 3000 kids & the 100 teachers in the Govt. schools of Singrauli, MP, join us in sending our heartfelt gratitude to EACH ONE OF YOU who has believed in this cause & supported it.


Yes, the fact remains, we have fallen short of our goal. And we’re making our utmost efforts to try for further funding; this initiative is far more important to get aborted on that count. If any of you do have any CSR or other leads for us, we’d be delighted. Do drop us a note at this email id - info@bharatlearn.org

As of now, the Smart Class roll out program is running on schedule in Singrauli. We shall keep you updated on our progress.

With humility, gratitude & determination
Jai Hind!