200+ children have benefited from this so far and loans are repaid every month by the family. The graduate will complete the loan repayment once he or she has started working.
There is an increasing awareness in our Dalit families that education is the key to the family rising above the poverty trap.
Many families cannot afford the upfront college fees for third level education. In 2013 we started the programme to provide loans to families for college fees.
Over 800 children have benefited from this so far and loans are repaid every month by the family. The graduate will complete the loan repayment once he or she has started working..
200+ children have benefited from this so far and loans are repaid every month by the family. The graduate will complete the loan repayment once he or she has started working.
Until we introduced our third level education programme in 2013 many of our sponsored children would leave education at 12th Standard which is the Irish equivalent of 6th Year. They ended up in menial jobs.
The problem which the family had was paying the upfront college fees which could be between Rs. 10,000 and Rs. 50,000, depending on the type of third level course. As most of our children live in small villages they also need to go to college in the bigger cities and pay accommodation fees and travel costs.
Bank loans are not generally available to Dalit families.
The Nandri third level education loans help to overcome these problems.
