We just signed an agreement with Childline India. The agreement has lots of legal terms and defintions. So I am just summarizing the main terms of the agreement:
1. Childline will identify the kids and families who suffered from the Mumbai attack and need help. They will provide us the list within 8 weeks of the first installment of the funds for supporting the initial effort. Childline will charge 3-7% of the total amount, possibly less for supporting the transportation related costs of their staff.
2. After kidsformumbai approves the list and provides rest of the funds (will happen within 4 weeks), Childline will start dispensing the funds to the identified kids and their families. They will collect receipts and take pictures of the kids/families who got help and send that to us. This process will be finished within 2 weeks from the date Childline receives the second installment of the funds from KidsforMumbai.
KidsforMumbai is donating the $500 we raised for this cause. This is equivalent to approximately Rs 25,000 in Indian currency. If anyone needs more information about this agreement please let me know.
We need your help in making this a success. We particulary need help from our friends who live in Mumbai in making sure that the funds reach the right people. Once Childline sends us the list of kids/familes who need help, we will need your input in finalizing the list.
Thanks,
Priyanka
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Hi Priyanka,
ReplyDeleteWe think what you're doing to help victims of the Mumbai attacks is amazing. We really commend what you are doing.
We are four teenagers and recently we founded a non-profit organization called Children-2-Children, Inc. (www.children-2-children.org). Our goals are to raise money for less privileged children and to inspire other kids to do so too. Some of our projects include sponsoring kids at an orphanage, Balgram, in Lonavala, India so they can get an education and also raising money for the children of the poorer victims of the Mumbai attacks so they can have better lives.
We raise money through individual donors, but also we are trying to encourage kids to use part of their gift-receiving opportunities (birthdays, holidays, etc.) to raise money that they donate to us and we send to a children's cause of their choice.
We saw an article about you and your project in the Hindustan Times and read that you were planning on starting a network called Kids for World. We wondered if you would like partner up with us for a project (or multiple) and see what we can do together. Because it seems like we have similar goals. And we might be able to accomplish a lot together.
Thank you!
Sincerely,
Sitara Mahtani
President, Children-2-Children, Inc.
sitara@children-2-children.org
Maya Raghu
Vice President & Treasurer, Children-2-Children, Inc.
maya@children-2-children.org
Mrinal Kumar
Vice President & Secretary, Children-2-Children, Inc.
mrinal@children-2-children.org
Amereen Anand
Vice President of Fundraising, Children-2-Children, Inc.
amereen@children-2-children.org
Dear Sitara, Maya, Mrinal and Amereen,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your kind words and effort to help the children. What you are doing is really awesome. I will be glad to help as much as I can. Let me know if there is anyway I can help.
Please keep up the good work.
Best Wishes,
Priyanka