Praggananda Scholarship
Nanda is always looking for ways to 'give back' for all the help and support he received during his education. His latest project is a good example of 'giving back'. The Praggananda Scholarship for the poorest of children in his home town and surrounding area. These would be children who couldn't afford to continue their education or maybe couldn't even begin school. It was for children between the ages of 5 and 16 years old.
Save the Society volunteers canvased Comilla, Bangledesh and the surrounding area for applicants. Nanda had decided that 12 applicants was all that Save the Society could handle, but he received 13, so that was the number he ended up with. The applications were mostly from the children of poor farmers, even one whose father had died 4 years ago, and with three people in her family, they had no income at all. When the applications finally arrived, Nanda began to share the story with his friends and our meditation group. Our meditation group decided to give our donations toward this project. Then several of us wanted to sponsor one child ourselves. With a donation of $50.00 we could help a child go to school for one year. Nanda then gave us each a profile of a child with a picture of them Seeing the child who would benifit from this small donation made me feel that I was really helping a child and so much more aware of how lucky the children in developed countries are to have the opportunity to go to school with very little cost. We tend to take education for granted, along with a lot of other things.
What a great project, and what a great opportunity to take part in helping children.
If anyone else would like to donate to this scholarship program, you can email: middleway.dhamma@gmail.com for further details.
Thank You!
