Umang Foundation, is a Mumbai based NGO has evolvedto prove time and again that it dares to make a difference to the society withits niche commitment, dedication and above all it keep faith in its team. It has quite a few varied activities underits umbrella for achieving its goal but its primary focus has never shiftedfrom activities related to education.
Team Umang believes that literacy in India is surely one of keycontributors to its progress.. Due to its staunch belief in education being thefuture of the country, Umang Foundation launched its flagship project called “Promote Education - ek kadam ujjwal bhavishya ki aur” in 2008. Thousands ofstudents have till date have benefited translating into reduced dropouts from the schools. This hasbeen vouched for by the staff of the beneficiary schools. This was the fifthconsecutive academic year when Team Umang has again worked tirelessly for Promote Education.
Team Umang with itsunmatchable zeal entered the Limca Book of Records for distribution of thestationery kits to 9125 students of 31 schools in a single day. To note, it was a largest stationery distribution (from one venue) organized in the country.
Pooja Agarwal, an active member of Team Umang stated that“the enthusiasm of our team is very infectious and each time it always helps usto do a little more the previous time. From getting the funding tosourcing the raw- materials to preparation of the stationery kits, Team Umangtoiled round the clock for months for this mega event. The actual distributionhappened on June 23, 2012 which was witnessed by the representative of theLimca Book for Records The efforts of more than 200 Team Umang volunteers madethe stationery distribution seamless.”
Ashish Goyal – Founder and Managing Trustee ofUmang Foundation clarified that “We have a very meticulous progress by virtueof which we select the financially weak students as beneficiary. Our teamconducts on-site checks before and after the distribution to eliminate anychances of misutilization or any malpractice whatsoever “ He also adds “Thisyear marks a milestone for Team Umang as it achieves its long-cherished dreamof distributing the stationery kits to more than 10,000 students in a singleday. Now, Umang Foundation has received certificate of the Limca Book of Records alongwith created a impact on the lives of 10,000 less fortunate students.“
Principal of Matoshri Ramabai Ambedkar Vidyalaya,Ulhasnagar - Mr Gokul T. Pawar said “Students are able to have meticulous andorganized structure of their education; this clearly contributes to a highmorale of a happy child who is pleased to have the facility and being away from thefeeling of deprivation. Students are happy that they are having separatenotebooks for each subjects, they can now maintain their class work neat andclean in separate subject notebooks. Umang Foundation has changed the way student lookat their school, these schools caters 95-97% SC / ST students.”
One of the excited Team Umang members expressedthat “Whoever witnesses this event will have a recall of it for lifetime. Theenthusiasm and the smiles of the student’s mesmerized us and we felt all the hardwork over months was completely worth. The grandness of the event was justthere to see. The team co-ordination and the support from schools was ace tojust make it an ideal event. Actually this year we have distributed to 11500+students although Limca Book of Records held 9125 as the final count which wasachieved by the closing time of record creation.
With this achievement under the belt, Team Umang’sfocus would now shift to identify another remote area like Ulhasnagar, wherethey can identify more such students and schools that are having similar needs.As Ashish Goyal, Founder of Umang Foundation, keeps reiterating time and again,“This event is a significant stepping stone to our ultimate goal of eradicatingthe drop-outs to near zero levels for all the primary and higher secondarystudents of these schools. We continue to strive to achieve such milestones andmultiply them year on year.” And always he ends saying “Team Umang believes, there’smore to life.”
For More Details, please contact Ashish Goyal - Founder, Umang Foundation : 9819940222 or write to ashish@umangfoundation.org
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