Bal Siddhanath School
Belsar Village - District Pune - India
The Rainbow Boosters Team has collaboratively worked with partners across timezones, backed by generous contributions, in creating the Kuma Lab located in Belsar, rural Pune, India.
With the aim to empower students, by providing access to online resources and bridging the digital divide.
Rayan’s Rainbow Boosters Expedition 2024
India Project
Bal Siddhanath Vidyalaya, Village Belsar, Taluka Puranadar, District Pune
There are 178 children (Boys-78 and Girls-100) in this secondary school.
There is a high level of poverty, unemployment and a lack of education amongst the parents in this village as about 90% of the parents are labourers.
This school was identified as they have the existing infrastructure to support the addition of a computer room.
There is a dedicated room, they have some previous experience of having computers, there is internet access and some of the teachers are digitally literate.
Girls up to 10th Standard (secondary school) receive free education and for Boys it costs £5 a year.
The village is 45km from Pune which allows the India Rainbow Boosters team to also support this school in person.
Cross-continent collaboration with Glebe School, UK
Glebe School has partnered with Rainbow Boosters to connect students across the world.
New partnership announcement!
Rainbow boosters has received its own boost by partnering up with Kuma Foundation (US) and Pandit Abaji Panshikar Foundation (India)
Earlier this year Navnath visited the school and Pritesh met with the teachers and the students who took him on a virtual tour of the school.
Welcome by Principal Mr Satish Raskar
Speaking with the children about their dream jobs
Speaking with English Teacher Mr Ravindra Nigde
Navnath doing virtual tour
Pritesh meeting the students
Do you know somewhere that needs a boost?
The schools that need the most support with devices, support, funding etc are the ones that normally go under the radar.
If you know of a school, anywhere in the world, that could benefit by being a Rainbow Boosters project then please send us some information and the team will be in touch.