SLADS (Singhbhum Legal Aid and Development Society), Bihar

The project funds an existing high school over 3 years. The school draws children from the Salboni area, targetting 70 girls and 80 boys. The project area is populated mostly by poor tribals and economically backward communities. Though there are 20 primary schools in the area, SLADS is the only high school running there covering 50 villages. Due to a serious financial crisis, the Bihar government has expressed an inability to fund the secondary education facilities.

Asha, MIT has been funding the project annually with $2380 for the past 2 years. The funding is for salary of teaching staff and training, books for a library, apparatus for a laboratory, and furniture. The project has been visited by an Asha, MIT contact, Mr. P.P. Krishnan and recently by Joydeep, a volunteer with Asha, MIT.

Project Summaries

Singhbhum Legal Aid and Development Society (SLADS)

Visit Reports

First SLADS Evaluation Visit
Second SLADS Evaluation Visit

Last modified: Feb 16, 1999