ABOUT VSEI
Education
plays a fundamental role in all development.
In India,
the role of education is particularly important in this stage of its
evolution. VSEI ( Volunteers in Service to Education in India, Inc.) is an organization dedicated to
helping development in India
by assisting education and making it more relevant.
There are many in the world who are much less fortunate than ourselves,
who deserve our attention and help.
VSEI (Volunteers in Service to Education in India) provides you opportunities
and mechanisms for helping such people.
VSEI has
representatives in different parts of the USA
and in Canada. For funding its projects in India, VSEI
depends largely on tax-deductible contributions from individuals, groups and
institutions. VSEI invites the help of
all interested persons in its program of work.
Objectives and
Activities of V.S.E.I.
VSEI (Volunteers in Service to Education in India, Inc.) is an
organization which is dedicated to help development in India in the
context of education. We work by contacting interested groups and institutions
in different parts of India
and taking up work on education-related projects. VSEI is nonprofit and non-political. VSEI has 501 (c)(3) income- tax-exempt status; donations to VSEI
and membership are income-tax
deductible.
VSEI was started in late 1968.
It is made up of well-wishers of India, including people of Indian origin. VSEI’s primary objectives are to
initiate and assist education-related projects of various types in different
parts of India. Its programs include different aspects of
education -- Children’s education at all levels; Vocational Education and Training;
Women’s Education and upliftment; the education of Disabled persons ( blind,
hearing impaired, and mentally disabled ); Science Education; Teacher Training; education aimed at removing
illiteracy; and education which provides the basis for rural development. Some of the projects promote science and
technology in the rural context. The use
of computers in different aspects of education is now an integral part of VSEI’s projects. The VSEI
Scholarship Scheme and the VSEI
Sponsor-a-Child Plan provide direct help to needy children.
Highlights
of programs assisted by VSEI during the last few years include an Educational Resource
Center project in Bangalore, which includes a long-term program for Teacher-training
workshops. Other recent projects include
assistance to the education/training of blind persons in Mumbai, vocational
training and income-generation programs for HIV/AIDS-affected women in Mumbai,
help for hearing-impaired persons in Gujarat, West Bengal, New Delhi, Chennai & Karnataka, and assistance
to tsunami-affected schools in two regions of Tamil Nadu, leading to projects
in continuation of that work.
The description of selected VSEI projects in different parts of India will
give you an idea of some of the work that VSEI assists. We invite your inquiries regarding these and
other projects, and your ideas regarding how you would like to participate &
help. Your interest and support will
enable us to continue & extend the work we have been doing.
Children learning crafts in a
rural school near Baroda,
Gujarat
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Vocational Training for teenage girls
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Computer Training
Workshop
in Bangalore, Karnataka
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