School Buses
ManASVI
Status: Currently seeking funding
Getting the kids to school is an expensive problem for rural families. Public transport is irregular and over crowded, there may not be any. Rickshaw drivers choose to stay in town where an expensive tank of petrol can gain more fares. Then there is the expense of fares - frequently more than a rural family can afford.
Once a child leaves the village primary school this is usually where their education stops however bright they may be. Girls tend to be effected more. ManASVI runs school buses in conjunction with Hallmark School so that Middle and High School pupils from surrounding villages can get to school regularly. Exam results for rural pupils shows that this project is very successful, it is also exactly what poorer rural families ask for.
Annual target £2,000