Sunbird Trust (Northeast India)

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Sunbird Trust seeks to build peace and harmony by engaging with communities in the conflict zone through educating and empowering underprivileged children. Three primary areas of focus are:

• Child sponsorship to provide financial access to education
• Building schools and hostels to provide physical access to education
• Fostering National Integration and Peace through multiple initiatives to improve the livelihood of the people in this area

Sunbird Trust seeks to build peace and harmony by engaging with communities in the conflict zone through educating and empowering underprivileged children. 

Accomplishments (Sponsor and Support)

•  8 schools and 9 hostels in remote parts of Manipur, Nagaland, Meghalaya and Assam
• 6,600 children in 58 partner institutions in 7 North East Indian States
• Nutrition Scheme for 600 underprivileged children.
• Four computer centers and 5 libraries in remote school locations.
• 250 graduate and post graduate students (including boarding) in Engineering, Law, Agriculture, Arts, Science and Social Work streams.
• 49 Graduate Alumni (Doctor, Lawyers, Engineers, MSW, MBA and Hotel Management)
• 14 Sunbird Graduate alumni are now a part of the Sunbird team

  Plans for 2022

• Raising 3 schools (Capital Budget: USD 50,000 per school up to Class VII)
• Building 5 hostels (Capital Budget: USD 45,000 per hostel for 50 children)
• Sponsoring 5,000 children education (Operating Budget: USD 320,000 @ US$ 64 per child per year)
• Sponsoring 500 children’s boarding (USD $ 160,000 @ US $ 320 per child per year)

“We are excited about the partnership with Learn for Life Foundation. Thomas and I were school mates at St. Josephs Boys School, Bangalore. Together, we are focused on supporting the education of lesser resourced children, especially from India’s North East states” – Col. Christopher Rego (Retd), Founder, Sunbird Trust”

Click this link to learn more about Sunbird Schools in North East India

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Please email the team at learnforlifefoundation@gmail.com to confirm payments or if you have any questions.