yoga gives back scholarship for higher education at deenabandhu trust

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Yoga Gives Back Scholarship for Higher Education at Deenabandhu Trust “Having silver in one hand and gold in the other hand” Yoga Gives Back Scholarship for Higher Education program (SHE) is a five year scholarship for destitute teen students in India to complete high school and aim for college degree. SHE scholarship program is funding 35 teen boy and girl students in Chamarajanagar, Karnataka with fiveyear commitment so that they can finish high school education and aim for college degree. These students have absolutely no other way to continue their education due to extreme poverty and related family problems, if it were not for SHE scholarship. YGB is delighted to meet totally determined and eager students during its visit in December 2014, who express their gratitude, commitment and dreams this scholarship offers. This program will be able to seed an opportunity for each student to become a real change maker in their communities and beyond. During my visit to Deenabandhu Trust in November 2015 prof Jayadev and I visited some of our SHE students at their technical college in Gundalpet, a school where only 30 students per year are allowed. We had a visit through the school and one of the main teachers discussed the progress of the students with us. It was such a great compliment to hear that they all do so extremely well and that they're very special. The teachers at school notice a significant difference between these students and their peers. They appear to be more mature and more motivated than their peers, show more discipline and moral values. Especially Sandeep was being praised as a very hard worker and is doing his best wherever he can, with a lot of confidence and faith. He is a beautiful example for a lot of students at the school as well as for the children of Deenabandhu Trust itself.

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Page 1: Yoga Gives Back Scholarship for Higher Education at Deenabandhu Trust

Yoga  Gives  Back  Scholarship  for  Higher  Education  at  Deenabandhu  Trust      “Having  silver  in  one  hand  and  gold  in  the  other  hand”      Yoga  Gives  Back  Scholarship  for  Higher  Education  program  (SHE)  is  a  five  year  scholarship  for  destitute  teen  students  in  India  to  complete  high  school  and  aim  for  college  degree.  SHE  scholarship  program  is  funding  35  teen  boy  and  girl  students  in  Chamarajanagar,  Karnataka  with  five-­‐year  commitment  so  that  they  can  finish  high  school  education  and  aim  for  college  degree.  These  students  have  absolutely  no  other  way  to  continue  their  education  due  to  extreme  poverty  and  related  family  problems,  if  it  were  not  for  SHE  scholarship.  YGB  is  delighted  to  meet  totally  determined  and  eager  students  during  its  visit  in  December  2014,  who  express  their  gratitude,  commitment  and  dreams  this  scholarship  offers.  This  program  will  be  able  to  seed  an  opportunity  for  each  student  to  become  a  real  change  maker  in  their  communities  and  beyond.      

                       During  my  visit  to  Deenabandhu  Trust  in  November  2015  prof  Jayadev  and  I  visited  some  of  our  SHE  students  at  their  technical  college  in  Gundalpet,  a  school  where  only  30  students  per  year  are  allowed.    

 We  had  a  visit  through  the  school  and  one  of  the  main  teachers  discussed  the  progress  of  the  students  with  us.  It  was  such  a  great  compliment  to  hear  that  they  all  do  so  extremely  well  and  that  they're  very  special.  The  teachers  at  school  notice  a  significant  difference  between  these  students  and  their  peers.  They  appear  to  be  more  mature  and  more  motivated  than  their  peers,  show  more  discipline  and  moral  values.  Especially  Sandeep  was  being  praised  as  a  very  hard  worker  and  is  doing  his  best  wherever  he  can,  with  a  lot  of  confidence  and  faith.  He  is  a  beautiful  example  for  a  lot  of  students  at  the  school  as  well  as  for  the  children  of  Deenabandhu  Trust  itself.    

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     Another  great  opportunity  to  see  how  well  the  SHE  students  are  doing  was  given  at  Saturday  morning  November  28th  where  prof  Jayadev  organized  a  gathering  of  all  SHE  students  at  Deenabandhu  School  in  the  light  of  YGB  Thank  You  Mother  India  activities  in  that  weekend.  First  we  started  with  a  plenary  session  in  which  all  students  explained  how  their  studies  are  going  and  what  they  want  to  become  in  the  future.  Some  students  elaborated  more  on  how  Yoga  Gives  Back  SHE  scholarship  is  helping  them.  Thanks  to  this  scholarship  they  are  able  to  pay  school  fees,  books,  materials,  uniforms  and  more.      

 

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Also  they  see  a  great  benefit  of  being  able  to  participate  in  higher  education  with  regard  to  their  siblings  or  family.  These  students  are  convinced  that  because  they  receive  proper  education  this  will  have  a  ripple  effect  in  their  families  as  well.  They  can  pass  whatever  they  have  learned  to  their  family  members  and  moreover,  since  they  will  have  a  good  job  in  the  future  they  are  able  to  take  care  of  their  families  as  well.  All  SHE  students  are  very  grateful  for  the  fact  that  they  receive  a  scholarship  that  enables  them  to  make  a  difference  in  the  future.    They  show  great  motivation  and  discipline  and  determined  to  work  hard  at  school  to  express  their  gratitude  for  the  gift  of  education  in  their  lives.      

   After  the  plenary  session  all  students  got  cake  in  the  hall  of  Deenabandhu  School  and  we  continued  with  watching  the  beautiful  YGB  video  Kayoko  Mitsumatsu  made  on  these  students  last  year:  http://youtu.be/4tkN42JnUBU      The  children  were  delighted  to  see  this  movie  and  felt  very  honored  to  participate  in  this  in  one  way  or  another,  in  such  an  extent  that  we  had  to  play  the  movie  a  couple  of  times.      

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   It  was  a  great  pleasure  to  see  how  these  SHE  students  are  making  a  difference,  not  only  in  their  own  lives,  but  also  in  the  ones  around  them.    Sandeep  said  it  right.  Education  is  like  having  silver  in  one  hand  and  gold  in  the  other.  These  students  are  all  diamonds!      Yoga  Gives  Back    Anouk  Prop    Chamarajanagar  November  2015