2008 Activities

2008 Function (May 30, 2009) 2008 selection list (html)   Excel   Invitation  Agenda Certificates   Photos 2008 Donations   Address to send donations An appeal  Ohio State Univ. FFI benefit dinner speech We have started our 2008 activities.  We hope to deliver much more help this year. We appreciate any small help from individuals/organizations. We have many projects. You may choose help us in any project you are interested in. If you have a heart to share the burden to help these unfortunate humans, please come forward to help us. Write to me for any questions or suggestions.

2008 Projects      Ambedkar Scholarships invloved in several activities (scholarships, microloans, individual stduent aid, recognition of people who made difference, awards, helping victims of caste attrocities etc) since 1003. Our donors span all the globe and from all castes and races. Scholarships  Microloans  Ind.aid  Victims-help  Awards  FreeCoaching

2007 Activities

Check here for all our 2007 Activiities Past performance is an indication to the future. So, please explore our website. Please send an email to benjamin_kaila@yahoo.com for any complaints, suggestions, questions, and/or enquiries. Please do not forget to visit our AS/FFEI at glance to get a gist of our activities.

Ambedkar Scholarships in media

Article from OUTLOOK(Sept 4 2006)  Others   2007 Microloans Indian magazine carried an article "To Learn with Dignity" on Benjamin P Kaila and Ambedkar Scholarships. Please read it here. Article from Tehelka (Mar 14 2009)  from Web Article from French Magazine (Courrier International)

Application formats

Word format:   Regular    Scav.Child    Free Coaching   Microloan HTML format  Regular    Scav.Child    Free Coaching   Microloan Questionnaire HTML  Word

Comments/Letters

Letter from a 2005 scholar  Read letter from a scholar. Letter from a 2008 donor An inspiring letter from a donor  (journalist student) who came to know about our project through his sister. I spoke to him and found him very dedicated and concerned about the plight of Dalits in India. We need many of them.

Updates

Microloans:   Read project visit report Our "Ambedkar Microloans" is very small but a successful project. We are planning to distribute more microloans in a few weeks time. If you have a desire to help us, please write to me at benjamin_kaila@yahoo.com. Loans are given at 12% rate to start small businesses such as vending vegetables, small grocery shops, tea stalls, to buy pulling carts, and buffalos mostly to the Dalits (untouchables) and other marginalized sections of India. Recovery is 100% so far. Our project is visited by a representative of an NGO and filed a report with his organization. Please read it to understand how we are doing. Awards:  Baby Kamble,Maharashtra  - working on modalities In 2007, we declared an award to Ms Baby Kamble, Maharashtra for her book "The Prisons We Broke". We have received about Rs.55,000 in donations. We are currently working on modalities  to hand over the award.

Request for help - can you help?

On regular basis, we get lots of requests for help of various forms and measures. We post them here. If any donors approach us, we collect donations and hand over the money to the requesters. Please click here for current requests. A Dalit medical student lost his certificates in house fire. Dalits lost everything in fire and looking for any small help.