Improving educational opportunities in India for disadvantaged children
About us
School Aid India, also known as SAI, is a small charity based in Great Ayton, North Yorkshire, UK.
The inspiration for SAI arose from contacts built up with local people over the course of several visits to the Darjeeling area, in the foothills of the Indian Himalayas. Anyone who believes that children don’t like school has not seen children of all ages in India, willingly walking miles in all weathers just to get to school each day.
Our trustees include 3 teachers, 2 chemical engineers, and a business man.
All our administration is done by volunteers, and the cost of travel to India is not met from Charity funds. All donations are sent directly to India to support our work there.
Latest News
The annual garden open day event is back again
Amputee Joanne Waterton is to run the Swaledale Marathon in aid of School Aid India
Jake Home from North Yorkshire has been teaching IT to school children in Darjeerling in India, read more about his traveling exploits.
How does your donation help?
Every donation helps SAI provide better facilities for our students, here are some typical examples of costs that we incur on a regular basis. We have six classes with 20-25 children in each class.
- £175 buys furniture for one classroom...URGENT!!
- £22 buys uniform for one child giving them pride and identity
- £50 pays for a wide selection of books for one class
- £5 buys a waterproof storage box for books, needed in monsoon season.
- £25 will allow us to floor a classroom, £200 to floor the school.
- £1200 will allow us to build a monsoon rain shelter over the play area
- £2250 will pay a teachers salary for one year