32 million Indian children have never been to any school
You can make a difference
Each Strider makes a minimum fundraising commitment of $1000 which needs to be met by mid-May timeframe. This amount is able to support 37 children for a school year. Over the past 14 years, Striders have collectively raised over $800,000, thus providing access to education for thousands of children. ​​
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Our highly experienced Coaches, Mentors and the many Striders organizing team members volunteer their time for this cause, imparting over 150 hours of valuable training time over 16 weeks, with the goal of raising funds for this important cause.
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Striders are provided with a personalized Fundraising platform that they can customize and share with their network to proudly raise funds for the cause. Some Striders have raised up to 5x the target.
Striders can also make part or all of the donation themselves. Company-matching funds may be used towards the goal by Striders or their supporters, which counts towards the goal. The Striders Fundraising team will assist along the way. Additionally, these donations made to Vibha Bay Area are tax deductible for those itemizing deductions (please consult your CPA to confirm).​
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The Fundraising team of the Vibha Bay Area Chapter conducts sessions and guides you through the process and supports you during the fundraising period.
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Additional Program and Material Costs
The program has a Registration cost of $100, which goes towards the program organization costs that include things like T-Shirts, supplies during your runs, trail permits, etc.
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Additionally, the final race, The Vibha Dream Mile Half Marathon in June has it's own registration fee, which is generally discounted for Striders to under $75 and goes towards your T-shirt, final Half Marathon Medal, race organization and more. These costs are not tax-deductible.
Every Little Bit Helps
It doesn't take much to make a big difference.
$50
Funds rehabilitation of a child with learning disability
$100
Funds educational materials for five children
$200
Funds libraries with pictorial books in two villages
$500
Funds immunizations for 15 children
$1000
Funds education for 28 children for an entire school year
Muskan's Story
Muskan, a 9-year old girl hails from a lower economic joint family of 10 members living in a small 4 room house in rural Madhya Pradesh. Lack of room to study in her house combined with the lack of support from her parents left Muskan with bare reading/writing skills when she was first introduced to Bharti from Samavesh - a Vibha supported project. Additionally, Muskan was quiet and sad with low confidence because of her subpar academic skills and was subjected to peer bullying.
Bharti started off by getting to know Muskan at a personal level by enabling her to be expressive and by negating bullying in his class. Gradually but steadily with enormous hard-work and efforts, Muskan made excellent progress in her reading/writing skills and explaining abilities.
She became proficient in math,reading and writing good stories as well as in art. Today, as a class 7 student Muskan reads a lot and helps younger students as needed in summer camps held by Samavesh. And she wants to pursue teaching as her career in future!
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Vibha has been funding and mentoring Samavesh society’s CUBEQ program (Creating an Urban Base for Education Quality) near Bhopal, MP, since 2014. The program aims to improve the quality of education in public schools through focus on activity based learning.
With your support, Vibha can create many more success stories like Muskan's.
The Striders training program is organized by the Bay Area chapter of Vibha, a 501(C)(3) non-profit organization. Vibha's vision is to ensure that every underprivileged child attains their right to health, education and opportunity. Vibha educates, enables and empowers individuals who wish to make a positive impact on the lives of underprivileged children. Since its inception in 1991, Vibha has supported more than 250 projects in India and 10 projects in the US. As a result, it has been able to reach out to and provide opportunities for over 2.3 million underprivileged children. Currently, Vibha supports 30 projects in India and 7 projects in the US. As a majority volunteer run organization, Vibha is able to direct 95+% of all donations towards their cause.