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The Koshish School Project was established in 2004 and is run by the Rotary Club of Akash Megapolis in the slums of Delhi, India. The program started with one small school room with 100 children and has grown to include more than 300 children and involves five centers which run classes in two shifts, 9 to 12 and 2 to 5 with just one teacher per center. The disadvantaged children served by the Koshish School Project come from some of the poorest families in India, typically migrant families or families where the primary wage earner is absent, and are usually not permitted to enroll in a government run facility due to lack of basic fundamental knowledge such as knowing the ABCs, how to write their names, etc. Additional barriers to government run school admission is their lack of a uniform and owning a pair of shoes. Functioning as a head start type program, the Koshish School Project provides this required basic education, uniform and shoes. The children also receive a midday meal and study material. The annual cost per center is $2,400 which includes rental of the building, the teacher, mid day meal, and supplies as stated above. The Koshish School Project allows children from the lowest caste of India's society to escape the poverty inherent at this level with a better chance to improve their lives.
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