OPEN and Ignite jointly present Shobana's Maya Ravan on February 28, 2010 at Music Academy, Chennai.
	OPEN to fund Siragu to help children of pavement dwellers and beggar community get proper schoooling.
	OPEN to fund Pudiyador to help underprivileged children with after-school academic help and various extracurricular activities.

Educate A Child is a program run by OPEN to provide scholarships for school and college students.

Contributions are requested at three levels:

• $50 toward annual school fees and supplies for a K-12 student.
• $100 toward partial scholarship for a student in an Engineering or Vocational training program, through IGNITE.
• $200 toward full scholarship for a student in Engineering or a Vocational training program, through IGNITE.

Watch P. Marimuthu, one of the students supported by the program. And here is a video from Dr. Murugaiyyan, Principal, General Cariappa Vocational High School, Chennai, on his dreams for his school and his wards.

We are a non-profit organization devoted to providing education for poor children in India. We have been recognized as such by the US Internal Revenue Service, and all contributions are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by the US IRS. Here is a copy of our 501(c)(3) recognition.

OPEN is a completely voluntary organization. All volunteers are unpaid. From 2003-2009, we have disbursed $201,731 in project expenses, with $1,698 in overhead expenses, which is an efficiency of 99.20%.

Expenditure mix: We plan to spend roughly 1/3rd of our funds on infrastructure, 1/3rd on scholarships, and 1/3rd on vocational training, coaching classes etc. These proportions will evolve as we better understand what works and what doesn't.

For more information on us, including our mission, click here.

The average school tuition and supplies for a child in twelfth grade is fifty dollars per year; the average cost of a school desk and bench set that seats three children is fifty dollars. Please consider supporting as many children, or donating as many desk-bench sets, as you can. For more information, visit our Donate page.