The Sparsha Story…

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Mr.Gopinath hails from a remote drought area of Kolar region. He started this organization with the    support of his friends who were also his classmates in an MSW (Masters in Social Work) programme.

His  hardship from his childhood days, motivated him to start this organization.

His experiences as a child were very trying and difficult  he was bonded as child labour at the young age of 7. With no opportunity to join the school, yet the desire, he went to live with his father when he was 12. His father abandoned their family, leaving his step mother to his son’s responsibilities. She, however, gracefully held his hand and took him to be admitted at a near by school. His life completely changed from here on and built up the desire in him to reach for the sky. He was forced to do part time job with his father after the school hours.

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While he was living in a slum area near NGF, he came across many children who had the desire to go to school but poverty and other reasons held them back. This was a key factor in his wish to pursue higher education in Social Development. He has been lucky to get like minded friends who are interested in bringing about revolutionary changes in the education field.

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Gopinath and team registered as a trust under the 1996 Trust Act, in the year 2005 under the name Sparsha Trust, (a Healing Touch). The support of his mother and friends inspires the name “Sparsha”. As a pilot, from 2006 to 2009, Sparsha trust voluntarily organized health camps, conducted tuition classes for poor students in slums and informal weekend classes for school drop out children.

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All these experiences helped the Sparsha Team to initiate a full fledged programmes like Makkala Dhama, Shikshana Mitra, shelter for urban deprived children with having a vision of  education to all.

Other board members work in other fields and they continue to support Sparsha by contributing ideas, financial assistance and many in many other ways.

 

 

Key People Involved : 

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R Gopinath – Managing Trustee
K.N Chitra – Administrator