04/05/2021
Dear Mayapur Community devotees, Hare Krsna!
Please accept my pranams.
All glories to Sri-Sri Guru and Gauranga!
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
You may remember that there was this 7-year old bright Bengali boy from a Vaisnava family in Swarupganj who we were hoping to be able to get admission for at our Bhaktivedanta National School, a little more than one year ago. And by the very kind-hearted, joined efforts of several well-wishing devotees this boy then received sponsorship for studying in the 2nd Grade of the school and has now been promoted to Class 3.
When I went to the school office, just after Gaura Purnima, in order to make all arrangements for his continued studies, BV National School's Vice Principal, Ramanipati Prabhu, appealed and related to me that on that very day itself parents of altogether 38(!) registered or aspiring students had been desperately pleading and some of them literally been crying to please, please accept or keep their child in the school - despite the fact that they as parents were unable to afford to pay the school fees.
Some of these students are already students of BV National School but due to the development of the overall economic situation over the past year, parents feel themselves forced to remove their child as they can't bear the expenditures anymore.
The administrators of the school on the other hand are asking: "How can we kick out any student who has studied here for several years but due to financial crisis his or her family can presently not cope with the fees?"
Other families are hoping to enrol their child and thus providing it with a bright future by help of a solid and at the same time spiritually oriented education, but find themselves unable to afford it.
The school lost one very large-hearted sponsor last year who was located in UK and very sadly left his body in connection with Covid. Every year he would sponsor a whole bunch of students by his wonderful seva, and him being no more with us has definitely created quite a vacuum for those who were hoping to find financial support.
So here I am, trying to share this with all of you. Education - especially if it is combined with a spiritual outlook and value system - is what can enable a person to positively develop in life and move towards a bright and promising future.
If there is anyone amongst you who feels inspired to help in whatever way possible - or may have friends, or may know somebody who could consider this to be a valuable cause and thus come forward - kindly spread the news or contact me.
Please do so by privately replying to this email at [email protected]. Or call or WhatsApp/Telegram me on the following number:
+91-8538 808 750.
I shall be glad to provide you with more detailed information about the aspiring students and answer whatever questions I can.
You can also directly approach BV National School. In that case please contact either Ramanipati Prabhu, the Vice Principal: +91-9434 486 758
or Suddha Sridhara Prabhu: +91-9232 253 602.
The more devotees come forward in whatever way possible, the more of a chance will be there that we as a community can make a positive change in the lives of all these young and aspiring devotees.
Thanking you for having taken the time to read through all of this, and praying that this finds all of you well and spiritually happy,
yours in service
Janaki dasi
(Godrumadvipa)