Get Involved

Because you care

Little Stars School relies on donations and support from friends, friends of friends and volunteers, all of whom care deeply for our kind of students and the hostel girls. Please help spread the word and get involved in anyway you can!

 1 Get involved as a Friend of Little Stars School

You can choose to become are a friend of Little Stars School in various ways, for instance:

•   Join our mailing list. You will receive our monthly newsletter and annual report. Please click here to join.
•   Encourage your nearest and dearest, friends, friends of friends, colleagues or neighbors to visit our website.
•   Make Little Stars School your friend on Facebook.
•   Inform your various contacts about Little Stars School and this website with Twitter.
•   Visit our videos on YouTube.
•   Support us with a donation of any amount. Please, find out more here.

Please let us know about your friendship. We would like to thank you.

“You will make more friends in a week by getting yourself interested in other people than you can in a year by trying to get people interested in you." Arnold Bennett

 2 Get involved as a Partner of Little Stars School

You are a Partner of Little Stars School if you support Little Stars financially for at least 3 consecutive years.

LSS depends on support from individual donors rather than large foundations. Consistency and commitment of donations provides security for our proper planning and budgeting. Please find out more here.

 3 Get involved as a Volunteer of Little Stars School

You can become a volunteer in school, either in the girls hostel or the staff, please find out more here

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Goals for donation

We are happy to accept one time or recurrent donations. We use donations strictly for the goal as intended by the donor. Always remember, any amount helps!

• Support a day student’s books, stationary, shoes and school uniforms: Rs 600, $14, € 10 per month.
• Support the health of the day students with additional vitamins or nutritious snacks: Rs 1500, $ 34, € 25 per month.
• Support education: teachers’ salaries, teachers’ training, books, stationery, and other learning material: Rs 3000, $ 67, € 50 per
     month.
• Support a hostel girl’s accommodation and education: Rs 3600, $ 80, € 60 per month.
• Support the expansion to class 12th: Rs 3000, $ 67, € 50 per month.
• Donate with your friends a classroom: Rs 100,000, $ 2222, € 1754.

How to donate?

Dutch citizens

In the Netherlands funding is coordinated by Conny van Staalen-van Leeuwen , who establised 2 foundations. Donations are exempted from income tax. Please mention: for Little Stars School.

Stichting Benares Schoolfonds te Wouw
Rabobank: 19 43 91 353
IBAN: NL33RABO0127506349 BIC: RABONL2U

Stichting Benares Bouwfonds te Wouw
Rabobank: 12 75 06 349
IBAN: NL33RABO0127506349 BIC: RABONL2U

UK citizens

For UK Citizens father Kieran and daughter Eleanor Archer have set up a bank account for any donations in support of Little Stars School and the Girls' hostel. This account has been approved by the UK tax authorities. For any donation 'Gift Aid' (25%) is added.

The bank account details are:
Lloyds TSB Bank
Account name: Friends of Little Stars
Account number: 45980560
Sort Code: 30 98 29

Cheques payable to:
'Friends of Little Stars'

Postal address:
Carrigoona,
New Inn Lane,
Avening,
Glos,
GL8 8NB
England

The UK email address is friendsoflittlestars@hotmail.co.uk.
Chairperson - Eleanor Archer (++44) (0)1453 832992
Treasurer - Kieran Archer

US citizens

The residents of USA can get full tax deductions on their U.S. income taxes if they donate funds to Little Stars School (LSS) thru the Gupta Foundation based in Philadelphia.
Simple make check payable to The Gupta Foundation and mail it at: 8616 Seminole Street, Philadelphia, PA 19118-3729.
Chuck Gupta, President of the Foundation, will send you a tax deductible receipt for the I.R.S.

•   Be sure to put LSS on the memo line of the check.
•   Provide your email or postal address to get the receipt.
•   Feel free to call Chuck at 215-248-4123 if you have any questions.
•   Sent an email to LSS, and we will contact you.

Others

Donations can be made by sending a cheque, by Western Union, or using the bank account as given below.

Little Stars School is a NGO that is governed by a board of trustees comprised of local business and academic leaders. For official government of India purposes the school is registered as Rishi Pragatisheel Shiksan Sansthan and the hostel as Balika Shanti Sadan. LSS received FCRA registration, which allows it to receive foreign donation. LSS was recently approved as a category 35 AC organization which enables the school to receive tax-free donations from Indian citizens.