“There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children."

Nelson Mandela

We’re all well aware of the fact that a prodigious percentage of Indian children are deprived of the basic necessities of life while higher education is still only a dream in the minds of many. Often, these children are not assured of one square meal even when they get back home after a long day of work. All these problems for money, a resource so casually wasted on a daily basis in the busy streets of metropolitan cities.

Most philanthropists willing and able to help out the weaker sections of society don’t have the time to make sure that their hard-earned money reaches the desired recipient. Meanwhile, volunteers in NGOs have a tough time procuring enough funds to stay afloat. To bridge this gap, Techfest in association with Pratham Council for Vulnerable Children, (PCVC) a pilot program of Pratham introduces the Give-A-Coin initiative to promote Financial Child Adoption.

“There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children."

Nelson Mandela

We’re all well aware of the fact that a prodigious percentage of Indian children are deprived of the basic necessities of life while higher education is still only a dream in the minds of many. Often, these children are not assured of one square meal even when they get back home after a long day of work. All these problems for money, a resource so casually wasted on a daily basis in the busy streets of metropolitan cities.

Most philanthropists willing and able to help out the weaker sections of society don’t have the time to make sure that their hard-earned money reaches the desired recipient. Meanwhile, volunteers in NGOs have a tough time procuring enough funds to stay afloat. To bridge this gap, Techfest in association with Pratham Council for Vulnerable Children, (PCVC) a pilot program of Pratham introduces the Give-A-Coin initiative to promote Financial Child Adoption.

Our society has gone too long with too large a gap between the rich and the poor, but a change is coming. Rightly said by Father of India, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

"Be the change that you want to see in the world."

Financial adoption of a child is a way for potential donors to take up a child under their wings, without the added emotional stress and time consumption that usually accompanies adoption. In this process, donors provide funds for the education, shelter, nutrition and medical care of incarcerate souls, while the NGO handles their allocation, constantly giving a blow-by-blow account of the expenditure to the donors and can also arrange the personal meetings of the donor and the child.

Please go through the following presentation to get more insight about the theme.

Financial Child Adoption

Give-A-Coin, as the name suggests will appeal to the masses to drop in a coin. It’s NOT a fundraiser drive but strives to spread awareness about Financial Child Adoption. We believe that by giving a coin, college students would get aware about the cause and may be willing to take it up in the near future.

Spreading its wings over 12 cities, and promulgating the humble idea of Financial Child Adoption across students of 40 colleges, Give a Coin is a one-of-a-kind nationwide initiative that takes the message across




Following are the colleges in which campaign would be held-

Bhopal

1. Technocrats Institute of Technology
2. Sagar Institute of Research and Technology.
3. Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya

Indore

1. Medi-Caps Institute of Technology and Management
2. Shri G.S.Institute of Technology and Science

Nagpur

1. Visvesvarya National Institute of Technology
2. Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering
3. GH Raisoni College of Commerce, Science and Technology

Hyderabad

1. Guru Nanak Engineering college
2. Sreenidhi Institute Of Science & Technology
3. G.Narayanamma Institute of Technology and Sciences

Bhubaneshwar

1. Silicon Institute of Information Technology
2. National Institute of Science Education and Research
3. IIIT Bhubaneswar

Jaipur

1. Birla Institute of Technology
2. Arya Institute of Engineering And Technology
3. Swami Keshvanand Institute of Technology

Delhi

1. Ambedkar Institute of Technology
2. Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers

Surat

1. Faculty of Engineering Technology and Research
2. Bhagwan Mahavir College of Engineering and Technology
3. Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology

Nashik

1. K.K.Wagh Institute of Education Engineering and Research
2. KBGT college of Engineering

Pune

1. College of Engineering, Pune
2. Army Institute of Technology
3. Sinhgad College of Engineering
4. All India Shri Shivaji Memorial Society
5. Padmabhyshan Vasantdada Patil Institute of Technology
6. Maharashtra Institute of Technology

Mumbai

1. R.A.Podar College of Commerce and Economics
2. KJ Somaiya College of Engineering, Vidyavihar
3. Fr. C. Rodrigues Institute of Technology
4. Institute of Chemical Technology
5. IES College of Architecture
6. Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI)

Hon’ble Mr. Nitin Gadkari, Bhartiya Janata party (BJP) National President commencing the campaign by giving a coin.