Shrimad Rajchandra Educational Aids 2018 Benefits Over 1.5 Lakh Students

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To attain the goal of making education more accessible, educational aids such as notebooks, pens, pencils, compass boxes, writing pads, school bags need to be made available and affordable. 13 years ago, SRLC identified this as a key challenge faced by families in rural Gujarat. Offering a solution, SRLC launched Shrimad Rajchandra Educational Aids, an annual distribution drive through which high quality educational aids are distributed to less privileged students at highly subsidised rates. Since inception, educational aids worth over `30 crores have been distributed to students.

In 2018, SRLC distributed 25 lakh notebooks and 1.5 lakh stationery items worth `7 crores through more than 150 centres across India. In addition to Dharampur, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Rajkot, Surat, Jamnagar, Anand, Nadiad, Botad, Idar and Vadva in Gujarat, several new cities like Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Pune, Jaipur etc. joined the initiative this year. It is worth noting that a majority of sevaks involved in this distribution drive are senior citizens and youth. The young sevaks also conducted training on retail sales for students of Shrimad Rajchandra Vidyapeeth and Shrimad Rajchandra Gurukul, who provided immense support in the distribution drive. With Pujya Gurudevshri’s inspiration, the youth of Sahebji’s Football Club took part in the distribution drive with great zeal.

The notebooks have pictures of Param Krupalu Dev and Mahatma Gandhi on the front cover, serving as an inspiration for students. They also carry motivating messages from Pujya Gurudevshri, which give practical tips on how students can handle challenging situations. The eco-friendly notebooks are of ‘Classmate’ brand while the compass boxes are of the ‘Kores’ brand.

The distribution drive received wide coverage in newspapers like Sandesh, Daman Ganga Times, Lok-Janshakti, Saamana etc. Shrimad Rajchandra Educational Aids provided the right tools for the students, augmenting their joy for learning and empowering them to pursue their dreams.