Bal Manch commit to better the lives of children born in poor districts of India’s north-western state of Uttar Pradesh. They run a micro school, do art and culture programs, protest with the kids for rights to a life free from labor, violence, to education … and they git 24,000 poor kids into private schools in a single year(!) by enforcing the Right To Education RTE Act which demands that private schools must reserve 25% of their places tuition-free to children that can’t afford to pay. 

They are awesome, because no one knows of the RTE Act, least of all illiterate poor people, so Bal Manch walk into poor districts to tell parents and those merrily send streams of children to private schools! When those complained that they could not pay to equip the kids, BM addressed ministries. When those denied to be responsible, BM raised hell (like they do with the Red Brigade to make police do their job and catch rapists and murderers) and the Ministry of Family, Kids etc. quickly caved in and since pays RTE kids’ equipment!

They deserve our help, because as poor people working as volunteers they cannot afford printing, bus and train travel costs (to activate nearby cities, too), and their monthly needs of $120€ are ridiculously low for middle class city dwellers (or schools or companies) to pay. Let’s do this and see the lovely results play out on our social media through the year! 

As partner of the Red Brigade Trust, they work with kids on safety from sexual abuse and channel teens to Red Brigade programs. Bal Manch just opened a new learning centre and seeks to include a full fledged YL Learnspace, like at the emerging Red Brigade Academy.