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When
was the Padala Charitable Trust established? |
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Padala Charitable Trust (PCT)
was established as a non-profit organization in 2000 by giving scholarships
to the school toppers in Yeleswaram village. Later, it was officially
registered in 2002 in East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, INDIA.
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What are various programs that
PCT currently has? |
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We currently have Educational Scholarship Program and
Community Development Program. Please visit our
Programs sections for more details. |
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What are the criteria for
selecting students under Scholarship Program? |
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Academic excellence and
financial disability are the only criteria to be eligible for PCT
scholarship. |
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How are the applications
screened? |
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The applications are carefully
sorted based on the merit and family income. The income certificate from the
Mandal Revenue Officer (MRO) is only a starting point in the screening
process but PCT doesn't consider it as final proof. All short listed
candidates are called in for a personal interview along with his/her parent/guardian.
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What happens during the Interview
process? |
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The interview is conducted
one-on-one basis along with the parent/guardian. The student's academic history,
his desire for higher studies as well as the parent's financial position is
assessed by the interview committee. In some cases, the determination of the need is simple and
straightforward (the parent is a daily coolie, small time tailor, rikshaw
puller, blacksmith, mentally/physically retarded and the student is under
someone else's care etc.). In other cases the decision is not simple and we
make sure we do a rigorous background checking (sending our volunteers to
the respective village to inquire and personally see the family's position
etc.). Please refer to our EVR (Eligibility
Verification Report) process for more details.
See a sample EVR
document
Once the committee
finalizes the deserving candidates, we mail letters asking them to attend
the scholarship distribution meeting and collect the cash award.
In summary, PCT is very
sensitive to the issue of genuineness of the candidate and we put all
efforts to ensure that the most deserving students receive the scholarship.
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How much PCT allocates
per each student? |
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The scholarship amount is
not fixed. It is decided on several factors such as, the education level of
the student, other resources he/she currently has such as govt.
scholarships, need for commuting to school/college etc. For ex. there were
some students who commute to the college by bicycle 15 miles each way. For
those students, in addition to the scholarship amount, PCT bought bus passes
for them for the entire year.
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How much can I contribute for a student? |
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Please refer to the
DETAILS. |
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How does PCT process the
renewals of scholarships? Are they automatic? |
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No, the renewals are NOT
automatic. The student is expected to maintain consistent performance in the
class. The marks/results are reviewed by the committee members before
announcing the renewal each year. |
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Tell me about Community
Development Program at PCT? |
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The Community Development
Program was started in 2003 with an intent to help the villagers to the
extent that we can. We started with re-construction of a primary school
building with Rs. 10,000/- in Yeleswaram village. Later, we held a free
medical camp (diabetic) and treated 120
diabetic patients with the help of a diabetic specialist doctor in Kakinada,
East Godavari Dist, A.P. We are planning for more camps this year (2006).
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How can I get involved
and support PCT? |
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We are thankful to you for
the very thought of supporting PCT activities. We do not have any guidelines
for our supporters. You are the best judge to decide what you are and how
much (and in what way) you can contribute to our society. So, we leave it up
to you to let us know what way you can offer your
HELP. We will be lucky and grateful to have YOU in our team and we
are sure we together can do more and better for the needy people.
Little things make a big difference.
You can take a look at
Designated
Scholarship Program that we have. Please contact us for more details.
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Where do I need to send
my donations? |
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Please see the
DONATION FORM
for details. |
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