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Bright Sparks School India is a charity registered in both India and England & Wales, which runs a school for over 70 children serving the slums of Mohali, northern India. The charity was established by Chair and Co-Founder Gail Edwards after a period volunteering in the region in 2001. The school has four teachers including Headteacher Rita Mohan and rents a four roomed building close to the slum.

The UK trustees and fundraisers need to raise £10,000 a year to fund the school which is only able to serve a small part of the demand from families living in the slum. Bright Sparks provides an education to children that would otherwise not learn to read and write. Many of the children are working to support their families and have fallen out of the normal schooling process, Bright Sparks provides a flexible and supportive approach to education enabling the children to learn at a level which suits them. The charity is well supported by the local community.

www.brightsparks.org      Registered Charity; 1126402