Vmoksha Takes It Education To The Poor

Last month, underprivileged girls in Bangalore got a unique gift - they were declared computer literate, because of the efforts of an Information technology firm, vMoksha Technologies, which has taken up education of the poor girl child as part of its corporate social responsibility.

"This is to reinforce vMoksha's sense of commitment towards giving back to society in its own way, what it owed as a responsible corporate institution" sources at Vmoksha said.

Named Project Prerna, the project was started by Vmoksha chief Tapan Garg, 10 months ago. The first phase of Project Prerna was launched at Navajeevana, a home for underprivileged girls at St. Thomas Town in Bangalore.

One of the most important reasons for this initiative was that, being in the business of Information Technology, vMoksha believed it could harness its inherent expertise in the field of IT to impart training to the less privileged sections of the society.

To initiate the Program, vMoksha donated computers and employed a teacher who took regular computer classes for the girls, every evening. The aim of the Program in its first phase was to familiarise the girls with computers, teach them how to type, use MS word and other Windows related programs and to understand the implication of computer education on their future.

The girls picked up what was taught, at a good pace. On several occasions they came over to the vMoksha office to see the working professionals. They were given a chance to access the internet and to understand it as a powerful knowledge tool. Alongside this, they even gave inputs for designing the website www.navajeevanaonline.org that will be their showcase to the world.

As part of an internal celebration on the work done for Project Prerna, a small auction of the paintings done by the girls from Navajeevana was conducted. These were paintings that were done on the computer as and when they visited the facility at vMoksha. The paintings were a reflection of the girls' creative abilities and received a lot of encouraging response. The proceeds from the auction have been placed in an education Fund for the girls, to help facilitate higher education.

"Project Prerna will continue to nurture the Navajeevana girls in its continuous endeavour to do social service and will take greater responsibilities in future to make a meaningful change in the lives of the different 'ChilOurdren of God'", the organisation said.