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 RMN Foundation Schools for Underprivileged Children

Introduction

RMN Foundation is a charitable organization dedicated to work for the upliftment of underprivileged people of our society. It strives to build sustainable resources to allow the disadvantaged to stand up with full dignity and join the mainstream.

The current focus of its activities, however, is on children, as the Foundation believes that the key is in the hands of children to make this world a better place to live. And because of their inherent innocence, children can be easily groomed to become future leaders who can, in turn, help millions of other people.

Although RMN Foundation has started its campaign from India, it will extend its reach across the world, at all places where it is required to serve.

To meet its literacy-related objectives, the Foundation has planned to set up educational centers all over the country and abroad to impart free education to poor and abandoned children including orphans.

About the Schools

RMN Foundation Schools

The planned schools will be resident facilities to adopt and educate the target group of children. The aim of the education will be to empower them to compete anywhere in the world and become future leaders particularly in the business domains.

The education system in these schools will be totally innovative and unconventional with focus on practical aspects and skills that are required in the modern-day business world.

These schools will apply the latest information technology extensively to strengthen the education systems and provide the right technology orientation to children. 

Objectives of Schools

In general, the objectives will always be dynamic to optimally utilize the resources in hand. However, the schools will work to achieve the following macro objectives:

• To provide the best possible basic education to the children
• To give them contemporary career orientation
• To help them become part of the organizational setup, which is based on an innovative “enterprise clustering model” developed by our Foundation
• To provide them employment immediately after completing their education at these schools
• To help them build their families
• To encourage them for replicating the model at different locations in India and all across the world

Infrastrcture

The school buildings will mostly be established in remote areas or villages for cost factors and because most needy candidates will be in these unattended locations. However, some schools can also be set up in urban areas.

The school buildings will include hostels for children where they will live for the entire education and work process lifecycles. The infrastructure will include living rooms, class rooms, dispensaries, playgrounds, labs, transport, etc.

Although these schools will take services from volunteers, manpower resources will also be hired for certain specialized tasks.

Funds

Initially, the funds will be raised through resources including from friends, charity organizations, or government bodies. These initial funds will be utilized to set up the schools. Once the schools are running, they will tend to become sustainable by commercializing their products and services, which may include books publishing and selling in the open market, multimedia edutainment content, research reports on children’s education and growth, etc. Moreover, donations from individuals, companies, and governments will also support the operations of these schools.

When the schools will reach the “enterprise clustering state,” with qualified children, they will start earning by offering their own products and services in the open market. The “enterprise clustering model” is aimed to make these schools self-sustainable by creating small business units run by the qualified students/people trained at these schools.

About the RMN Foundation

RMN Company

RMN Foundation is the corporate social responsibility (CSR) arm of the Raman Media Network (RMN) Company, which is working in diversified content creation, management, and distribution businesses on a global scale. Its focus business areas are Online Content, Publishing, Digital Media Campaigns, and Films.

RMN Company is running a comprehensive global online news service. Covering diverse segments of activity, the news site discusses the burning issues that have immediate impact on various governments, businesses, and the lives of commoners. The Website address: http://www.ramanmedianetwork.com/

Ongoing Work for Children

Knowledge Stories for Children

RMN Company is publishing creative and educative books for children. Raman’s Tech Tale Series: Knowledge Stories for Children is an innovative storybook concept aimed to educate children in the high-tech areas of computers and information technology through interesting stories.

Along with books for younger children, RMN Company has also introduced an informative novel for teenage students. The highlight of the epic thriller “Robojit and the Sand Planet” is its ability to effectively blend technology, spiritualism, and humanism with a captivating fantasy in the backdrop. Its site address: http://www.robojitandthesandplanet.com/

Moreover, the company has launched a dedicated edutainment (education and entertainment) Website “RMN Kids” for children, their parents, and teachers. The site address: http://www.rmnkids.com/

People

At present, the work related to RMN Company and the RMN Foundation is being managed by Rakesh Raman, who has spent almost 20 years of his career as a software developer and a senior technology journalist in India. As a journalist, Rakesh has worked with the INDIA TODAY Group, The Financial Express newspaper, The Tribune, Cyber Media Group, Spectrum Magazines Group, and ITNation Media (now part of UTV).

Rakesh Raman

In 1995, at the state Republic Day function, Rakesh was conferred the government-instituted National-level award for his contribution as a technology journalist, which has been a unique distinction in the country (India).

After doing his M.Sc. and Computer Science orientation from Panjab University, Chandigarh, he worked as a software developer for about seven years (1985-1991) with a couple of leading technology companies at Mohali, Chandigarh (India).

These days, Rakesh is specializing in the field of New Media including Social Media – a new domain in the world of information technology and communications.

As the schools under RMN Foundation are being formed formally, soon more people will join as teachers, managers, workers, and volunteers.

Plan and Need

It is planned to build each school on an area of about one acre (4840 Square Yards) covering classrooms, labs, hostels, faculty houses, guest rooms, playgrounds, etc. Each school will accommodate about 100 students. More area and augmented infrastructure will be required to accommodate more students at each school.

We plan to create 100 such schools in India and another 50 such schools in other parts of the world by the year 2015.

At this stage, we need financial and/or infrastructure support for land, building, equipment, manpower, etc.

People and organizations who want to support this global philanthropic project may contact us.

For more information, you can visit the RMN Foundation site.

Contact:

Rakesh Raman
Founder
RMN Foundation
463, DPS Apts., Plot No. 16
Sector 4, Dwarka, Phase I
New Delhi 110 075, INDIA

Company E-mail: rakesh@ramanmedianetwork.com

Personal E-mail: rrthakur@hotmail.com

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