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ORGANIZATIONS

UPMA - Uttar Pradesh

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2236 Farmcrest Street, Milpitas, CA 95035

408-242-0194 | upmaglobal@gmail.com | http://upmaglobal.org/

FOUNDING YEAR : 2006 VOLUNTEER STRENGTH : 50+ NUMBER OF CHAPTERS : 1

FOUNDING MEMBERS COVID-19 RESPONSE HIGHLIGHTS
Nilu Gupta UPMA has been rendering all-round support to poor
and underprivileged children by providing the gift of
VISION education in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh (UP).
UPMA currently provides elementary and secondary We have shifted our primary focus from education to
school education to 300 children aged 7-12 years food distribution in this hour of crisis..
at Saidham in Bundelkhand, India, and has set up
ten daycare centers for 350 children aged 3-6 years INSPIRING STORY
in tribal villages around Chitrakoot, India. The team To raise funds for UPMA’s cause, last year UPMA
expects to double these numbers in 2021. organized Falguni Pathak’s Dandia Night in the Bay
Area, which was attended by nearly 4,000 people.
MISSION
Our goal is to support education for poor and STATISTICS
underprivileged children in India; offer the opportunity “UPMA has undertaken projects to feed hundreds
to every child who is left behind due to social- of families in the rural areas of Uttar Pradesh
economic reasons; we want to ensure that children (UP), who have either lost their jobs and/
from these families to live/enjoy their childhood along or homes or continue to struggle to survive.
with a better education, which can help them to grow
in their careers. Our aim is to give these children the UPMA supporting those families by providing grocery
basic education and a happy childhood. and hygiene items worth around $25 to one family
of 4 including: Wheat (10kg), Rice (5kg), Daal (3kg),
HIGHLIGHTS Soap (2 bars) and masala packs .”
Today 600+ children’s education is already funded
by UPMA in Niswara, Bundelkhand. Five day care MAJOR PROJECTS
centers are funded by UPMA in Chitrakoot. Ten Ekal Funding the education and livelihood of more than
Vidyalaya Schools in UP are funded by UPMA, and 600 children in Uttar Pradesh, India.
UPMA has also helped Sankara Eye Foundation
build a 200-bed eye hospital in Kanpur, UP.

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