Vandana
"I need a sponsor!"
Vandana is an 18 year old girl who came to us in 2011
Sponsor A Child In India
Your support can change a childs life!
Little breaks a heart faster than a child's smile. It may be a smile of anticipation...a smile of pure joy...a smile of longing ... a smile that says "thank you" (’Dhan’yavada ’ in Hindi ) that means much more than words in any language.
In "Snehalaya" there are more than 63 (the number grows daily) smiling faces. These are the children that have escaped the hard, menial, and monotonous future of living on the streets of India...and have come to a place where they are treated with dignity and all their needs are met.
"Snehalaya", meaning "the home with love" in Hindi, is a care home for disabled children, homeless women and the aged, where they live together as a family in individual cottages, with aims to help make them independent and live with dignity.
It is our aim for Snehalaya to become completely self sufficient. We have drilled bore holes to provide fresh drinking water, cultivated 15 acres of land and we rear dairy cows and poultry to provide food. We are making good progress but we are a long way off from being 100% self-sufficient, with electricity production being our biggest and most costly hurdle.
The Gwalior Children's Charity does not receive any government support from India, despite operating in one of it's poorest and most needy areas. Because of this we rely solely on donations from around the world. 
All running costs are met thorugh the kindness of our donors. Nothing is deducted for administration costs with 100% of funds going directly to help the children.
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Chance To Win A Car Whilst Helping Children In India
THE CLOSING DATE FOR THIS DRAW IS 16th SEPTEMBER 2011
If you have purchased tickets, the draw will be held on 25th October 2011
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Each ticket costs £2 and 95.2% of that is for our charity – so if we sell 100 tickets that’s £190.40 you’ve helped us raise. You can buy tickets online, through our charity page on the FSI website (see link below)...
If you would like to sell tickets for the Great Big small charity car draw 2011 (to be drawn on 25th Oct.2011), helping us with fund raising for this cause, please contact us to get the tickets that you can sell. Alternatively you can simply buy a booklet of ten tickets costing £20, each ticket costing £2. You can purchase tickets and recommend to your friends for purchasing the tickets on line too at the link above.
The Prize – A New Fiat 500
Fiat 500 Hatchback 1.2 Pop S/S 3dr
Top speed: 99 mph
0 – 62 mph: 12.9 Seconds
Fuel consumption (mpg)
Town mpg: 49.6 mpg
Out of town mpg: 65.7 mpg
Average mpg: 58.9 mpg
Tank Capacity: 35 Litres
CO2 emissions (g/km): 113
Carbon offset cost: £16.00
Green Rating: C
Insurance group: 5
Typical Insurance: £319.00
Pence per Mile: 10p
Fuel Type: Unleaded
Body Type: Hatchback
Number of doors: 3
Number of Seats: 4
Length: 3546 mm
Width: 1627 mm
Height: 1485 mm
Price (OTR): £9665
Click Here To Enter The Draw
The car has received some fantastic reviews – here are just a couple of examples of what drivers have said about the Fiat 500 1.2 Pop:
“The Fiat 500 is both stylish and fun. The modest running costs complement the engaging handling. So, this nimble little city car can be enthusiastically thrown into corners and it should emerge grinning like a Cheshire Cat.”
Motoring.co.uk
“I love my Fiat 500 1.2 Pop from the moment I drove off in it. Great fun to drive on the motorway and in town for parking into slots others can not!”
What Car?
“It’s absolutely fantastic. It drives like a dream. Everybody admires it.”
Fiat Forum
Results will be announced here
Your support in this charity draw, will go towards helping the children in India, at Snehalaya. For more details about what we do to help children in India, please browse our website.
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The 2011 Souvenir book is available to read online and for download, with all the latest news about Snehalaya and Gwalior Childrens Charity.
Click here...
The Gwalior Children's Charity does not receive any government support from India, despite operating in one of it's poorest and most needy areas. Because of this we rely solely on donations from around the world.
All running costs are met thorugh the kindness of our donors. Nothing is deducted for administration costs with 100% of funds going directly to help the children.
The Gwalior Children's Charity raises money to help poor and destitute people in Gwalior, India. Although our main focus is on the children of Gwalior, our work also extends to women and the elderly.
Our projects aim to give the children of Gwalior, and where possible their families, independence by providing the skills, education and healthcare required to break their cycle of poverty and live a better life.
New School The school will provide education for residents of Snehalaya with special needs plus 500 children from surrounding villages. This is one of the important services provided free of charge, with the help of GCC supporters.
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