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Annual Ekal Concert

Kaafila The Bollywood Caravan

On April 28th, Stamford's Rogers International School will be pulsating to the beats of exotic Indian tunes from 5:00 PM onwards. Dinner is a hotel round table format followed by the Musical Night.

Enjoy the beautiful performance of the classical Indian Kathak performed by Aditi Bhagwat, as she moves to the beats of the Indian music. Alongside Kunal Om joins her in a fusion dance of with his fascinating Flamenco. The concert includes a delectable Indian dinner along with heritage camp childcare. Tickets are available online @ https://www.EKAL.org/us/ticket/stamford

Every year, the Connecticut Indian community gets together to organize EKAL Charity Fundraiser in Stamford. EKAL volunteers strives to increase education levels in the rural villages of India. Due to the lack of accessible public government schools and pressing agricultural labor needs, the village children had very limited schooling options.

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The EKAL Connecticut chapter started 10 years ago and have around 50 plus volunteer families and multiple local organizations supporting the initiative. EKAL Connecticut chapter currently supports around 400 schools

Cost of running EKAL school is $365 / year or dollar a day. You can be a part of the world’s largest education movement by Donating at EKAL.org. Make a difference and impact the education EKAL provides to these villages. EKAL works on concept “If a poor child cannot go to school, school must go to the child”. Currently EKAL has 1.8 million kids enrolled in 67,000 schools across India and Nepal.

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Today, you can single handedly change the life of 30 children in need, by donating for just one school. One school means $365 dollars, that is, a dollar a day. For more information visit www.EKAL.org. You can visit a school or track online with your unique EKAL-ID details of your school, activities and lives you have impacted.

Please contact Nita Singhal @ 475 200 0198 or ekalct@gmail.com for further details on the April 28th Concert or opportunities to Volunteer.

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