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Adopt A School
 Adopt A School
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Five schools.
One register of hope.

एडॉप्ट ए स्कूल — a small, verifiable act repeated five times: HIMWATS pairs under-resourced schools across Champawat, Haldwani and Pauri with donors who furnish a classroom, wire a computer lab, or simply keep a child enrolled.

Meet the five schools ↓ See what's needed
HIMWATS
Verified
Field Visit
Students at desks marked HIMWATS Adopt A School
VVMIC · new desks in place
Digital learning center computer lab
Digital Learning Center
Surmount Public School Basani
Basani · forest-edge classroom
5
Schools in the register
230+
Children directly reached*
3
Districts — Champawat, Nainital, Pauri Garhwal
₹2.4L
Open ask for FY 2025–26
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How the programme works

Launched with LEAP Educational Foundation to raise the quality of rural education, "Adopt A School" places furniture and computer labs into schools that request HIMWATS's help — then keeps checking in.

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Schools are chosen on requestHead teachers or trustees approach HIMWATS directly; five schools were selected this way across Champawat, Haldwani and Pauri Garhwal.
2
Furniture and computers are placedDesks, chairs and storage go in first; where funding allows, a small computer lab follows — as few as one to four machines, which is often the difference between shared theory and hands-on practice.
3
Schools report back monthlyEach adopted school submits a monthly note on equipment condition and how it's being used, so HIMWATS and its donors can see the resource is actually working.
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Individual children are tracked, not just schoolsAt the two most resource-strapped schools, HIMWATS also underwrites fees for specific children — 15 girls at Basani attend entirely free.
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The register

Two schools currently carry the deepest, most urgent need and have full profiles below. Three more are already benefiting from HIMWATS's furniture and computer support.

Surmount PS, Basani Adarsh Model School, Pauri VVMIC, Champawat Modern Inter College Ra.U.Pra.Vi, Champawat
Full profile · seeking support

Surmount Public School

Basani village, forest edge near Haldwani, Nainital · founded 2019

Started just before COVID to educate a forest-edge village where families could not otherwise afford school — and where sending a daughter to school was not a given. Today the school runs classes nursery through 5.

54
Students (26 girls · 28 boys)
15
Girls enrolled fully free
6+1
Teachers & one Aya
₹400–600
Monthly fee, income-adjusted
  • Better education for the village with a deliberate focus on the girl child
  • Health check-up camps for disease prevention
  • Environmental awareness and nature preservation
  • Linking bright students to scholarships and better schools
"We are working to help the students get a good foundation in education and give them a dream for a better future — every child has a right to develop with dignity."
Surmount Public School Basani classroom
Nursery – Class 5, Basani
Surmount Public School Basani students
Village youth, forest edge
Full profile · seeking support

Adarsh Model School

Pauri, Uttarakhand · founded 1992 · presently in a rented house

Once on the verge of closure, Adarsh Model School was kept open with support from Tryambak Foundation and other well-wishers. It now runs nursery through Class 8 for exceptionally talented students who had few other options nearby.

76
Students (35 girls · 41 boys)
7
Dedicated educators
Nur–8
Classes taught
₹550–850
Monthly fee, income-adjusted
  • Quality primary education starting from Adarsh Model School, Pauri
  • Regular health check-up camps with referrals
  • Digital literacy across the catchment villages
  • Vocational training for children and parents to close skill gaps
"We ensure the child is not left out due to non-availability of money with parents" — school fees are adjusted to each family's paying capacity.
Adarsh Model School Pauri classroom
Nursery – Class 8, Pauri
Adarsh Model School Pauri students
Rented premises, hills of Pauri
Active · digital lab live

Vivekanand Vidya Mandir Inter College

Champawat — HIMWATS's computers (1+3 machines) turned a shared 3–4-PC setup into the school's own "HIMWATS Digital Learning Center." Roughly 100 students across Classes 6–8 now train on it, with monthly usage reports sent back by Principal Sureshanand Joshi.

Active · furniture placed

Modern Inter College

Champawat — One of the five schools chosen on request under the Adopt A School programme, supported through the LEAP Educational Foundation partnership alongside VVMIC and Ra.U.Pra.Vi.

Active · furniture placed

Ra.U.Pra.Vi. (Govt. Primary School)

Champawat — Classroom furniture provided by HIMWATS, coordinated locally by Sri Vikram Torpurani of LEAP Educational Foundation, alongside the computer rollout at VVMIC.

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Inside the digital learning center

April 2026 · VVMIC's own report on what the computer lab has changed for its students.

VVMIC computer lab session
Guided lab session, Class 6–8
VVMIC students on computers
Projector-linked classroom
Students at computer terminals
Shared terminals, HIMWATS-funded
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What's still needed — FY 2025–26

Both fully-profiled schools have priced their most urgent requirement. Neither ask includes ongoing fee subsidies, which both schools already carry on their own.

School
District
Item requested
Estimate
Adarsh Model School
Pauri Garhwal
Desks, chairs, tables & storage units
₹1,20,000
Surmount Public School
Nainital (Basani)
Furniture, one computer, teaching aids & sports items
₹1,20,000
Combined open ask
₹2,40,000
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Who makes this possible

The programme runs on named people, not anonymous funds — every donation is coordinated by someone HIMWATS can point to directly.

Lead Partner
LEAP Educational Foundation
Anchor partner for the "Adopt A School" initiative; funded the computer & furniture rollout at Champawat's three schools.
Earlier Rescue
Tryambak Foundation
Support that kept Adarsh Model School, Pauri open when it was on the verge of closure.
On-ground Coordination
Vikram Torpurani, Anurag & Megha Bisht
Coordinated furniture at Champawat & VVMIC, and the computer placement at Basani, Haldwani via AICA.

Put your name in the register.

Furnish a classroom, fund a computer lab, or sponsor a child's fees at one of these five schools — every rupee is tracked back to the desk, machine, or student it supported.

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