Mummy Jee Free Boarding School was opened in 2015 in Bodhgaya for children from the most underprivileged families in the area. The school is free for all students and is entirely funded by donations collected by the Mummy Jee Educational Charitable Trust (NGO), a not-for-profit association registered in India. It operates as a boarding school to make sure students’ whole needs are taken care of, including food, sleep, or healthcare, in addition to education and sports. We currently have about 100 students in our Bodhgaya school.
The trust operates a second school in Ilra, a small village outside Bodhgaya. This is a day school, also completely free for all children, serving a very poor rural community. About 50 children attend this school every year.
Over the years, the MummyJee Educational Charitable Trust has helped educated hundreds of children, who then go on to build a better life for themselves.
The Mummy Jee Educational Charitable Trust also runs 3 projects for rural women’s empowerment around Bodhgaya.
The sewing centre was started in 2015 for 55 rural women. Currently they are 220 women following training in Sewing, so they can later open their own shop. Women graduate with a certificate after six Months. In total 1,139 women have graduated from the centre. Parwati Sewing Centre shop in Paraiya is as an example of a shop opened by one of the graduates.
The beautician centre was opened in 2023 in a free public building women follow a three Months course in makeup, bride decoration, Mehandi (Henna). In one year 1,364 women have graduated. You can visit the Muskan Beauty Parlour in Gurua operated by one of the graduate.
The computer centre for women functioned between 2015 and 2023. More than 2000 women graduated. Some got jobs as secretaries with the Police, others became Computer teachers. The Centre closed due to lack of funds to buy new computers.
