[Reader-list] SPARROW, a Women's Oral History Archive Needs Funds

[Chintan Girish Modi]

Hello


I'm forwarding this mail with the conviction that many on this list would be
interested in benefitting from and supporting SPARROW's work on women's oral
histories. I have no doubt that this kind of work would strike a chord with
people interested in education, gender studies, history, and many other
fields.


If you want to make a contribution or know someone who would like to make
one (however seemingly small), please get in touch with C S Lakshmi at
sparrow1988 at gmail.com


You can obtain further details and the payment form from her.


Thanks for your time.


Regards


Chintan



--

Dear Friend,


Greetings from SPARROW!



As you may know, SPARROW is the only women's archives that is collecting
print, visual and oral history material on women's history and experience.
It was set up as a trust in 1988 and has since then been doing pioneering
work in this field to generate and disseminate knowledge about women's life
and history in innovative ways. If you visit its website
www.sparrowonline.org you will get an idea of the kind of work SPARROW does.
SPARROW now has a building of its own and is working towards stabilizing
itself financially to continue its work of documenting women's life and
history.


We are planning a series of efforts to raise a modest corpus of 5 crores. In
March this year we organised a charity art raffle as our first step in this
series. As a second step towards gaining financial stability we have
launched *A Sky to Fly* which is an effort to find 2000 friends for SPARROW
to support its work and activities by contributing just *Rs. 2500 per year
for the next four years*. Rs.2500 a year is just Rs. 208.50 per month and
less than Rs.7 per day. It is a small amount which an individual or family
may spend in a month as part of expenses for seeing a film, eating out or
for shopping for fun. But for SPARROW every small contribution is the drop
that will make the ocean. This amount would translate into books,
newspapers, journals, archival activities, publications, reach out projects
and infrastructural expenses for SPARROW.

All donations will qualify for Section 80G (1) of the Income Tax Act of
1961.


Those who donate for* A Sky to Fly *will be acknowledged on the SPARROW
website and Annual Reports. SPARROW Newsletters and Annual Reports will be
sent to them free of charge. They will also get a special discount of 20% on
all SPARROW publications and films. They will also have access to the
SPARROW collections whenever they visit Mumbai.


We are sure you know 10 individuals who can make this commitment to support
SPARROW. We request you to please find 10 friends for SPARROW including
yourself.  We look forward to your being a friend on whom SPARROW can depend
now and in future.  What SPARROW needs is a sky to fly.



We have attached a payment form. We look forward to your response.



Warmly,





C S Lakshmi

Director

SPARROW





-- 
Dr. C S Lakshmi
Director
SPARROW
Sound & Picture Archives for Research on Women
The Nest
B-101/202/301, Patel Apartment,
Maratha Colony Road, Dahisar (E)
Mumbai-400068
Phone: 022-28280895/28965019
E-mail: sparrow1988 at gmail.com
Website: *www.sparrowonline.org*