Project Site: Friends of India, BCV International School
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1.  Project Summary: The aim of the school is to provide top quality education to children of all backgrounds - including those who cannot afford school fees.
We have now added a primary school to the main building and  we desperately need to equip the learning centre. We already have 5 working laptops but need another 25 to complete the project.
In today's world the whole area of artificial intelligence has to become an integral part of the learning process. Children need to discover knowledge for themselves and not rely totally on a teacher.
 We are planning to link up with the International school in Geneva so that the pupils from both schools can not only increase their knowledge but also improve their language skills. This will be done by Skype and email

Friends of India and its working relationship with the Brothers of the Sacred Heart:
FOI’s association with the Brothers of the Sacred Heart started some 12 years ago and since then FOI has worked closely and successfully with the Brothers on projects that have included the building of a music school for blind children, kitchens for tribal schools, a hostel for HIV AIDS orphans and a school where fee paying children and the poorest learn side by side.
In 2013 the Banque Cantonale Vaudoise (BCV) chose Friends of India as the recipient of their annual donation of CHF150'000.
Thanks to this gift and other generous donations we have built an International school.
The aim is provide high quality English language education for a mix of paying and scholarship students.  The scholarship children are selected from the very poorest backgrounds, known as Dalits, who are victims of India's officially defunct caste system.  Dalits still suffer widespread discrimination, end up doing the most menial 'dirty' jobs, and have little chance of breaking out of this cycle of deprivation except through education.  We are proud that out of the 225 children enrolled there are now 75 scholarship children who are flourishing in this innovative school
This year 2018 we inaugurated the primary school and opened the Des George Learning centre.
2.  Project Location: Tirunelveli
3.  Preferred language(s): English
4.  On Site Contact Information (please provide at least one way to contact):
    4.1. Name: Jovita  Anto (Executive assistant to the Principal)
    4.2. Phone:0091 95006 75956
    4.3. Email: antojovita@gmail.com
    4.4. Physical address (street, city, zip code, country...):
90, Antony Street, 
Xavier Colony,
Tirunelveli – 627005
India
    4.5. GPS coordinates (if you know them or if you can find them out):
5.  Claimed IT equipment
    Number of Laptops needed: 25
    Number of eBook Reader needed: 0
    Others needed (Tablet-PCs etc):  0
6.  Number of students: 225 at the moment by 2019 a total of 450
7.  Number of teachers: 20
8.  Electricity in the room: (Voltage and plug/socket type, e.g. type A, B, C, D, etc. see following link for explanation of types: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_power_plugs_and_sockets)
Yes
India uses 230 Volts, 50 Hz alternating current as the power source. Plugs and sockets have either grounded / earthed 3 Pin connections (Type D) or ungrounded 2 pin connections (Type C). The two pin plug is also called the Europlug. It has two round 4 mm (0.157 in) pins.
Normal 2 pin europlugs will work OK 
9.  Does the room have access to the Internet? [yes / no] Yes
    9.1. Is the access via wireless or cable? wireless
10. Conditions about the room where the laptops will be installed:
    10.1. Is the room secure? [yes / no + brief explanation] Yes will be locked and only open when teachers supervising
    10.2. Can the room be locked in a way that the supervisors (e.g. teachers) can control access? [yes / no + brief explanation] Yes only teachers have keys
    10.3. Is the room weather-proof? (e.g. does the room protect the laptops from rain, sand, etc?) [yes / no + brief explanation] Yes it is in a locked room