Brief Explanation

Aarambh is an NGO that works for children and their problems. They were concerned about children in rural schools. As most schools in rural India don’t even have basic facilities such as desks. The kids have to sit hunched on the floor for hours. This gives them bad posture, poor eyesight and bad handwriting. So, Aarambh asked us to come up with an easy and economical solution that would improve the quality of education in rural schools. We decided to use discarded cartons. For this, we approached corporate houses and retail outlets. Using these, we created Help Desk – a folding desk that could also be used as a bag. We distributed Help Desks to several rural schools. This helped children study with ease. It also helped them carry books on their long walks to school. Most importantly, Help Desk played an important role in improving the quality of education in rural India. And it cost less than twenty cents per piece. We distributed Help Desks in over 600 schools in villages. Now, around 10,000 kids in rural India write with ease. They study more comfortably and cheerfully. . There has been a significant increase in the number of children attending schools, regularly. With a desk under their laps, a bag over their shoulders, life at school is a lot more fun. Over the last one year, Help Desk truly lived up to its name. Since the day one, this unique product created buzz and caught the attention of NGOs, educational institutes and corporates. And through them, it reached hundreds of kids in rural India. It became an instant hit on the internet and social media. Huffington Post, Design Taxi and many other popular portals featured it and wrote about its benefits and effects in rural India. A global platform like TedX (Bangalore) invited us to give a talk on this revolutionary product and tell the world how it is improving the quality of education in rural India. Help Desk has now become a global phenomenon. Every day, various institutes approach us and help us reach more and more kids. There’s still a long way to go. But this overwhelming response just assures that we are on the right track.