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...facing a problem. To plug this hole, Delhi has been spending more money to build infrastructure and get children to school, with this year's national budget earmarking $8.2 billion for education - an increase of 20% over last year. Programs like the mid-day meal scheme and Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, which aims to get all children between 6 and 14 into school, have been successful in getting over 95% children into primary education, but dropout rates remain high. According to a government survey for the 2005-06 academic year, over 70% of 6-10 year-olds were attending primary school...
...only homeless but stranded, and 55 have been killed as the floods washed out the roads and railroad lines that connected residents to the rest of the country. "We can't reach there," says Dinesh Kumar Mishra, a civil engineer and head of the non-profit group Barh Mukti Abhiyan (Freedom from Floods Campaign), who spoke to TIME from northern Bihar, where he is trying to organize relief efforts. "They are trapped." Mishra, who has been tracking monsoon floods for more than 20 years, says this year's flooding in Bihar is worse than previous years. "It is concentrated...
...whose members have been preparing baked goods to be given away for donations, has begun tabling with them and has decided to send any further proceeds it makes from the sale of the baked goods to Abhiyan as well, according to representatives of the group...
...organizations have made flyers available at all tables that give further details about the situation in India and information about Abhiyan for those who want to learn more...
Tabling for the fundraising drive will continue through Sunday, when the funds will be collected to be sent to Abhiyan. If responses are still strong at the end of the week, however, organization leaders have not ruled out the possibility of another week of tabling...