DAVE STONE GRANT
The Dave Stone Grant was created in December 2009 in memory of Retired Rear Admiral David M. Stone, a senior executive at Cisco Systems, Inc., in Bangalore and a board member of FORGOTTEN CHILDREN who recently passed away.
As a board member, Dave consistently had creative ideas to help our small organization which works to prevent child labor through education one child at a time. Dave was an exceptional person and a charismatic leader, one who led by example. Words cannot express his kindness, generous spirit and empathy. We are reassured that his beloved wife (Faith) will remain on our board and will carry forward his torch. Please know that FORGOTTEN CHILDREN will use your donation in memory of Dave Stone or designated to the Dave Stone Grant entirely on educational activities (without deduction for administrative and overhead expenses) to improve the lives of poor children and their families, primarily in India.
During his life, Dave manifested the importance of education. Raised in Algonquin, Illinois, he was class president of his high school class and an All-State basketball player. In all of his professional roles (Navy officer rising to Admiral, head of security at Los Angeles International Airport, director of the Transportation Security Administration, and Cisco executive),Dave was a leader and role model to young and old – a true educator.
As a board member, Dave consistently had creative ideas to help our small organization which works to prevent child labor through education one child at a time. Dave was an exceptional person and a charismatic leader, one who led by example. Words cannot express his kindness, generous spirit and empathy. We are reassured that his beloved wife (Faith) will remain on our board and will carry forward his torch. Please know that FORGOTTEN CHILDREN will use your donation in memory of Dave Stone or designated to the Dave Stone Grant entirely on educational activities (without deduction for administrative and overhead expenses) to improve the lives of poor children and their families, primarily in India.
During his life, Dave manifested the importance of education. Raised in Algonquin, Illinois, he was class president of his high school class and an All-State basketball player. In all of his professional roles (Navy officer rising to Admiral, head of security at Los Angeles International Airport, director of the Transportation Security Administration, and Cisco executive),Dave was a leader and role model to young and old – a true educator.
A BIKE TO GO TO SCHOOL
It is difficult if not impossible for some very poor girls living in rural India to go to high School because of lack of local transportation. The idea to give a bike to go to school came from a local Indian Non Profit Organization based in Bhopal, Samarthan. (www.samarthan.org). The bikes are given to the Gram Panchayat (local village representative) in Sehore. The villagers have chosen the girls who were in need of a bike to go to school. Francoise will go this summer to meet the girls who received a bike thank to the Dave Stone Grant.
Beneficiaries for the bike project in Sehore (near Bhopal)
Name Age Class Caste Father’s name Village Distance from
Sehore
1 Pinki Pushpad 12 5 OBC Jagdish Prasad Magarkhera 20
2 Rekha Malviya 18 12 SC Kailash Narayan Kachnaria 25
3 Kavita Tawar 15 8 ST Suresh Tawar Khandwa 23
4 Vinita Parmar 15 8 OBC Gajraj Parmar Bhainsalkeri 11
5 Puja Meena 15 8 OBC Govardhan meena Amajhir 17
6 Chanchal Rajput 15 9 GEN Late Vijay Singh Kulhaskhurd 23
7 Maglesh Meher 14 8 SC Karan Singh Nanikheri 21
8 Dhapu Rathore 17 10 OBC Imrat Lal Dhaboti 10
9 Rani Bi 15 8 Minority Rais Khan Kodiyachetu 6
10 Madhu 17 9 OBC Deendayal Semradangi 16
Vishwakarma
11 Deepika Sharma16 10 GEN Ram Avtar Sharma Titora 11
12 Uma Parmar 14 8 OBC Shivcharan Parmar Kahiri Jadir 20
13 Janaki Thakur 15 8 GEN Mohan Singh Jamni 17
14 Barkha Mewada 10 4 OBC Gajraj Singh Dupadiya Dangi 18
15 Diksha Prajapati 13 7 OBC Late Nandlal Mograram 14
Legend
SC = Scheduled Caste
ST = Scheduled Tribe or Native peoples by American standards
OBC = Other Backward Castes
GEN = General
It is difficult if not impossible for some very poor girls living in rural India to go to high School because of lack of local transportation. The idea to give a bike to go to school came from a local Indian Non Profit Organization based in Bhopal, Samarthan. (www.samarthan.org). The bikes are given to the Gram Panchayat (local village representative) in Sehore. The villagers have chosen the girls who were in need of a bike to go to school. Francoise will go this summer to meet the girls who received a bike thank to the Dave Stone Grant.
Beneficiaries for the bike project in Sehore (near Bhopal)
Name Age Class Caste Father’s name Village Distance from
Sehore
1 Pinki Pushpad 12 5 OBC Jagdish Prasad Magarkhera 20
2 Rekha Malviya 18 12 SC Kailash Narayan Kachnaria 25
3 Kavita Tawar 15 8 ST Suresh Tawar Khandwa 23
4 Vinita Parmar 15 8 OBC Gajraj Parmar Bhainsalkeri 11
5 Puja Meena 15 8 OBC Govardhan meena Amajhir 17
6 Chanchal Rajput 15 9 GEN Late Vijay Singh Kulhaskhurd 23
7 Maglesh Meher 14 8 SC Karan Singh Nanikheri 21
8 Dhapu Rathore 17 10 OBC Imrat Lal Dhaboti 10
9 Rani Bi 15 8 Minority Rais Khan Kodiyachetu 6
10 Madhu 17 9 OBC Deendayal Semradangi 16
Vishwakarma
11 Deepika Sharma16 10 GEN Ram Avtar Sharma Titora 11
12 Uma Parmar 14 8 OBC Shivcharan Parmar Kahiri Jadir 20
13 Janaki Thakur 15 8 GEN Mohan Singh Jamni 17
14 Barkha Mewada 10 4 OBC Gajraj Singh Dupadiya Dangi 18
15 Diksha Prajapati 13 7 OBC Late Nandlal Mograram 14
Legend
SC = Scheduled Caste
ST = Scheduled Tribe or Native peoples by American standards
OBC = Other Backward Castes
GEN = General