A Small Village School Needs Your Help
March 11, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Ryam is a small village of 5000 in Bihar, a state with significant illiteracy and poverty. About 50% are Muslims. Most of the men work in far away cities like Bombay/Mumbai to support their families. Financial condition of Muslims is abysmal. But still they try to make the best out of it.
A few villagers got together in 1952 and started a small madarsa to teach basics of Islam to children. Today it has grown into a well managed 6-room school with 240 boys and girls. 30 of them live on premises. Read more
