Why New Building ?

The current school building has been ravaged by the monsoon floods and is in disrepair. A new building is required to provide the proper infrastructure for the mentally-challenged children of the Opportunity School.

Expected results

1) The capacity of the school will be increased from 145 to 180 students, who will be benefit from the special education and vocational training.

2) Female students will receive employment in the school premises.

3) Male students will be placed in jobs outside of the school.

Project beneficiaries

The school facilities aim to give services to 180 students from 15 kms around Vepery, and surrounding places such as purasawalkam, Doveton, Kelley’s, medavakkam, Ayanavaram, Anna Nagar, Perambur etc.,

Banking Procedure

In order to protect the building funds and to maintain the integrity of the account, all project funds shall be deposited in a bank account from where at least two signatures are required to withdraw the funds for project implementation. The bank account is monitored by the local board and by the directors of SOSMC.

If in India, please make all checks payable to:Opportunity School and send the check to

Opportunity School
Attn: Miss. Kasthuri Devaraj
BKN Campus
5 & 6 Ritherdon Road, Vepery,
Chennai – 600 007,
Tamil Nadu
India

If in the United States,

Please send your check payable to SOSMC. SOSMC (Supporters of the Opportunity School for Mentally-Challenged Children) is a 501(c) (3) organization.  Your donation is tax-deductible.

Mailing Address:

SOSMC

P.O. Box 720121

Dallas, TX  75372-0121

You can also donate via PayPal by clicking here :

If in the United States, please contact  Marie Naklie McCoy, President of SOSMC at  sosmc.everychildmatters@gmail.com for more information.  Also visit our website: https://www.every-child-matters.org/

Kindly watch this video which provides more information about our school activities and the Structural stability of school building.