ludhiana a united kingdom trust run by nris has adopted 20 students including 16 girls and 4 boys of ludhiana villages to sponsor their education at a function in barundi village around 35 kilometres from ludhiana city on sunday social education voluntary association seva trust bedford distributed cheques worth rs 2 lakh to the children belonging to economically weaker section besides 11 students of the village government school were honoured for scoring good marks trust chairman charan kanwal singh sekhon said the association has selected needy students who are keen to study further we will sponsor the education of amritpal kaur lovely kaur kulwinder kaur rampy kaur simarjit kaur harpal kaur jaspreet kaur amanjot kaur jaspreet kaur gagandeep kaur jaswinder kaur namneet kaur harjot kaur preet kaur ram kumar balwinder singh kartar singh amritpal singh kulveer singh and satnam singh all of them are from barundi and nearby villagesthe trust has been sponsoring education of needy students since last year sekhon who himself hails from barundi village said i have studied in the village government school therefore i know that rural youth has much talent but less resources we are also helping asian students in the uk pursue higher education with the trust helping them realise their dreams the students were all smiles jaswinder 18 said i work as a domestic help along with my mother fighting all odds i scored 70 in class xii even as i aspired to pursue a computer course after class xii my family lacked resources to fund my education with the trusts help i will now be able to get admission to a college harpal kaur 18 aspires to pursue elementary teacher training course to help her family lead a better life after my father passed away in 2017 my mother started working as a domestic help to look after her three children but her income is meagre my dream is to be a teacher i am thankful to the trust to support my educationthe day also saw the trust honour ambalas zila yuva vikas sangathan which is promoting eduction women empowerment and health awareness in rural areas of haryana with rs 25000 and raikots organisation ek nayi ummed which has trained shamli sharma who won gold in cycling at special olympics this year with rs 10000