The 6.9 Foundation Promises Help for Darjeeling Students in Delhi

New Delhi, 17th May 2012: A team of volunteers, under the banner “The 6.9 Foundation”, is offering free advice and help to students from Darjeeling seeking admission into undergraduate programmes in Delhi University this summer.
 
A non-profit, apolitical organisation comprising students and professionals, the foundation will provide information on the admission process and will also rope in experts to give invaluable inputs to prospective students. The medium of communication is Facebook, a popular social networking site. Here in Delhi, volunteers have been roped in to man help desks at the north and south campuses of Delhi University. Later, the foundation will conduct orientation programmes to sensitise the students.
 
The 6.9 Foundation was initially formed by a group of Delhi-based like-minded people in support of the victims of the September 2011 earthquake that hit Darjeeling and neighbouring Sikkim. The group collected and distributed essential items and also successfully held a fund-raising event in Delhi for the earthquake victims. The name 6.9 is borrowed from the earthquake of magnitude 6.9 that started this movement.
 
The 6.9 Foundation seeks to bring together people from the Darjeeling hills and recently held “Baisakhey Mela” featuring football matches, a musical programme and a gala dinner. It’s larger goal, however, remains to help the Darjeeling diaspora in Delhi.

 
The 6.9 Foundation