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SABERA TROPHY

With a unanimous vote, we won the सबेरा Trophy under the SHIKSHA (Education) category. सबेरा SABERA (Social And Business Enterprise Responsible Awards) & Summit recognized the exceptional work done by IIMPACT in the Indian development sector.

MG Motor India “Worth Waiting...

As part of its core commitment to gender diversity and community development, MG Motor India is extending its focus on educating the girl child with HECTOR. The automaker has rolled out its ‘Worth Waiting For’ programme, enabling those who have booked the MG HECTOR to be part of the social cause, while they wait

CONGRATULATIONS YOUNG BHUTERI ! IIM...

Her amazing journey … Bhuteri is from Bandipura, a remote, dusty village in the State of Rajasthan in India. In this community, the girl child is often considered a liability to be married off in her early teens, which was in fact the case with Bhuteri’s two older sisters. A child of illiterate parents, Bhuteri

Sarthak Naari Award

Nirmala Tandon, CEO IIMPACT,was awarded the ” Saarthak Naari ” Award at a grand function at the Ashoka Hotel in Bangalore in recognition of her immense work in the field of education. Of the others who received the awards, none had her reach in benefiting the masses ! The function was very well organised with

CYCLISTS FOR CHANGE – CONGRAT...

Prisilya and Sumeet have successfully completed the daunting journey – from Kanyakumari to Khardungl La Pass……..It was a terribly cold 5 degrees up there at the height of over 18,000 ft. The cyclists covered 4,000 kms in 63 days. This brave duo wants to galvanize Rs. 50 Lakhs (at a minimum) for IIMPACT’s girl

SPORTS – A GREAT EQUALISER

SakshiMalik‬ is a reminder of what cn happn if u don’t kill a girl child.When d going gets tough,its our girls who get going &save our pride — Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) August 18, 2016 ‪‎Sports‬ is truly aspirational for ‪girls‬ from small remote rural ‪‎villages‬. Today our very own Rohtak girl Sakshi Malik and girl

Cyclist for Change

“One child, One teacher, One book and One pen can change the world. Education is the only solution. Education first”.- Malala Yousafzai. We at IIMPACT share the same thought and feel strongly about educating girls. Our vision is to transform the lives of women, families and entire communities in India by the educating and empowering the

Refresher training of Trainers

IIMPACT organized two days Refresher Training of the Trainers on 13th & 14th March 2016 on Project Management & Financial Management. The overall objective of the workshop was to build the capacity of the project team. The training programme involved individual and group exercises as well as inputs and presentations from the different project officers,

RBL Bank and IIMPACT come together ...

The Umeed 1000 Mumbai-Delhi Cyclothon was inaugurated on Dec 7th, 2015, to create awareness about underprivileged girl child’s education and raise funds to educate the girl child thereby educating the community at large. Organized by RBL Bank in association with IIMPACT, the Cyclothon is being led by Jasmeet Singh Gandhi, a cycling enthusiast, who will

Umeed – Girl Child Education

Girl child education is an essential part of ensuring the growth of a strong society and country. An educated girl will be able to think for herself, create a life for herself that is not dictated by outdated philosophies. – Early marriages – High mortality – Low self esteem – Low ability to earn or

IIM-A alumnus CK Venkataraman keeps...

For the 54-year-old CK Venkataraman, the contrast between the haves and the have-nots has always been more glaring in India than other countries. The IIM-A alumnus, who hails from Coimbatore, quotes Jared Diamond’s ‘Guns, Germs & Steel’ and argues how fate can make one person more successful than another with the same potential. “It is

Childhood returns for bride married...

A little girl married off at the tender age of three, later divorced and today benefiting from IIMPACT’s education program – a very moving story recently featured in the leading Hindi Daily – Dainik Jagran.

CHARITABLE GIVING TIPS FROM WARREN ...

We share with you a link to an interesting article which appeared in Forbes.com

FORMAL LAUNCH OF IIMPACT AUSTRALIA

On August 9, in light of its 10- year celebrations, IIMPACT was formally launched in Australia at the City Hotel in Sydney. While IIMPACT in India has educated over 30,000 children since 2003, this is the first time an overseas entity has been established to further the cause. The Consul General of India in Sydney

IIMPACT at the First Givers Club In...

Give India recently launched the “First Givers Club” initiative with 50+ HNI families seriously inclined towards giving in Delhi/NCR. An inaugural summit was held on Aug 23rd evening at The Oberoi providing an interactive, outcome-oriented knowledge exchange platform. The sessions featured philanthropists presenting their personal engagement experiences and NGO leaders sharing their interesting models of work.

Sixteen year old Malala Yousafzai&#...

Some relevant words from her speech: ‘So let us wage, so let us wage a glorious struggle against illiteracy, poverty and terrorism, let us pick up our books and our pens, they are the most powerful weapons. One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world. Education is

IIMPACT Report on Educating the Gir...

IIMPACT has released a special report titled “Educating the Girl Child – Transforming Lives“. With this report we wish to share with the readers, our ten years of experiences working with the most marginalized communities. These experiences have been drawn from our direct work as well as the studies, observations and experiences of our partners, donors

IIMPACT Celebrates its 10th Anniver...

‘Making a difference’ ……while ‘Transforming Lives’ Officer ING Vysya Bank and Trustee ING Vysya Foundation, Mrs Manju Mithal represented the US based Katherine and Kamal Aggarwal Foundation. They all shared their respective IIMPACT experiences with the guests. The girls had traveled far that day to share their personal experiences and their future aspirations with all

Mewati women’s education an uphil...

Conservative society, shortage of schooling facilities hamper quality of education in this Haryana district. Read this very relevant story which recently featured in LiveMint.com Mewati women’s education an uphill struggle

NYTimes.com: India Ink: How to Help...

The New York Times recently carried an article on adolescent girls struggling to stay in school in India.Now read the follow up article to this where IIMPACT is mentioned as one of the “large charities that focus on education and/or girls in India”: http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/06/how-to-help-durga-and-girls-like-her/#more-30812

India’s schools fail to keep ...

“Many of the local people didn’t like the idea of giving girls opportunity. They felt threatened. They didn’t want girls going out of the house. They thought that we were there to corrupt them . . . We always think that these [obstacles] are exaggerated but they are not.” Read the full story

Reader’s Digest November 2011

Reader’s Digest article says that IIMPACT “…..is changing the lives of thousands of little girls – and the very fabric of rural India.”November 2, 2011The Reader’s Digest November 2011 issue covers IIMPACT under its Heroes series. The 4-page article says that IIMPACT “…..is changing the lives of thousands of little girls – and the very

Report Calls for Access to Educatio...

A new report by the Brookings Institution’s Center for Universal Education calls for a global policy agenda that focuses on access to quality education and learning for all children and youth in the developing world, especially poor girls who are often left behind and remain at a disadvantage. The report, supported by the MacArthur Foundation,

Harish Hande wins Magsaysay award 2...

We, as IIMPACT, are very proud that Harish Hande is one of the two Indians to win the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award for 2011. Harish’s organisation Selco Solar Light in Bangalore was responsible in helping IIMPACT find a unique solar solution to power laptops and computers donated to us by various organizations. As teaching aids,

IIMPACT GIRLS ACHIEVE FANTASTIC RES...

Thousands of girls at IIMPACT have passed class I and joined class II this year. Many of those who completed class V have joined formal schools in class VI – this year they number- 762! CLASS V RESULTS 2011 762 Girls Appeared For the Exams this year. 100% passed. IIMPACT CLASS V RESULTS 2011 GIRLS

IIMPACT COMES IN 8TH PLACE – ...

IIMPACT participated in the Global Giving Challenge which took place in the month of April. The good news is that IIMPACT successfully completed the GlobalGiving Challenge in 8th place, raising funds from 80 unique donations from its supporters.This helped ensure that IIMPACT earned a permanent spot with Global Giving, a U.S. based online giving platform,

Girls are still considered to be a ...

The missing daughters of Jhajjar B Y R UHI T EWARI [email protected] ························· JHAJJAR, HARYANA Fifteen-year-old Aarti Ahelawat waits patiently for the midday meal at the govern- ment senior secondary school in Chhuchhakwas, a village in Haryana’s Jhajjar district. Her younger brother goes to the privately run Paramount Se- nior Secondary School a few metres

Girls at “IIMPACT” Shar...

Bryan Adams, the world famous Grammy award winning singer-songwriter, is an ardent supporter of IIMPACT. The Bryan Adams Foundation and IIMPACT together educate 600 out-of-school and never-been-to-school in the villages of Jaipur district in Rajasthan. Bryan Adams Foundation and IIMPACT thus share a common belief that education is the best gift that a child can

To Change the World, Invest in Girl...

An article in the current issue of Time Magazine, titled “To Fight Poverty, Invest in Girls“, talks about the importance of investing in girls to reduce poverty and disease in the developing world. Across most of the developing world, very few girls are educated and most end up tending house, cleaning and cooking by

Winter Warmth For IIMPACT Girls..

A group of young well wishers recently embarked on a blanket distribution drive and donated blankets to IIMPACT – indeed a timely and very thoughtful gesture during the peak of winter. The distribution across IIMPACT learning centres started yesterday and is in full swing. All the blankets received would have been distributed amongst the most

IIMPACT Annual Day 2010 Celebration...

IIMPACT’S ANNUAL FUNCTION ORGANISED AT MAHUA KHURD VILLAGE OF ALWAR ON NOVEMBER 14, 2010 Every year 14 November is celebrated as Children’s Day to mark the birth anniversary of our first Prime Minister, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru. Every year IIMPACT celebrates this day with young children in the form of our Annual Function. Girls studying in

Solar Powered Learning Centers

IIMPACT has powered ten of its most backward Learning Centers in Alwar, Rajasthan with solar energy to run laptops and computers donated by Chevron and Deutsche Bank. These laptops run with educational material developed by Azim Premji Foundation in Bangalore and donated to IIMPACT. Since these Learning Centers have no access to electricity, the solar

IIMPACT Girls Secure 100% First Div...

Each year some girls from IIMPACT centres prepare and appear for the class V local Government Board Examination before moving on to the local secondary schools. IIMPACT’s non-formal, multilevel system of education enables girls to learn at their own pace. This year marked a noteworthy chapter in IIMPACT’s history as 163 girls from our IIMPACT

ING Model Science Lab Project

IIMPACT believes that the best form of learning by our girls about the science associated with our environment is through simple demonstrations and practical examples. A pilot project housed in a mobile van has been set up at Mahmoodabad, Lucknow, sponsored by ING Vysya Foundation, Bangalore, and ING Foundation, Amsterdam. It will impart basic exposure about

Friends of IIMPACT

During the recent school and college summer break IIMPACT welcomed volunteers who were keen to get involved and contribute towards our program in some way. A couple of young ‘friends of IIMPACT’ spent considerable time in the villages of Mewat Haryana and Alwar Rajasthan despite the oppressive heat of the month of June! These girls