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 [...]
We are pleased to announce the IIMPACT Corporate Challenge to be held at the Westin Hotel, Sohna, in March 2012. The event is being organized by Exper, a leading provider of behavioral training and organisational learning programmes. The event will provide an opportunity to selected corporate teams in a program comprising a series of competitive [...]
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, [...]
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, [...]
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 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, [...]
The missing daughters of Jhajjar B Y R UHI T EWARI ruhi.t@livemint.com ························· 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
