A former Cisco Engineer, Neil Dsouza is packing all the great educational content available online such as Khan Academy, Open Courseware from MIT, Stanford, CK-12 to name a few into a tiny wireless router and delivering it to the orphanages in disconnected areas. Read more
Tees At Risk markets t-shirts featuring innovative and thought-provoking designs by at-risk teens. The t-shirt sales help to fund non-profits that assist at risk youth. Read more
Teach for India is tackling the program of education in India by using a model that has worked very successfully in the US. They are calling on India’s brightest to teach for two years in under-resourced schools so that the children in these schools too can benefit from excellent teachers and education just like their counterparts in well to do private schools. Read more
More Than Me, a Liberia based social venture is the first to meet its fundraising target on 33needs.com – 60 people have pooled in varied amounts from as little as $5 to fund More Than … Read more
Teach for All, a network of organizations worldwide that provide opportunities for college grads and young professionals to teach full-time for 2 years in under-resourced schools for a modest stipend. Enlisting the brightest minds to help children in low income schools succeed. Read more
Mumbai Smiles is a non-profit organization based out of India, Spain and Mexico, focused on providing quality education, health services and livelihood opportunities for families living in the slums of Mumbai. The non-profit was born … Read more
Khan Academy, a one man US based nonprofit has transformed the way knowledge is imparted and has brought education outside the realm of schools and colleges, making it free and easy for everyone to learn … Read more
This Christmas Eve, we were invited to Harkadas Primary School, a Government run school located in Pune’s oldest slum. This school, is one of many schools operated by the Pune Municipal Corporation. It attracts children … Read more
Many adolescent girls in South Asia are forced to choose work over school to support their families that live below the poverty line. This means, at the age of 10 or 12, they drop out … Read more
This is the story of a football club, where the only criteria to join is compulsory attendance to classes in basic English, Math and Hindi. How kids drop out of school to marry young Ashok … Read more
If you own an iPhone, you can now practice your Punjabi on-the-go with Ravi Foundation’s iPhone App. What’s even better, is that 100% of all proceeds from the App go towards supporting children’s education! Technology … Read more