Education

This former railway clerk from Nellore station, known as “Daddy” to more than 120 children, runs an organization that provides food for the body and soul to some of the most battered lives in our country.

Sara Fatima was forced to drop out of school at 13. Today, the brave young woman is working hard to ensure her sister does not suffer a similar fate.

Raquel Mason is a Spanish woman who has made India her home for the past ten years so she can educate and empower Dalit children, senior citizens and women.

The Hope Kolkata Foundation was founded in 1999 with the sole purpose of bettering the lives of the 2.5 lakh children who have to fend for themselves on the streets of Kolkata.

Communities Rising runs after-school programmes for children in parts of rural Tamil Nadu. They are using StoryWeaver to help inculcate a love of reading in their students.

Samina Bano, an IIM Bangalore alumna and RTE crusader, fought several odds in Uttar Pradesh to enable over 20,000 children from underprivileged gain access education education in private schools. This is how.

The Delhi High Court recently rejected the demand of publishers' to ban coursepacks on the grounds of violation of copyright, thus making educational content more accessible and affordable for students.

Mastram Hitesh, a 21-year-old engineering graduate who belongs to a tribal community in Jimra, Madhya Pradesh, is leaving no stone unturned on his way to educate children and elders in his community.

18-year-old Mohan could only study till class 7 in his village school. In Mumbai, he had to beg and sell flowers on the streets to support his family. But today, there is hope for him. Today, he is a class 8 student in the Signal School.

Started by Chandni Chopra and Aarshiya Chaudhry, the Udyami initiative is helping school children in Delhi find their own voice and become change-makers in their communities.