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Make an IIMPACT!. Empower the Girl Child through Education. Women hold up half the sky – Chinese Saying. “Investment in girls’ education may well be the highest-return investment available in the developing world” Larry Summers, when Chief Economist at the World Bank - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Make an IIMPACT!
Empower the Girl Child through Education
Women hold up half the sky – Chinese Saying
• “Investment in girls’ education may well be the highest-return investment available in the developing world”
• Larry Summers, when Chief Economist at the World Bank
• “Gender inequality hurts economic growth,” • Goldman Sachs, 2008 research report showing how much
developing countries could improve their economic performance by educating girls
• “When women command greater power, child health and nutrition improves”
• Esther Duflo, Economist, MIT
IIMPACT’s focus is on educating the Girl Child
• Primary education• Girls 6-14 years• Poor and
disadvantaged communities
• Remote and rural India
[Established 2003 by alumni of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad for all thoughtful professionals]
IIMPACT Methodology is inclusive and empowers the community
• Offers good quality primary education
• Develops each girl to be an independent thinker and self learner
• Employs creative learning materials that stimulate and enhance awareness, comprehension, self esteem and confidence
• Provides friendly, open communication and develop happy students
• Bestows ownership and responsibility to the students, parents and village groups
• Involves community members in improving the situation in their village
• Girls learn to shed their inhibitions, hesitation and shyness and perform well at every stage
• The empowered girl, aware parents and community ensure non-interrupted education of the girls
IIMPACT’s Operating Model builds an ecosystem for sustainable outcomes
• Identification of areas and beneficiaries
• Mobilization of volunteers and civil society organizations
• Training of teachers• Developing teaching and
learning materials• Establishing Learning
Centers• Innovative education
techniques• Special focus on pedagogy
• Impart good knowledge in key subjects
• Art, craft, culture and sports involvement
• Life skills training for girls• Involvement of parents,
panchayat, community and schools
• Mainstreaming and follow-up
• Advocacy, awareness generation and networking
IIMPACT Monitors Success Indicators
• Strong systems for review and reporting• Monthly reports on key indicators of performance• Regular field visits by Coordinator & Board members• Awards for good performance for Teachers & Students• Management Audit of projects
Report Card : Participation
Student attendance : 75%
Attendance of parents in monthly PTA meetings: 72%
Student enrolment per Centre : 32
Annual drop out rate : less than 5%
Report Card : Academic
Maximum marks obtained in Class V : 92%
Girls getting first division in Class V exam: 97%
Girls passing Class V : 100% of those who took the exams
IIMPACT Governance protects all key stakeholders
President Anil Tandon – Managing Director, Tex Corp
Treasurer Amal Jajodia - Chief of International Operations, Pidilite Inds.
Secretary Rahul Tandon – Sr. Consultant, Eureka Forbes
BoardMembers
Satish Kumar - Managing Director, Henkel India Arvind Mahajan - Executive Director, KPMG Advisory Services Devraj Singh - Managing Director (India Opns), TBM ConsultantsRamasastry Ambarish - Managing Partner, SRB2 Group LLC
AdvisorsKrishan Dhawan – Managing Director, Oracle India Biswajit Sen – Rural Development Specialist, World Bank, Delhi
Vision Implementor: Nirmala Tandon
Revered Teacher, ex-Delhi Public School
Help replicate a proven model nationwide
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2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2008: 8,600 girls in 290 LCs• 200 villages in Rajasthan,
Haryana, UP, Karnataka & Jharkhand
2009: 10,000 girls in 350 LCs
• Expansion in Karnataka, Jharkhand, Haryana, Bihar, MP and TN
2013: 60,000 girls in 2,000 LCs
• 41 districts in 9 States
IIMPACT Learning Centres are the building blocks
One Learning Centre• Costs INR 80,000 per year =
USD 2,500• Educates 30 girls per year• Ideal commitment is for 5
years
A $2,500 donation equates to:• $85 per girl per year• $7 per girl per month!
IIMPACT has NO admin/cost recovery from donations
• So every dollar donated goes straight through to the children!
Next Actions: Make an IIMPACT!
Donate now• Online at
http://preview.tinyurl.com/IIMPACT
• Wire/Telegraphic Transfer http://www.iimpact.net/donations.html
• For more information, visit our website: www.iimpact.net
Email a friendly IIMPACT rep:• India: [email protected]• USA: [email protected]• Australia: [email protected]
IIMPACT Model is proven and scalable
Learning Centres
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2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Girl Child
Community
Today
Tomorrow
Higher SchoolingBetter skillsBetter healthSocial improvement[Marriage at appropriate age]
Out of schoolWork pressureSocial problems (e.g. early marriage)Poor health
Improved livelihoodsLarge scale literacyProgress
Sustained povertyGenerational illiteracyBackwardness
Expected Outcomes