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Building future innovators.



                                                                                                                                 economic systems of inequity and
                                                                                                                                 social structures of inequality that
          DIGIQUITY                                                                                                              of socio-ecological crises, further
                                                                                                                                 are at the root of our present suite

                                                                                                                                 exacerbated by the pandemic. And,
                                                                                                                                 access to quality education is the
                                                                                                                                 biggest driver of this change.


          let’s talk access                                                                                                      UN’s SDG4 aims to ‘ensure inclusive
                                                                                                                                 and equitable quality education
                                                                                                                                 and promote lifelong learning
          and quality                                                                                                            opportunities for all’. But, despite
                                                                                                                                 India’s phenomenal growth story,
                                                                                                                                 issues of access, equity, quality,
                                                                                                                                 relevance, and infrastructure,
                                                                                                                                 continue to impede progress,
                                                                                                                                 especially for those living in hard-to-
                                                                                                                                 reach communities.
          AIF’s flagship

          education programs                                                                                                     Designing participatory goals,     opportunities in her native village   equipping them with tools to break
                                                                                                                                 American India Foundation
                                                                                                                                                                    led to distressed seasonal migration
                                                                                                                                                                                                      the cycle of intergenerational
          design and execute                                                                                                     (AIF) is building resilient school   for her community. Every year Anjali   poverty in their family.
                                                                                                                                 systems through teacher capacity
          innovative, tech-                                                                                                      development and executing an       migrated with her parents, displacing   Access, without equity, is only half
                                                                                                                                                                    her from the safety of her house and
          driven solutions,                                                                                                      action-oriented pedagogy to address   keeping her away from school during   the job done. LAMP works with
                                                                                                                                 accrued learning losses. In concert
          to assist school                                                                                                       with the government’s efforts to   her foundational years. According   government schools and 1,300
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Anganwadis to address fundamental
                                                                                                                                                                    to UNICEF, one out of every five
          children at risk                                                                                                       reverse the Foundational Literacy   migrants is a child, resulting in an   learning deficits, acute learning
                                                                                                                                 and Numeracy regression, AIF’s
          of dropping out,                                                                                                       flagship education Programs —      estimated 92.95 million migrant   regression, and remove impediments
                                                                                                                                                                    children who often drop out of
                                                                                                                                                                                                      to attain age and grade-appropriate
          being left behind or                                                                                                   Digital Equalizer and the Learning   school or are never enrolled, robbing   education for all. LAMP does so
                                                                                                                                 and Migration Program —design
          ending up in child                                                                                                     and execute innovative, tech-driven   them of their Right to Education and   by leveraging a multi-pronged
                                                                                                                                                                                                      approach, focusing on Foundational
                                                                                                                                                                    a secure future.
          labor                                                                                                                  solutions, to assist school children                                 Literacy and Numeracy (FLN), Early
                                                                                                                                 at risk of dropping out, being left
                                                                                                                                 behind or ending up in child labor.   Mitigating such learning losses,   Childhood Care and Education
                                                                                                                                                                                                      (ECCE), remedial classes, and
                                                                                                                                                                    AIF works intensively with migrant
                                                                                                                                 These high-impact interventions
                                            Students experiment and innovate.                                                                                       communities, and the government,   multilingual teaching to reach tribal
                                                                                                                                 are committed to meeting the       to run Government Seasonal Hostels   children at the last mile.
                                                ndia is home to almost 19%     and vulnerable communities. and                   educational needs of children in   through its Learning and Migration
                                                of the world’s children, while   their everyday lives are marked by              some of the remotest geographies   Program (LAMP). Increasing access   Its Learning Resource Center
                                                over one-third of the country’s   a lack of access to basic rights, and          of India.                          to seasonal hostels for children like   supports teachers and students with
                                                population is below the age of   resources, with educational poverty                                                Anjali, not only provides them a safe   a dedicated education facilitator,
                                           I18. With the world’s largest       as one of the key impediments.                    Children’s access to education is   haven to learn and grow among    and learning tools such as STEM
                                            adolescent and youth population,   As the world works to “build                      limited by diverse factors and is   their peers, keeps them away from   kits, smart classes, reading corners,
                                            India is poised to harness the     back better” from COVID-19, we                    often unique to their communities.   child labor, but also gives them an   etc to further equity in students’
                                            demographic dividend and achieve   stand at the cusp of an inimitable                9-year-old Anjali from Nuapada,    opportunity to access education,   access to educational resources. In
                                            real economic growth over the next   opportunity to build back differently!          Odisha, never stepped inside a     clean water, and nutritious food,   its 18 years, LAMP has impacted
                                            few decades. Sadly, most of India’s   AIF’s post-COVID-19 vision aims to             classroom for the first seven years   improving their health, enrollment,   over 1.3 million children across
                                            children live in rural, low-income,   radically transform the underlying             of her life. The lack of livelihood   and retention in rural schools,   3,269 villages in 17 states and union


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