Vidya Grants

02/18/2012

Big day for Vidya Grants tomorrow as it is our first annual testing day for over 1000 students in Delhi! Very proud of our amazing team in India and much luck their way as I know all will go as planned!!

05/16/2011

Sakeena Begum, a 3rd grade Vidya scholar.

04/24/2011

Mohd Riyazuddin, a 7th Grade student currently studying at a Vidya School.

04/24/2011

Amreen Begum, a 4th Grade student currently in a Vidya School.

04/23/2011

A nonprofit should not have to be around forever! Read this success story from the NYT that shows how some charities are gladly admitting that they no longer need to be open. Vidya envisions a future where all the needs that currently exist are met, and we too can step down to see every child in India with the education they deserve.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/02/business/02charity.html?_r=2&pagewanted=2

Some nonprofits, like one fighting malaria or another serving victims of the N***s, are happily closing their doors as they run out of work.

04/23/2011

Check out this Wall Street Journal article on India's Education System; although this piece focuses largely on college graduates, it can be considered a reflection of primary education as well.

* Half of the India's fifth graders can't read at a second-grade level.

* Cheating, often in collaboration with test graders, is rampant.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703515504576142092863219826.html

India projects an image of a nation churning out hundreds of thousands of students every year who are well educated, a looming threat to the better-paid middle-class workers of the West. But in reality, companies are having increasing difficulty finding competent employees.

12/29/2010

Nicholas D. Kristof, a journalist for the New York Times, examines the lives of Indian women who have turned their life around thanks to micro-finance systems and organizations. In this fascinating 5 minute slideshow, we see how giving just the initial push for those who are buried in obstacles can raise them up and give them momentum they need.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/08/20/magazine/kristof-audioss

How educating girls and empowering women can help fight poverty and extremism.

11/29/2010

Conversation with a Teacher in India:

http://vidyagrants.tumblr.com/post/1728901707/conversation-with-a-teacher

Conversation with a Teacher... Ameet, Vidya’s representative in India, is taking time to discover what the learning situation is really like. Insights like this help tailor Vidya to suit the...

10/27/2010

"The Test of Poverty"

"The Test of Poverty" follows two women living in extreme poverty in West Bengal, India, as they participate in Trickle Up's program and work to change the effects that generations of poverty have had on their families' lives. The film shows that addressing the needs of the ultra-poor -those living

10/16/2010

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10/12/2010

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