Case Studies
IIMPACT ‘s FOCUS Re-VALIDATED
An IndiaSpend analysis of indicators on literacy, school enrolment and learning outcomes across four BIMARU States provides a confirmation of IIMPACT’s decision to work in these areas. Read More… India’s Great School Education Challenge: Crisis In The BIMARU States Bihar Short Of 280,000 Teachers; Spends Lowest Per Elementary School Student Uttar Pradesh: More Children Than
A Childhood Reclaimed
It is indeed very hard to digest narratives of young village girls being separated from their families and sent to nearby cities to work and to bring in additional income to their impoverished families. Typically the work they get involved in is that of a domestic help, earning a mere pittance – an amount often
Stories by IIMPACT Girls
The teachers of IIMPACT are devoted and dedicated. It is because of this that our girls are learning fast and now have good writing skills. A sample of this is given below. These are stories written by our girls themselves.
Effects of Education on Girls Famil...
This is a study of a tangential aspect of intervention as we are not looking at any intervention directly. Here we are trying to understand the spread effect of a particular initiative, namely the girl’s education program by Nalanda. Under this initiative Nalanda has been running about 100 education centers for the girls in the
Young Shahanara – a married g...
Sahanara Khatun, daughter of Abdul Gaffer Lasker was an out of school girl till IIMPACT touched her life. She lives in the tiny village Patra and was married at the very early age of thirteen. Her husband works in a distant town and Sahanara continues to stay with her parents. Being faced with such a
IIMPACT Girls Inspire Young Urmila...
Urmila , a seven year old IIMPACT student in Orissa is living proof of the fact that even extremely young children can be positively influenced by the actions of their peer group. Before IIMPACT came into her life Urmila could be seen helping her widowed mother with housework. She had lost her father at the
Zeenat’s Story
Zeenat Khan is a ten year old girl who belongs to a completely uneducated family. Zeenat was enrolled at the IIMPACT learning centre ‘Deepak’ in Rajasthan. It is Zeenat who has helped introduce the light of education into her household and has now made education an integral part of the family members’ lives. Zeenat’s positive
Ashma Bano: A Success Story
Babu Sameedullaha and his wife Khaleekum would never have dreamt that their daughter Ashma would ever go to school. Her life and future had always promised to be bleak and dismal. Abu had injured his hand in an unfortunate accident and is not capable of working with his hands, leaving his family extremely poor. It
Rubina: Words Of Inspiration
Rubina Khatoon is a bright girl from one of the learning centers sponsored by ING-Vysya. She was identified by our local team in Mehmoodabad as we were planning to award our girls for their outstanding performance. When Mrs. Khatoon,, Rubina’s mother, came to know about our visit, she came and spoke to us. She told
