Overview

Works with the aim of changing the lives of children from financially weak backgrounds in urban areas through focus on quality education and economic stability in family.

The urban education initiative in India focuses on data assessment, transformation of school systems and education innovation.

The data assessment project aims to develop reliable, consistent and comparable tools for evaluation and assessment of student performance against predefined academic standards with the objective of assisting the government in introducing comprehensive academic evaluation standards at a nationwide level.

With the help of grants, equity investments and loans, the school transformation initiative aims to change the school education system in India at a grass root level by supporting various school transformation projects. The focus of school transformation is to improve learning outcomes, leadership, teacher capabilities and processes in schools.

The aim of education innovation program is to enhance employability of school students through teacher training tools focused on building proficiency in children.

Its initiative on family economic stability works on financial inclusion, providing access to employment and adoption of uniform social performance indicators. The financial inclusion project aims at creating strong urban micro-finance institutions through grants and equity investments.

Through investment in skill training programs and organizations, it aims to provide urban youth with access to entrepreneurship and employment opportunities by training them in vocational skills and supporting them with loans, training certificates and career counselling.

To ensure reliable and transparent practices in micro finance, it also works on development of social performance indicators such as the Out of Poverty index which measures the performance of micro-finance institutions and makes sure that the intended benefits of micro-finance reach the targeted beneficiaries.

To achieve its objectives, it works in collaboration with NGOs, startups, social entrepreneurs, governments, implementation experts and other community organizations for executing and implementing projects for educational and economic development of individuals living in urban poverty.