Anne, Matt, Ingrid - Rajasthan!
Ann, Matt and Ingrid - We are proud of you!

An Award and Many Thanks!

India Study Abroad Center (ISAC) was founded in 2006 by Safeena Husain, a committed social entrepreneur as an extension of her vision towards systemic change through sustained meaningful engagement.  

 

ISAC programs have been designed to provide students with a learning experience that not only changes their perspective of socio-economic issues facing modern India but also to encourage healthy exchange of resources and skills to assist local organizations that are at the forefront of social change in the country.

 

In the year 2007 Safeena's passion for education and change through systemic reform led her to found Educate Girls, a non-profit organization that works towards promoting the educaton of girls in developing countries through community ownership of government schools.

 

It gives us immense pride to inform you that Educate Girls has been awarded the prestigious and highly competitive EdelGiveSocial Innovation Honours (ESIH 2011) for its outstanding achievements in improving girls' enrolment, retention and academic performance in Government schools in the desert state of Rajasthan. The award includes a citation, trophy and a cash award of Rs. 1 million.  

 Many Thanks to ISAC Volunteers'

 

It gives us even more pride to commend the efforts of ISAC volunteers Claire, Amelia, Anna, Matt and Ingrid. They contributed to this success with more than 2500 hours of dedication and hard work for the organization. Their work with Educate Girls included :

  • Interviewing program beneficiaries and documenting success stories
  • Codifying the Educate Girls Model for Systemic Change and Reform (for Girls' Education in India)
  • Creating videos and other audio-visual communication tools for training
  • Creating promotional material and communications for fund-raising
  • Researching and documenting material that would go into the www.educategirls.in website

Cumulatively these volunteers spent nearly 15 months in the program area traversing through interiors of the stunning but challenging terrain of rural Rajasthan. We dedicate much of this well deserved success to the efforts of Claire, Amelia, Anna, Matt and Ingrid.

Reformative and transformative change requires sustained effort, patience and focus on long-term objectives while engaging communities on an ongoing basis. By supporting or participating in ISAC programs all of you have encouraged our efforts in this direction.
 

We hope that this award inspires all of us to contribute our might to a new global order for a better tomorrow.

With Warmest Regards,

Hansal Mehta, CEO
INDIA STUDY ABROAD CENTER

 

BE THE CHANGE! 

Safeena
Safeena Husain

"Girls' education is the greatest investment our country can make today. Educate a girl and birthrates fall, familiy health improves, household income rises, political extremism and violence decline. Moreover, literacy accelerates as an educated mother is five times more likely to send her children to school.

  Safeena Husain
 Founder, ISAC and Educate Girls

  

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Become a part of social change. Contribute your skills to Educate Girls and many such excellent organizations that partner with ISAC. Join a gowing breed of ISAC Global Citizens who are striving to make a difference! Write to us at info@indiastudyabroad.org 

 

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