Category: education for girls
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K. Kamaraj: promoting education through the midday meal scheme
IN the decades following Indian independence, two of the most urgent and alarming issues that involved children were education and malnutrition. Entire villages had no schools and children suffered from severe acute malnutrition (SAM). But one of the ways the country sought to promote education and decrease child malnutrition rates was through the midday meal…
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Milaan Foundation: ushering in winds of change for underprivileged girls
ONE of the few most significant organisations championing the cause of the empowerment of underprivileged adolescent girls is Milaan Foundation, started by Dhirendra Pratap Singh in 2007. He has had several successful forays in developing strategy and scaling operations for social impact organisations, including leading the India operations for Vidya Grants, an education-focused philanthropic fund…