“When you educate a boy, you educate

an individual. When you

educate a girl, you educate a

community”

African Proverb

India is amongst the few developing nations that has a defined national policy for compulsory primary educationRight To Education (RTE)

India has one of the largest networks of government and private schools

Despite this over 50% girl children do not have direct access to primary education

Why is she denied?

- Boys given priority on resources- Education considered irrelevant- Forced to drop out to share domestic workload- Not enough women teachers- Belief in age old philosophies (“Raising girls is like watering someone else’s lawn”)

Why is it important?

Lack of education results in many larger issues:- Early marriage- Low mortality- Lower employment opportunities- Lower self esteem- Low contribution to society and nation

What can we do to fulfill the dreams she carries in her eyes?

Join me in my journey as I cycle from Mumbai to Delhi in Dec ‘15

I am supporting IIMPACT (iimpact.org) a Gurgaon based NGO focused on providing quality primary education to girls from marginalized communities across India helping them become agents of change

UMEED is hope and I use my passion for cycling to raise awareness and money for social causes.

In 2014 I cycled from Mumbai to Bangalore to support kids suffering from eye cancer

MUM – DEL | DEC ‘15

What is IIMPACT?- Formed by the 1978 alumni batch of IIM (A) in 2003- Mission is to mobilize non-school going girls, between the ages of 6 and 14 from backward areas and provide them quality primary education

How does it work?- Actively engaged with grassroots NGOs - Develop local community learning centers- Provide stimulating learning environment till year 5 of education- Ease students into the mainstream middle and high schools- 100% donor funds go towards girl education

What has it achieved?- IIMPACT educates over 45,000 girls in 1100 villages across 11 States of India

Student attendance = 75%Parents in monthly PTA = 72%

Student per center = 32Annual drop out rate = 5%

Highest marks in class V = 92%1st div scores in class V = 97%

Monthly performance reportsManagement audits all projects

HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?Per Learning Center- Rs.90,000 per year- Educates 30 girls per year- Rs.250/girl/month

WHAT IS THE MODEL?IIMPACT has NO admin cost/recoveryfrom the donations100% donations go towards educating the girls

HOW CAN YOU CONTRIBUTE?

PUT THESE GIRLS ON THE ROAD TO EDUCATION

Pledge to sponsor a few kilometers@Rs.1000/km

To make an impact you can:

Write a chequePlease make it to IIMPACT a/c no 309000753276

Transfer directlyRBL Bank ABW Tower, Gr. Flr., IFFCO ChowkGurgaon 122002, HaryanaIFSC Code RATN0000116

Donate Onlinewww.ketto.org/umeed_1000

GO AHEAD…PUT THAT SMILE ON HER FACE

• Thane-Vapi: 150 kms• Vapi-Surat: 110 kms• Surat-Vadodra: 140 kms• Vadodra-Ahmedabad: 110 kms• Ahmedabad-Himmatnagar: 80 kms• Himmatnagar - Udaipur: 180 kms• Udaipur-Chittorgarh: 110 kms• Chittorgarh-Kishangarh (Ajmer): 210 kms

Kishangarh (Ajmer)-Jaipur: 105 kms• Jaipur-Jainpurwas: 125 kms• Jainpurwas- Bhiwadi: 75 kms• Bhiwadi -Gurgaon: 45 kms• Gurgaon-Delhi-Gurgaon: 60 kms