PwC India Foundation supports Project Nanhi Kali in Darjeeling

Kolkata, 3 March: PwC India Foundation is supporting Project Nanhi Kali to empower 500 underprivileged girl children in Darjeeling by ensuring access to quality education and promoting concept-based learning. Project Nanhi Kali is jointly managed by K.C. Mahindra Education Trust and Naandi Foundation. 

Through this initiative, PwC will be reaching out to students from Standard 1 to Standard 5,  most of whom are  first generation learners in their families. The project aims to curtail the high dropout rate prevalent amongst school girls in India, while ensuring an enabling ecosystem for the girls to attend school with dignity and attain quality education. 

Jaivir Singh, Vice President, PwC India Foundation said, "Educating the girl child is an important step towards the creation of a fit for future and a truly inclusive society. We’re proud to be associated with Nanhi Kali and hope that this initiative will help reduce school dropout rates among girl students and encourage them to continue their education."

Sheetal Mehta, Executive Director & Trustee, K.C. Mahindra Education Trust said, "At Project Nanhi Kali, our aim is to enable underprivileged girls to complete 10 years of schooling with dignity. We are grateful to PwC India Foundation for partnering with us to support education of 500 Nanhi Kalis in Darjeeling. Through this partnership, we will have the opportunity to provide quality education and create a safe ecosystem for underprivileged girls in Darjeeling."

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About PwC India Foundation (PwCIF)

The PwC India Foundation was established in 2008 with the objective of making an impact in the areas of education and environment sustainability. 

We have now expanded our areas of intervention to sanitation, social entrepreneurship and humanitarian response to natural disasters. The Foundation’s initiatives revolve around the following: 

• Empowering communities: Supporting programmes run by NGOs.
• Enabling participation: Involving our employees by using their expertise.
• Special initiatives: Addressing some of the fundamental challenges in our country.

About Project Nanhi Kali

Project Nanhi Kali (which translates to 'a little bud' in Hindi) was set up in 1996 by Anand Mahindra with the objective of empowering underprivileged girls in India by providing them with quality education. Since its inception, it has reached out to over 3,75,000 underprivileged girls in India with over 15,000 Nanhi Kali alumni pursuing higher education and professional careers.  At present, the project is supporting the education of over 165,000 girls through 6,200 Nanhi Kali Academic Support Centres in different parts of India. The project has a cadre of 5,067 locally recruited tutors who are extensively trained to strengthen their capacity as Nanhi Kali Community Associates. Through interventions with the girls, their families and communities at large, the project has been successful in planting seeds for social change in some of the most deprived regions of the country.