Educating India Creating Large-Scale Impact Throughout India & Beyond

1. Educating India Creating Large-Scale Impact Throughout India & Beyond

2. The Problem India is home to 40 percent of the world’s illiterates.

3. The Problem Of India’s 210 million children, nearly half are unable to read.

4. The Problem An estimated 11 million children work as child laborers.

5. Access is not the primary problem. 96.5% of children are enrolled yet almost half cannot read at grade level.

6. HALFthe enrolled children cannot read. When children cannot compete, they DROPout of school.

7. A cycle of illiteracy undermines the viability of India’s potential. 1Exploitation & Child Labor 2Child Marriage 6Illiterate Parents 5Violence & Poverty 3Overpopulation 4Unemployment

8. Why Pratham? Addresses Root Problems Efficient & Cost Effective Scalable

9. How We Help Pratham works with communities, parents and governments to: • Provide educational programs • Create educational standards • Advocate for educational reform • Test innovative programs

10. Creating Large-scale Change Pratham’s programs create change in 19 states across the country.

11. Read India II Over 200 districtsacross India are selected for this 3 year program.

12. Learning Support Classes Children 6 and above strengthen their reading and math skills, so they can keep up and stay in school.

13. Pratham Council for Vulnerable Children (PCVC) PCVC impacts over 184,000 childrenin urban and rural areas.

14. Balwadi 28,000 children from low income families access pre-school education.

15. Computer Assisted Literacy 173,000 childrenacross 8 states access school-based computer labs through this program.

16. Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 633,000 children are surveyed in rural India to measure learning levels, contributing to education reform in India and other countries.

17. Read India Achievements 2 millionchildren reached in rural regions reach through Read India from 2011-2012. 62,000 volunteers and 48,000 teachers trained in our teaching and assessment techniques. 633,000 children surveyed through ASER, measuring learning levels across the country and spurring education reform.

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20. Recognition 2011 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship 2009 CNN Indian of the Year Awardin the Public Service Category 2010 Henry R. Kravis Leadership Prizerecognizing leadership in the nonprofit sector

21. Pratham’s Chapters in the U.S. Pratham is in 15 cities with over 1,000 dedicated volunteers promoting Pratham’s cause within their communities.

22. Giving Opportunities Improve the State of Education in India Your generous donation goes a long way toward creating wide-scale impact for millions of children. Donor Levels $100,000 Visionary $75,000 Benefactor $50,000 Grand Patron $25,000 Patron $15,000 Adopt-a-District Leaders in Literacy $25,000 Literacy Advocates $10,000 Literacy Mentors $5,000 Literacy Principals • Sponsorship Benefits(Based on donor level) • Recognition in the Pratham USA Annual Report • Recognition in Chapter Gala Souvenirs • Invitations to exclusive briefings from program staff and exclusive gatherings hosted by fellow donors and Chapter leadership • Receive annual reports on Read India progress • Naming opportunities for Pratham facilities and programs in India • Receive customized progress reports from the field

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24. THANK YOU! We can’t do it without you.