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Children’s Hope India – Celebrating Those Who Change Lives
Shaping Futures, Changing Lives is the mantra of the upcoming Children’s Hope India Gala at Pier Sixty on October 12, and nobody embodies that more than these honorees: there’s Nitin Rakesh, CEO and Managing Director of Mphasis who is the Lotus Honoree for this year; there’s M R Rangaswami, founder of Indiaspora, a changemaker who receives the Special Impact Award for his groundbreaking work in nurturing the diaspora community; Priti Patkar gets the Making a Difference Award for her passionate work with vulnerable children in India; and highlighting the work of the new generation is Rising Star Monica Lund, Co-founder, Academian. CHI had an intimate cocktail at Hutong in Manhattan to announce these honorees and introduce those who were in New York to the CHI advisory board members, board, staff and junior members.
Come felicitate these remarkable honorees at the upcoming gala, wine and dine with 500 new friends and old, and celebrate joy, health and success by passing it forward through education of vulnerable children in India.
What is 30 x 30 Educative Initiative?
More than thirty years ago, CHI made a commitment to helping the
Whole Child in India’s most underserved and vulnerable regions via niche,
targeted programs, with trained teachers. Over the course of our journey, we
realized that there was an urgent need for standardized and contemporary
methodology; digital literacy as well as hybrid educational pedagogy; and
early childhood education that was mostly a missing component in teacher
training / classrooms.
With app. 40% of India’s population under the age of 18, wholesome
development and holistic growth of children and youth are critical. In order
to ensure that children are prepared for the formal education system and are
empowered to become contributing members of society, a comprehensive
model needs to be in place.
Keeping in mind the need, and with the objective of supplementing the
initiatives of the government, as indicated in the National Education Policy,
CHI launched the CHI 30/30 Education Initiative in 2022 (30 years of service;
aiming to reach 30 centers). The initiative, launched in five centers, in its
pilot phase, has now expanded to more than 14 centers impacting 4000+
students, across non-formal and formal educational institutions, over a
span of just two-and-half years.
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