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Of the 250 million children worldwide who cannot read or write, two-fifths reside in India, where for 21 years Pratham has been working to alleviate this crisis.
We develop low-cost solutions to improve the quality of learning and work with governments to take them to scale.
Our community-driven approach has engaged hundreds of thousands of volunteers and has affected the lives of 45 million Indian children.
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Rakhi’s Story: Dedicated to Her Students’ Dreams
Rakhi is a teacher in Pratham’s Second Chance program at a center in Mumbai. She spends her days helping female dropouts ages 14-35 prepare for their secondary school exams. Rakhi sees a lot of girls and women pass through her doors, and their story is often the same: circumstances at home caused them to leave school early.
