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Who We Are

Samanta Foundation is working in remote geographies of Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh with Other traditional forest dwellers, pastoral nomad, tribal, rural, scheduled castes and marginalised minority  communities.

Our focus areas - 

1. Whole School Transformation - Project QuEST (Quality education through School Transformation)

2. Youth Leaders - Project FLY (Fellowship for Local Youth)

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Vision

Education access for all, leading to holistic development of Communities

Mission

By 2027, enable access to quality education for 10000 children through Whole School Transformation in Uttarakhand

Goals

  • Quality education for children through Whole School Transformation

  • Work on youth engagement to develop local leadership and initiative

  • Develop curriculum and model AWCs

Objectives

Whole School Transformation of Public schools

  1. Library Development 

  2. Teacher/Staff training

  3. Foundational Literacy and Numeracy

Develop model AWCs and curriculum

Develop contextual learning resources

     1. Learning Kits

     2. Local storybooks

     3. Local language learning material

Youth fellowship program to build Rural Entrepreneurs/Edupreneurs

Values

  • RESPECT : All humans are equal

  • INTEGRITY : Honesty in all our actions

  • SERVICE : By the people, For the People

  • COMMUNITY CALL to Action

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Prashant is a keen social mind with a sense of interdisciplinary approach to problem solving on challenges of people in the current social-economic milieu. He looks at the challenges of - access, availability, affordability - of schools, education, and Youth development as the root for addressing social issues.

Bachelor in Engineering (IT)

Experience : IBM, SunLife, William J Clinton Fellows for Service

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Tanya is a creative mind that intends to engage with the strength of ownership, leadership and empathy in girls, women, children to create an alliance of communities to fuel empowerment. She looks at education as a tool of engagement to work on the intersectionality of gender, health, learning.

B A in Political Science, Master in Social Work

Experience : NRLM (Rajasthan), Himmothan

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Mentors

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Dr. Malathi Adusumalli

Professor, University of Delhi

Expertise - Tribal and Rural Development, Gender Development

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Ms. Ruchi Ghose

Director, Viridus Social Impact Solutions

Expertise - Transformation of School Leadership

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Mr K L Mukesh

Venture Partner,

Unitus Seed Fund

Fellow Contributors

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MBA (IIM-C), B.E. (PEC, Chandigarh)
Digital Architect and Technology Consultant

Author - Storytelling with Doodles

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B Tech (IT)

IT Consultant

Avid Traveller

mohini

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​Project Fellow - QuEST

manju

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​Project Fellow - QuEST

vinit

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​Project Fellow - QUEST​

GUNEET

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CXO

Interest Area :Travelling, Sports, Meditation

AAFREEN

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Project Fellow - QuEST

swati

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​Project Fellow - QuEST​

charu

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​Project Fellow - QuEST

SADDAM

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​Project Fellow - QuEST

Interest - Travel

Vrinda 

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Program Manager - QUEST

Interest - Naturalist

meenakshi

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Project Fellow - QuEST

shiwani

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​Project Fellow - QuEST

deepak

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Project Associate - QuEST

shoaib

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Project Fellow - QuEST

Interest - Cricket, Technology

aamna

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Program Associate

Interest - Blog writing, Storytelling

Tribe Samanta

The Team

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