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
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Quality education for children through Whole School Transformation
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Work on youth engagement to develop local leadership and initiative
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Develop curriculum and model AWCs
Whole School Transformation of Public schools
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Library Development
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Teacher/Staff training
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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
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RESPECT : All humans are equal
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INTEGRITY : Honesty in all our actions
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SERVICE : By the people, For the People
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COMMUNITY CALL to Action
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
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
Mentors
Dr. Malathi Adusumalli
Professor, University of Delhi
Expertise - Tribal and Rural Development, Gender Development
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
mohini
​Project Fellow - QuEST
manju
​Project Fellow - QuEST
vinit
​Project Fellow - QUEST​
GUNEET
CXO
Interest Area :Travelling, Sports, Meditation
AAFREEN
Project Fellow - QuEST
swati
​Project Fellow - QuEST​
charu
​Project Fellow - QuEST
SADDAM
​Project Fellow - QuEST
Interest - Travel
Vrinda
Program Manager - QUEST
Interest - Naturalist
meenakshi
Project Fellow - QuEST
shiwani
​Project Fellow - QuEST
deepak
Project Associate - QuEST
shoaib
Project Fellow - QuEST
Interest - Cricket, Technology
aamna
Program Associate
Interest - Blog writing, Storytelling