Who We Are

Samanta Foundation has been working with the remote geographies of Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh with rural, tribal and forest communities.

Our focus areas -

1. Quality education for all - Project QUEST

2. Youth Leaders - Project FLY - G

Vision

Education access for all, leading to holistic development of Communities

Mission

By 2027, enable access to quality education for 10000 children and 500 youth 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

Library Development
Teacher/Staff training
Foundational Literacy and Numeracy

Develop model AWCs and currciculum

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

PRASHANT

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 : Senior Fellow (American India Foundation), IBM, SunLife, William J Clinton Fellows for Service

TANYA

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