As a Givology volunteer, I believe in the power of education as being the catalyst to improving communities by enabling socioeconomic as well as economic progress. I graduated high school from Newark Academy in June of 2014, and have decided to defer my start at the University of Pennsylvania in order to take a gap year. During my gap year, I will be serving as a corps member to City Year--an Americorps program which seeks to decrease school drop out rates by increasing attendance and the overall quality of students' education. By understanding the issues facing education in developed countries through City Year, and continuing to learn more about the issues facing developing countries through Givology, I hope to be able to best utilize my university education to best enable change in the future.
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29 MAR 2015
An Interview with Dr Sampath, the Founder of our Partner AID Indias Education Initiative EurekaChild
Givology is excited to be partnering with AID INDIA, an organization that strives to reach India's poorest and provide them [i]quality[/i] education through sustainable village centric in and after-school programs geared to raising standards. Last week we had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Sampath on his work and accomplishments with the foundation. So far, Dr Sampath's work has been able to impact 11 Districts, 500 Villages, and 25,000 Children. Here is a transcript of his insights. [img]/images/user/5609_14387076051805892893.jpg[/img] [b]How did you find the Eureka initiative?[/b] While I was completing my graduate studies at the University of Maryland, I became very involved in the Association for India's Development (AID). I wanted to focus on improving the education and health in India, and I quickly realized that I was trying to tackle too broad of a problem. I began to focus on children's education, because I felt that I could make the biggest impact in thi...