S02.2 Challenging Educational Inequity: Shaheen Mistri's Story of Persistence, Struggle and Passion

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Shaheen Mistri is a true visionary striving for all children in India to have access to an excellent education. Shaheen grew up in 5 countries around the world, she only returned to India at the age of 18. That’s when she transferred from Tufts University to study at St. Xaviers in Mumbai and started building the Akanksha Foundation to provide children from low-income communities the kind of education that would maximise their greatest potential. Today, Akanksha serves 9,300 children through their School Project and after-school centres in Mumbai and Pune.

In 2008, Shaheen founded Teach For India, with a vision to provide an excellent education to all children across India by building a pipeline of leaders committed to ending educational inequity in India. Teach For India directly impacts approximately 32,000 children across seven regions in India. Shaheen has also created projects like the Maya Musical, The Greatest Show on Earth and the Kid's Education Revolution which explore student leadership, creating platforms for student voice and partnership, and TFIx, which is a year-long incubator program for passionate entrepreneurs who are willing to adapt Teach For India’s model to their context and region in rural areas.

Teach For India is a non-profit organisation that is part of the Teach For All network. The fellowship program recruits college graduates and working professionals to serve as full-time teachers in low-income schools for two years. Their goal is to bridge the gap of educational inequity. For more information:

@teachforindia

Website: https://www.teachforindia.org/

LinkedIn: https://www.teachforindia.org/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TeachForIndia

The Akanksha Foundation is an organization with a mission to impact the lives of children from low-income communities, enabling them to maximize their potential and change their lives. Find them at:

@theakankshafoundation

Website: https://www.akanksha.org/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-akanksha-foundation/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6B6bP1papa7DvS3kUn-Sqg

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