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"All agree that the single most important key to development and poverty alleviation is education. This must start with universal primary education for girls and boys equally".
- James D. Wolfenhousen, former president of the World Bank |
Through its events, programs and initiatives, Pratham Canada raises awareness about Pratham India’s educational and child welfare initiatives in slum communities.
Pratham Canada’s main activities are:
- Organizing or participating in public events such as cultural events, state functions, entertainment programs, etc, to raise awareness and funds.
- Disseminating information about Pratham through promotional mailings, website, mass-media communication, advertising and e-mails;
- Facilitating the participation and involvement of volunteers from Canada in Pratham activities in India;
- Facilitating contacts and exchange programs between Canadian academic or social welfare institutions as well as NGOs and Pratham branches in India.
- Exploring opportunities for collaboration and joint-initiatives between Pratham India and Canadian NGOs, government agencies and private sector
entities.
Recent examples:
Summer 2005: Pratham Canada facilitated the visit by a group of students from the Bishop Strachan School in Toronto to Pratham’s program in Bangalore India.
Summer 2006: Toronto Chapter raised $ 10,000.00 on July 29 by organizing Banjo Music Concert in Toronto which was matched by ICICI Bank Canada |
Other Pratham branches
in Canada:
Pratham BC Foundation, Vancouver, British Columbia:
http://members.shaw.ca/prathambc
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News and Events
Canada
If you enjoyed
the colourful dance performances at Pratham Canada's 2007
fund-raiser on Mothers' Day, we have another treat in store
for you this Spring!
Announcing
Pratham Canada's 2008 Spring Festival of Dance, at the
Kailash Mital Theatre (formerly Southam Hall) at Carleton
University on June 8!!
Please mark
your calendars so you won't miss this spectacular showcase of
local talent, all for a worthy cause: supporting primary
education for millions of slum children in India. Last year
you helped raise enough money (approx. $ 6000.00) to send 400
kids to school for a year. With your continuing support we
can do even better this year!
Magic Show in Toronto :
Kruti Parekh, a highly popular magician from India, presented a
Magic Show in Septemebr 2007 that raised nearly $ 6,000 for Pratham!
India
Pratham's Read India program receives a major boost! Recently the Hewlett and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundations donated $ 9 million to Pratham's 'Read India' initiative.
National Geographic magazine, in its May 2007 issue
recognizes Pratham's work
(Read
Full Article)
Read what 'The Economist',
one of the world’s most respected news and public affairs magazine,
has to say about Pratham.
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