About NGO:
educo [www.educo.in] is a fully registered charitable trust in India whose aim is the education of children in India out of poverty. educo India is run by volunteers who oversee seven programmes throughout the country, which in total provide education for some 1,500 underprivileged children.

educo's 4 Key Pillars:

1.Education is given through English-providing the students with the best chance for economic and social mobility.

2.educo puts great emphasis on keeping girls in full-time education-helping to redress the female education gender imbalance-proven to be the most important factor in a country's economic development.

3.educo undertakes the training of teachers from the areas local to its schools, thus providing direct investment back into the local community

4.Computer training is actively promoted-ensuring the most underprivileged children are given the skills necessary for modern employment environments.

Fund Usage:
Saibaba Path Mumbai Public School, Lalbaug (Parel), Central Mumbai

The money raised from the marathon will be used to fund our programme in central Mumbai-Saibaba Path school in Lalbaug (Parel)-an area with one of the highest slum habitation percentages and lowest literacy rates in Mumbai. Our English-medium school is housed on the ground floor of a large BMC school, where we currently educate 180 pupils in four classrooms, from Junior Kindergarten to Standard 2. Saibaba Path has a huge potential for growth and our aim is to keep expanding our school by one classroom per year up to Standard 12 to meet the tremendous need for a good quality free English-medium school for local underprivileged children.

The money raised from the marathon will be spent on the following at Saibaba Path, in the academic year 2012-2013. As educo India is run by volunteers, all the money donated goes towards this school programme.

• Teachers' salaries [a contribution towards the total, or the total expenditure, depending on the amounts received]

• Educational school materials, including educational posters, teaching aids, books, copybooks and art supplies

• Renovation of new classroom for Standard 3, including new flooring, plastering, painting and monsoon-proofing of old existing classroom, and will take place in May 2012

• Renovation of additional classroom to be used as an art & music room, similar renovation work as above

• Nutritional supplements of the midday meal, this is either a protein snack or piece of fruit

Page Url :
http://www.unitedwaymumbai.org/ngo83_educo.htm

Founded Year: 2006

Cause category: Education

Our Supporters

• Kerry Gielty
• Linus Fernandes