We strongly believe that the only metrics that matters to us is the "destination" that we dream for each of our cohorts and the "effect" they will bring about in their community. In fact we call each of our cohort NOT by the year of them joining us, but the year they will graduate and get their job!
Our Year 1 journey had 21 families across 2 locations who have embraced us for helping them in their child's educational journey. The children's age range from 10 to 21 and are currently studying in different grades / schools and colleges.
In Year 2 - We are now covering 70+ families across 4 locations in Bangalore. Hopefully our "satellite centers" staffed with our own alumni/teachers from the community will soon start playing the role of "force-multipliers" and uplift the 250-200 households in each of the communities we touch!
In Year 3 - We are now already covering 250+ families across 6 locations in Bangalore and Kerala (Rural) and intend to add few more additional locations in the second half of the year. (Bangalore Rural and Pune)
Our interventions at this point includes taking over full/partial finances of their school expenses, bi-monthly progress check with schools and parents, training and supporting hand-picked tuition teachers/field staff in filling the ed-gaps and lastly mentoring/counselling sessions with both parents and children. We are also constantly in talks with partner organizations on providing other services like "financial umbrella" (Insurance, Saving Plans and access to low interest loans) , Career Awareness, Re-skilling and more that will help families stay on the path towards educating their child!
Stay tuned as Chethan, Hanumashree, Almaz, Giridhar, Noorjahan and our other orbit shifters share their stories and guide us towards making "that" change in the universe!
Our Quarterly Newsletters
April 2020
October 2020
April 2020
Welcome to our very first edition of newsletter. It will be our endeavor to use this as our channel (minimally but optimally) for letting you know whats happening at our end without overloading you with too much information.
In out first edition, we focus on our cohort's demographics so you get an idea of profiles and timelines of orbits that are getting shifted -THANKS to YOU!
July 2020
October 2020
April 2020
Welcome to our second edition of newsletter. As ever , It will be our endeavor to use this as our channel (minimally but optimally) for letting you know whats happening at our end without overloading you with too much information.
In this edition, we will focus on premises on which we are building our organization. We would like to share our vision, beliefs and values that is very dear to us. We hope you are as much aligned to these as our cause!
October 2020
October 2020
December 2020
Welcome to our third edition of newsletter. As ever , It will be our endeavor to use this as our channel (minimally but optimally) for letting you know what's happening at our end without overloading you with too much information.
In this edition, we will once again look at demographics so you get an idea of profiles and timelines of orbits that are getting shifted -THANKS to YOU!
December 2020
December 2020
December 2020
Welcome to our fourth edition of newsletter. As ever , It will be our endeavor to use this as our channel (minimally but optimally) for letting you know what's happening at our end without overloading you with too much information.
In this edition, we will look at impacts we have made this year in spite of challenges and surprises thrown at us. Again without YOU none of this would be possible
April 2021
December 2020
April 2021
Welcome to our fifth edition of newsletter.
In this edition, we will look ahead at 2021 and embrace it with our full heart (in spite of the microbe still around). We will have 28 of our orbit shifters give their first public exams. We will also be experimenting with new cities and even rural locations. Our goal is to ensure our families and students get a fair and leveled ground to play this game called - "Life".
July 2021
December 2020
April 2021
Welcome to our sixth edition of newsletter. In this edition, we look at steps we have taken to optimize our resources (teachers) and ensure that all our children have a strong after-school-support system in place as they resume their schools. Though physical classes are yet to open, we do see a shimmer of light that things may get back from "virtual" to "real" soon.
October 2021
October 2021
October 2021
Welcome to our seventh edition of the short'ncrisp newsletter. We hope you are able to read these occasionally and are able to get a "feel" of the slow but definite changes that YOU are helping us bring about in the lives of many.
In this edition, we want to remind and refresh you about our three core programs - Astivaaram (Foundation), Sethu (Bridge) and Sthamba(Pillar) and how they play out in our shared journey with the families we support.