Our vision is to equip students with the knowledge, skills, and resources they need to achieve economic mobility and lead purposeful, empowered lives.
Our mission is to empower students from underserved communities to unlock their full potential by providing access to transformative school experiences and effective school-to-work transitions. We strive to create pathways out of generational poverty.
Our work to support underserved children in India has paved the way for us to offer more targeted support for the students and communities we serve. In addition to our already long-term engagement with students, providing opportunities for higher education and career pathways will enable us to help empower them towards economic mobility and progress, and a life of agency and purpose.
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Akanksha in Hindi, means “TO ASPIRE.”
Established over 30 years ago, Akanksha Education Fund is a 501(c)(3) publicly supported not-for-profit organization in the U.S. that supports initiatives to improve access to high-quality education and school to work transitions for children of underserved communities in India.
Our work is grounded in the foundation of transformative education, with the goal of scaling opportunity and impact. We have a long-standing partnership with The Akanksha Foundation to support their 26 schools across Mumbai, Pune, and Nagpur . We are grateful to utilize our learnings, best practices, and connections to help young adults in their lives beyond the classroom, with the ultimate goal of these young adults achieving economic mobility and creating a life of agency and purpose.
Our work includes:
- Continued support for Akanksha Foundation schools and Alumni Support and Engagement Program in Maharashtra, keeping our commitment to a holistic approach and English-medium instruction
- Building out partnerships as part of a comprehensive School to Work program focused on post-secondary transitions. These new partnerships with several additional school networks and non-profits within and beyond Maharashtra.
Akanksha leverages the generous donations of individuals, foundations and corporations in the U.S. who see education as the key factor in ending the generational cycle of poverty.