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Breaking the Cycle of Poverty through Education
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To transform the lives of academically brilliant and economically underprivileged students in India
1994
2014
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Sriram did not have a father. His mother prepared Tiffin meals and Sriram distributed them to customers in Mumbai
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FFE funded Sriram’s engineering education. Today he is employed as a consultant with Cap Gemini
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Needy
Scholars
Top 15% of their class, family income less than $5/day, often the first in the family to have higher education
Medical or Engineering/Technical degrees where costs are high but opportunities for good income jobs are high as well
Extra effort to identify scholars that meet our geographic and gender diversity goals
Diversity
Fields of
Study
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Educating youth has an impact not only on the individual, but the family, the community and the country as a whole
Donor
Family
Student
CommunityStudent
The Multiplier Effect
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Rajee supported college education of her two younger sisters (one became a chartered accountant) and bought a house for her parents. She has been a donor to FFE for the several years and last year adopted a scholar
Hometown: Chennai, Tamil Nadu Family Income: $23/month, 7 members in the family FFE Scholar; Completed BE Honors from Regional Engineering College, Rourkela, 2000 Project Manager: Infosys, Silicon valley
The Multiplier Effect
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Champions/Coordinators
Facilitators
Scholars
Donors
US based Champions/coordinators identify facilitators (volunteers) in India. Facilitators identify qualified students and distribute awards and mentor students
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2185 3441
510 Facilitators in 26 States
2,629 Scholarships
Engineering/Technology
Medical/ Health
OtherDegrees
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• 100% of donor contribution used for adopted students• Donors have opportunity to maintain contacts with adopted students• Regular updates to donors on the progress of adopted students•Cost - $700 per student per year for a 4 year course in engineering - $600 per student per year for a 5 year course in medicine
Enables individuals, corporate and institutional donors to earmark their donations for scholarships to specific applicants based on a donor's preferences of adopting student(s) from a specific state, course of study, gender, educational institution or other preferences
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Founded by Prabhu and Poonam Goel
Publicly supported 501 (c) (3) organization incorporated in state of California
Offices in San Jose, CA, USA and Bangaluru in India
FFE India Trust - recognized as a charitable trust under section 12A(a) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1961
FFE Chapters: Regional, Corporate and Alumni associations
Regional initiatives: Bay Area Uttaranchalis Program, Gujarat Diaspora program
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ADOPT A SCHOLAR
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