UK’S GLITTERATI JOIN HANDS WITH INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S CHARITY, PRATHAM
- Pratham kick starts campaign to raise £1,000,000 by encouraging 200 people from the UK to pledge £5,000 each this year
- Pratham on target to bring literacy to 100 million children in India by 2010
- Bill Gates via the Hewlett Foundation gives backing to Pratham’s cause including $9.1 million donation
- The learning skills of 33 million children living in rural areas improved through Pratham’s flagship program Read India since 2007
- Approximately 250,000 underprivileged children living in urban areas helped every year
- Ground breaking programs whereby children improve their reading and arithmetic skills in 4-6 weeks