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Teach For India (TFI) is a non-profit founded by Shaheen Mistri in 2009. It is a part of the Teach For All network. [1] Teach For India runs a two-year Fellowship and supports an Alumni movement. The Fellowship recruits college graduates and working professionals to serve as full-time teachers in low-income schools for two years. [2]
Shaheen Mistri (born 16 March 1971) is an Indian social activist and educator known as the founder of Akanksha Foundation, and social activist, an Indian non-profit educational initiative in Mumbai and Pune, Occupation in CEO of Teach for India since 2008. [1] [2] Books Redrawing India, The Teach for India story, Miss Muglie Goes to Mumbai.
Teach For All is a global network of 61 independent, locally led and funded partner organizations [1] whose stated shared mission is to "expand educational opportunity around the world by increasing and accelerating the impact of social enterprises that are cultivating the leadership necessary for change."
The Akanksha Foundation founded by Shaheen Mistri [1] is a non-profit organization in India, which works with children from low-income communities. The foundation works primarily in the field of education, through its "School Project" model.
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Redrawing India: The Teach For India Story opened up to mostly positive reviews. Column Writer Mudar Patherya of Mumbai Mirror wrote in his review, " If I could get a dress circle view into one of India's fastest growing NGOs without knowing the chairperson or chapraasi, then someone at the NGO has been doing a smart job."
In 2014, the Foundation's efforts culminated in a unique sports league, which saw the participation of over 2055 students over 64 days in kho kho, football, and track and field events, at multiple events in Delhi. The Foundation is currently training over 6000 students in schools in Delhi, and prepping them for the league of 2015.
Teach For Us was originally launched under the name TeachFor.Us, but in April 2010, Teach For Us filed with the Missouri Secretary of State and incorporated under the current name as a nonprofit corporation in the state of Missouri. [1] Teach For Us is a recognized 501(c)3 charity by the IRS.