Sep 05, 2023
Posted by: Shikha Tandon
NJ,
Rosie Chawla,
SDG 1,
SDG 10,
SDG 16,
SDG 3,
SDG 4,
SDG 5,
SDG 8,
USA
Rosie: Thanks for having me, Spiffy! There are many challenges in a given community or when we identify a primary need within a community. I want to explain this a little bit more. Many issues are a combination and intersection of other issues. For example, gender equality is also a poverty, race, quality education, health, and well-being issue. All of the SDGs are connected, and our interventions address intersectionality. A sample project below can explain my point deeply. I was approached by a hyper-local ngo called Pace-In in Isiolo County, Kenya, to help stop and reduce female genital mutilation. This specific intervention for this community first addressed poverty and partnerships to reduce female genital mutilation within a community.
Chris: It’s great to be here, Spiffy! Teach For America finds, develops, and supports equity-oriented leaders—individually and in teams—so they can transform education and expand opportunities with children, starting in the classroom. We operate in partnership with 50 regions. Our headquarters are in New York City, and in addition to using our office space for Teach For America’s work, we also partner with 22 mission-aligned nonprofits to give them access to dedicated workspaces.
Revathi: Thanks for having me, Spiffy! Being an educationist for three decades and spearheading eight educational institutions, my spectrum of work is not only confined to academics, curriculum design, and development but also to social outreach initiatives and empowerment programs. The focal point of all my work is addressing quality and equity in education. The challenge today is to make students, parents, and teachers go beyond textbook learning and help them become thinkers. We have been running since 2015 a Rural Immersion Program to educate underprivileged children. It will result in the literacy rate increasing, a broadening of the mentality, and independent livelihood, and will also cause an attitude change and raise a responsible generation.
