Nanhi Kali Launches First Ever Donation Based Film Series on www.agirlstory.org

Nanhi Kali has recently launched the first ever donation based film series on their website www.agirlstory.org. A Girl Story is a unique donation-based film that brings to life the experience of many underprivileged girls in India. The story is told through the eyes of Tarla, a young underprivileged girl who simply wants to go to school and receive an education. The websites goal is to raise awareness about the challenges that girls like Tarla face, and to drive donations for Project Nanhi Kali. [Read more...]

Fantastic Web Documentary on Nanhi Kali Developed By WISE

It was in 2009 that Nanhi Kali was selected as one of the 6 laureates by Qatar Foundation for the WISE Summit (World Innovation Summit for Education) held in Doha. Qatar Foundation has recently announced the dates for the 2010 summit in December in Doha. In addition to celebrating Award winners each year, the WISE team has been keenly following the projects of past laureates. With the intention to showcase Nanhi Kali’s achievements they have produced a web documentary which will be shown at the summit. [Read more...]

Project Report by Interns

Our previous conception of the NGO Naandi foundation based in Hyderabad (with whom we would be interning) was that it is a charity which helps impoverished young girls achieve their right to an education. However, the sheer magnitude and the scale of the social enterprise was evident from the CEO Manoj Kumars’s ambition to take over the responsibility of government education within five years. Our main focus throughout the 15 day internship was on Project Nanhi Kali – for the girl child. [Read more...]

Nanhi Kali Benefit Concert by the Mt. Auburn String Quartet

The Nanhi Kali Boston Chapter teamed up with the Tufts Association of South Asians (TASA) to organize a benefit concert for Project Nanhi Kali on Friday, April 2, 2010 at the Distler Performance Hall at Tufts University.
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Mumbai Indians Campaign for Education of Underprivileged Children

(Source: MARK MANUEL Times News Network)
Sometimes you can score in cricket without picking a bat and walking onto the crease; before you spin the ball and send a thunderbolt streaking down the wicket; and, even while the covers are still on the grass and the teams are dressing up. All it takes is a cause, your belief in it, and the willingness to give of yourself to further that cause. [Read more...]

US Ambassador Verveer visits Project Nanhi Kali

Melanne S. Verveer – Ambassador at Large for Global Women’s Issues in the Obama Cabinet, along with a team from the US Consulate visited Project Nanhi Kali on the 5th November 09′. [Read more...]

Norwegian artist, Dag Hol, to raise awareness & funds for the Project

Dag Hol, one of Norway’s most eminent painters, today conducted a unique, cross-cultural Art Camp for several girls from the Nanhi Kali project in Mumbai. Dag is partnering with the Nanhi Kali team and Capgemini Norway to raise awareness and funds for the Nanhi Kali Project in Norway. Drawing inspiration from Indian mythology, Dag and the Nanhi Kalis created a resplendent portrait of an elephant adorned with jewels, on a 3×3 meter canvas. [Read more...]

3 Nanhi Kalis Amongst Top 10 Rankers in the Tribal District of Kanker, Chattisgarh

Project Nanhi Kali is delighted to share with you that in the remote tribal district of Kanker, Chattisgarh, 3 Nanhi Kalis have shone with their brilliant academic performance in the Grade 5 State level board examinations, earning themselves a position in the top 10 rankers at the District level. [Read more...]

Nanhi Kali wins international acclaim – WISE Awards 2009

The globally recognized WISE award for Nanhi Kali comes close on the heels of the ‘Joy of Giving Week’ and is an apt recognition of Mahindra’s project that has benefited over 50,000 socially and economically disadvantaged girl children to date. [Read more...]

Freida Pinto supports Nanhi Kali

Freida Pinto’s growing global presence has certainly impressed business tycoon Anand Mahindra. He has roped in the Slumdog Millionaire actor for his initiative Nanhi Kali Foundation — that aims to provide free education to 1,00,000 girls across India by 2010. [Read more...]