The RKIT Foundation promotes the empowerment of women and girls through education and rural development. We focus on improving their lives by funding educational opportunities and health care programs — enhancing local communities through infrastructure and positive social change.
Shiksha – Education
Education is the fundamental pillar of our model. We believe that every child has the right to a formal education. Education is transformational and has the potential t
o bring significant benefits to individuals, society, and nation.
In the past few decades, research has supported the conventional wisdom, revealing that education not only enables individuals to perform better in the labor market but also helps to improve their overall health, promote active citizenship and contain violence.
Since 1974, RKIT Foundation has provided education to the children’s of Tewaripur, India and a dozen surrounding villages, by building Primary and Secondary schools and implementing the RKIT Education model, resulting in 30,000 students being served.
Sanskar – Character Building
Sanskar is a process which transforms an individual into an outstanding personality. The objective of Sanskar is Character Building, Personality Development and laying the foundation for education.
RKIT Foundation teachers are engaged with the students in teaching Integrity, Commitment, Ownership, Balance, and Service in the classrooms, field trips and with the help of local communities on a regular basis.
Swavalamban – Self-Reliance
Swavalambam means reliance on one’s own abilities, efforts, and decisions.
RKIT Foundation has instituted microfinance for women. The main goal of this project is to provide initial capital to women to start, run, and manage small entrepreneurial projects. These women can then contribute to their family’s livelihood and uplift the larger community.
Seva – Service
Seva means “Selfless Service”.
Rural populations often face barriers to proper health care due to the lack of resources bring doctors in from more populous parts of the country.
According to the Department of Education, Students who do not attend college or who drop out quickly are predominantly from low-income families, living in underdeveloped areas within major cities or in sparsely populated areas, and who have attended ineffective elementary and secondary schools.
More importantly, educating girls can break cycles of poverty in just one generation, as well bring a culture of education in households for generations to follow.
