DE Program Teacher and Student visit to San Francisco:
Girls and women were in the spotlight at this year’s AIF
gala, as bright and talented young women from India spoke about the dramatic
changes in her lives since being involved with
AIF’s most productive program, Digital Equalizer.
As a part of this event Ms. Umayal Lakshmanan and her Teacher Mrs.
Bharathi Chinnaraj from Perunthalaivar
Kamarajar Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Ambattur, Chennai, Tamil
Nadu were invited to share their experience and the benefits through the
Digital Equalizer Program.
Umayal Spoke - “I had
seen a computer on TV but I’d never gotten a chance to touch one,” she
explained, speaking in Tamil with poise and confidence onstage. “I learned how
to collect and analyze data, and I was able to earn 100 percent marks in
science and math “In my community, people think that a woman should not work
outside the home,” she added. “But through DE, I have learned that girls can do
anything.”
After she spoke onstage about her desire to one day become a
gynecologist, Mr. Anil Godhwani, the cofounder of Simply Hired, cofounder of
the India Community Center and an AIF trustee, announced a pledge to fund her
medical education.
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