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Educate Girls mobilizes communities to take a stand against gender disparity, working directly with governments, schools, parents, village leaders, and Team Balika to ensure access to quality education.
By empowering village communities to improve the quality of girls’ education and infrastructure in their government schools, more girls can be educated at large scales. If more girls are educated, then their health, income levels and overall livelihoods improve, brining about social transformation of rural and tribal societies.
Donations to Educate Girls are exempted from tax u/s 80G of Indian IT Act and u/s section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Educate Girls is a project of Foundation To Educate Girls Globally (FEGG).
FEGG is registered under Section 8 of the Indian Companies Act, 2013 and under Section 12A of the Income Tax Act, 1961.
By empowering village communities to improve the quality of girls’ education and infrastructure in their government schools, more girls can be educated at large scales. If more girls are educated, then their health, income levels and overall livelihoods improve, brining about social transformation of rural and tribal societies.
Donations to Educate Girls are exempted from tax u/s 80G of Indian IT Act and u/s section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Educate Girls is a project of Foundation To Educate Girls Globally (FEGG).
FEGG is registered under Section 8 of the Indian Companies Act, 2013 and under Section 12A of the Income Tax Act, 1961.
Overview
Location
India, Maharashtra, Mumbai
Employees
1001-5000
Phone
+91 22 2630 3555
Founded date
2007
Mentions in press and media 11
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| Mar 30, 2025 | The Change Maker: Safeena Husain, Founder, Educate Girls Her NGO pioneered the world's first Development Impact Bond (DIB) in education, surpassing targets with 160 per cent of its learning outcome goal and 116 per cent of its enrollment goal. | Seventeen years ago, Safeena Husain set out on a mission to challenge deep-rooted gender biases and transform the future of India's most vulnerable girls. Today, Educate Girls stands as a beacon of hope, proving that when a girl is giv... |
| Jul 18, 2024 | EdHeroes Inaugurates its First Award at Global Forum 2024 in Singapore | SINGAPORE, July 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- At the heart of EdHeroes' mission is the belief that education is a guiding light leading to opportunity. Education has the extraordinary power to transform lives, empower individuals, and uplif... |
| Nov 28, 2023 | Safeena Husain, Founder of Educate Girls, honoured with the WISE Prize for Education | The first Indian woman to win the WISE Prize for Education for her contribution to girls' education in rural India MUMBAI, India, Nov. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Safeena Husain, Founder, Educate Girls, has been awarded the prestigious WI... |
| Mar 18, 2023 | Educate Girls' Project Pragati aims to empower adolescent girls and young women with a second chance at education | MUMBAI, India, March 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Educate Girls is launching Project Pragati with a vision to enable 10th grade credentialing for 10 million girls in 10 years. It is a flexible approach to secondary education for out-of- school ... |
| Sep 13, 2021 | The EdHeroes Movement is launched. Its aim: to address the most pressing challenges in education | ZURICH, Sept. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Early September saw the launch of the EdHeroes Movement. Its aim is to create a global network of individuals, non-profit organizations, businesses, and government organizations, bringing together thei... |
| Sep 13, 2021 | The EdHeroes Movement is launched. Its aim: to address the most pressing challenges in education | ZURICH, Sept. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Early September saw the launch of the EdHeroes Movement. Its aim is to create a global network of individuals, non-profit organizations, businesses, and government organizations, bringing together thei... |
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| Apr 16, 2019 | TED raises $280M to help nonprofits battle climate change, online sex abuse and more | TED is unveiling the eight participants in the second year of The Audacious Project, a program aimed at helping nonprofits pursue their most ambitious goals. TED’s Chris Anderson told reporters yesterday that this is “an attempt to solve on... |
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FAQ about Educate Girls
When was Educate Girls founded?
Educate Girls was founded in 2007.
What has the press written about Educate Girls?
Parsers VC has collected 11 articles mentioning Educate Girls, among them “The Change Maker: Safeena Husain, Founder, Educate Girls Her NGO pioneered the world's first Development Impact Bond (DIB) in education, surpassing targets w...” (Mar 30, 2025) and “EdHeroes Inaugurates its First Award at Global Forum 2024 in Singapore” (Jul 18, 2024).
Is Educate Girls still active?
Yes, Educate Girls is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Sep 1, 2025.