ANNUAL REPORT 2019-20

2019 was an energizing and stirring year for the American India Foundation.We have made good progress in our strategy to empower the lives of 10 million underprivileged women, children, and youth in India by 2023. In the past year, our work in health, education, and livelihoods of so many Indians at the margins of society impacted 1.1 million lives.

Strengthening Learning Outcomes for Children of Migrant Communities

LAMP works in geographies prone to a very high level of distress migration, to ensure that children from migrating communities are retained in schools. In a multiplier effect, there are significant improvements in learning outcomes and progressive participation of the key stakeholders – parents, teachers, school principals, school management committees, representatives of PRIs and youth volunteers.

This independent evaluation of LAMP’s interventions in Odisha establishes positive changes in the learning achievements of children in mathematics (2.89 times), science (2.63 times), and language (1.3 times). Further, the study also found students from Grades 1 & 2 to be more “school-ready”, which means they were better prepared to deal with new school and classroom environment.

AIF COVID-19 Response

We are deeply grateful to our donors, partners, board members and volunteers for their unflinching support to AIF’s timely COVID-19 response.