SUPPORT 250 RURAL CHILDREN DEVELOP INTO LEADERS OF TOMORROW!

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Children in remote village schools need all the help they can get, but more importantly, they need to develop critical Life and Leadership Skills - self-confidence, grit and resilience, discipline, communication and collaboration, problem solving skills - to survive, flourish and be ready for the future!

I want to help 250 children in remote villages become tomorrow's leaders - role models, global citizens and positive contributors - capable of taking care of themselves and the world around them.

Please support this campaign by sponsoring as many children as you want - it costs just US$10/month per child - so, even a small amount makes a big difference!

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Donor Name Donation Amount
Ravi Sonnad USD 720
GIRIDHAR RAO USD 600
Srinivasan Seshadri Simhan INR 9600
Vasumati and Narasimhan Parthasarathy USD 2000
Sunil Kolangara INR 9600
Kartikeyan K INR 48000
Kjell Bratengen USD 1250
Ramesh Vangal INR 20000
Chandramouli Padmanabhan INR 9600
Paul Parambi INR 50000
Chandar Venkataraman USD 120
Srinidhi Thirumala USD 120
Ganesan Ramalingam USD 120
Rajesh Achanta INR 9600
Joyce Hoek-Pula EUR 75
Manoj Thomas EUR 150
Pelagia de Wild EUR 120
Amal & Susan EUR 30
Marianne en Willem Swankhuisen EUR 30
Addy Stoel EUR 240
Suzanne Fischer EUR 120
Ravi Kalaputapu USD 120
Chandramouli Padmanabhan INR 19200
Veena Naren INR 9600
Hari Srinivasan USD 1200
Arun Balakrishnan USD 1000
Rama Ramakrishnan USD 600
Prantik Mazumdar SGD 168
Srikanth Ranganath USD 500
Narayanan Krishnan USD 120
sathya vaidyanathan USD 250
Sanjay Rao USD 240
Malini Swaminathan USD 240
Sharat Mavinker USD 120
Ramakrishna Nekkanti USD 240
Shobhana Joshi USD 1200
Balaji Ramakrishnan USD 600
Vil Varadhan USD 25
Jason Davis USD 480
Sekar Sundararajan USD 600
Siva and latha Sundersan USD 240
Chandramouli Padmanabhan INR 19200
Pradeep Krishnan USD 600
Srinidhi Thirumala USD 120
Kumar Sivarajan INR 19200
Damodaran Srinivas USD 750
Ravi Sonnad USD 240

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At Enabling Leadership, we address a critical gap faced by over 800 million children globally who lack the opportunity to develop essential life skills like problem-solving, collaboration, communication, and values such as gender equality. Without these competencies, these children remain trapped in cycles of poverty, unable to thrive as responsible and employable citizens.

This gap has become a global crisis, as recognized by the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal #4, which emphasizes the need for inclusive and equitable quality education.

Employers view youth work-readiness as a critical issue, with key gaps in communication, professionalism, confidence, and teamwork. The challenge isn’t a lack of jobs, but that many candidates are not work-ready. By 2027, India, Southeast Asia, and Africa will have the largest youth workforce, with these gaps more pronounced among low-income youth.

Making a meaningful dent to this alarming life skills gap, Enabling Leadership works with 9–15-year-old children from underprivileged backgrounds, using innovative programs in music, football, and Lego to develop essential life skills needed to break the cycle of poverty. Our programs help children connect classroom and playground experiences to real-life challenges. Currently, we reach 10,000 children across 125 low-income schools in urban and rural India, Singapore, Cambodia, and Kenya.

The Future Demands Thinkers: Critical thinking and problem-solving are now among the most sought-after skills for future jobs, as workplaces grow more complex and dynamic (World Economic Forum).

Resilience Gap in Low-Income Countries: Over two-thirds of youth in low-income nations lack the resilience and adaptability needed to tackle challenges or embrace change (World Bank).

Workforce Readiness Crisis: Nearly half (44%) of employers globally say graduates lack critical thinking and communication skills, making them unprepared for the workforce (WEF, 2023).

Education Falls Short: One in three young people globally believe their education doesn’t prepare them with the skills needed for jobs (UNICEF).

Mismatch in Skills Training: About 31% of youth report that available training programs don’t align with their career goals. The most sought-after skills? Leadership (22%), analytical thinking (19%), and data processing (16%) (UNICEF U-Report).

India's Skills Deficit: Over half (53%) of students in India finish secondary school without the skills needed for decent jobs. (Unicef Head Henrietta H Fore)

Gender Employment Gap: Globally, young men are 1.5 times more likely to be employed than young women, with the widest gap (16.8%) in lower-middle-income countries (ILO, 2021).

Youth Unemployment The global youth unemployment rate stood at 15.6% in 2021—more than triple the adult rate. A staggering 75 million young people were jobless, and 732 million were out of the labour force (ILO, 2021).

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Our creative and fun programs using music (EL Create), football (EL Play) and Lego (EL Build) are designed to enable children to have experiences and opportunities to learn leadership and life-skills first-hand.

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