EKAL USA

ANNUAL REPORT 2018

VILLAGES COVERED TARGET 100,000

HOLISTIC VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT ROOTED IN PRIMARY EDUCATION ekal MENTORS | WORDS OF APPRECIATION ekal LEADERSHIP • 8 REGIONS • Highly Committed Human Capital • 70 CHAPTERS • Strong leadership teams in place Board of Directors Executive Committee Regional Presidents • Over 400,000

volunteers invested “I am deeply moved to Chairman President Pacific “My wife and I are grateful Ramesh Shah Suresh Iyer Pratibha Goyal see the compassion in each Vice Chair Past President Central in the outcomes and everyone of you for the to have the opportunity Prajna Khisty Vinod Jhunjhunwala Jytosna Shah under privileged people to support Ekal that is Prashant Shah Director Viral Patel Vice President Yash Desai (VP) Central who live in rural India. I look making meaningful impact Kalpana Fruitwala Director Naren Chavda Secretary Jawahar Taunk Florida by educating rural children forward to working with you Arun Gupta Director Subhash Gupta Chairman-Advisor Jyotindra Patel Mid Atlantic to attain the goal of reaching who are the most hungry 100,000 villages by 2020” for knowledge” Ragini Murarka Director Vikas Patel Treasurer Shashi Srivastava Mid Atlantic Pragyakant Manglik Director Aarti Aggarwal Youth Rep Vishakha Manik Midwest - Dr. Subhash Chandra - Manu Shah Every aspect of Ekal Founder, Sarva Mangal Darshna Bhatt Director Pragyakant Manglik New England / NY Chairman, Ekal Global Ranjani Saigal Exec. Director has a built in sustainability plan. Family Trust Director Southeast Jawahar Taunk Janakbhai Dalal After six years, we work hard to EVFI, Trustee Naresh Jain Kalpana Fruitwala Southwest ensure that Ekal schools are sup- ported by funds gathered locally, “I have the utmost Working Committee Members respect and gratitude for provided by people living in the the teachers and volunteers “Ekal is well positioned Board of Advisors village and nearby towns. We at Ekal who devote them- to prepare villagers for Prakash Shah Event Chair refer to these schools as “Swava- selves to inspire the young the digital economy by training them in a range Subhash Gupta Chairman Prakash Waghmare Media lambi”. We are delighted to share minds of India. It is this Advisor Web that over 25,000 Ekal schools fall dedication that inspires me of skills that will provide Sharad Gandhi Viral Patel to support all the good that new employment Srinarayan Chandak Advisor Subhash Gupta Operations in this category. opportunities” Ekal does” Yashpal Lakra Advisor Prajna Khisty Youth BAJRANG BAGRA, CEO - Chirag Patel, Co-Founder - Anantha Chandrakasan Kalpana Fruitwala Communications & Marketing Dean, MIT and Co-Chairman of Amneal EKAL INDIA Pharmaceuticals Cambridge, MA

“Good health and hygiene “Ekal’s unique and is key to development. Ekal’s integrated approach to Arogya program is making support rural youth with strong in-roads to assure education and families with good maternal and child employment in rural India health while helping prevent excited my wife and I to be communicable part of the Ekal journey” diseases” - Vivek Shama - Dr. Veena Gandhi CEO, Piramal Ekal Arogya Healthcare

3 3 2 ekal FINANCIALS | SCHOOL GROWTH ANNUAL REVENUE ekal PRIMARY EDUCATION IN RURAL INDIA FIVE YEAR COMPARITIVE ANALYSIS EKAL SCHOOLS – AN INNOVATIVE SOLUTION YEAR 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 FOR RURAL REMOTE VILLAGES SCHOOLS 77,458 Number of Schools supported by EKAL USA 11,544 12,536 16,048 16,997 18,554 EKAL VIDYALAYA’S CUSTOM

INCOME MONTESSORI SCHOOL FOR RURAL INDIA STUDENTS 2,072,343 • Single teacher multi-grade class for grades 1-3 Contribution ($) 4,395,562 5,600,717 6,131,663 6,809,883 8,030,242 • Local youth trained extensively to be a teacher GIRLS ENROLLED 1,036,554

Income from Investment ($) (-24,430) 38,572 (-2,694) (-8,191) ( -1,404) • School runs in the afternoon so children can do chores in the morning BOYS ENROLLED 1,035,789 Total Revenue ($) 4,371,132 5,639,289 6,128,969 6,801,692 8,028,838 * (AS OF 11.1.2018) • Core – Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, Science EXPENSE • Beyond the basics – Health and Hygiene, Arts, 4,371,132 4,371,132 5,639,289 6,128,969 6,801,692 8,028,838 Physical Education, Value Education Program Service - India ($) Schools/Projects 3,670,387 4,669,721 5,685,375 7,366,577 * 7,484,935 2017

Management & General ($) 266,456 190,429 210,849 212, 298 179,111

Net Fund Raising Expense ($) 22,895 349,637 424,853 382,706 591,925

Total Expense 3,959,738 5,209,785 6,321,079 7,961,581 8,255,971

Management & General (%) 6.10% 3.38% 3.44% 3.12% 2.23% Net Fund Raising Expense ($) 0.52% 6.20% 6.93% 5.63% 7.37% Total Expenses to Revenue % 6.62% 9.58% 10.37% 8.75% 9.60%

* Total expense is more than collection because we paid $1,048,412.70 to support RMS schools for 6 month

PLANNED SCHOOL GROWTH EXPANSION USE OF DOLLAR FUND DISTRIBUTION 120000 TEACHER SALARY LOCAL OWNERSHIP 100000 TEACHER TRAINING GLOBAL PHILANTHROPY TEACHING AID INDIAN PHILANTHROPY 100000 SUPPORT OPERATIONS 77458 80000 51537 3% 60000 60% 33% 34343 40000 7% 33% 20142 30% 33% 20000 5 0 44 2005 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 5 TECHNOLOGY AIDED HEALTHCARE 4,000+ VILLAGES • 100,000 PATIENTS ekal INTEGRATED • Medical Camps (General, Eye, Dental) VILLAGE • Telemedicine Kits • Health Workers Training HEALTH & HYGIENE DEVELOPMENT • Anemia and malnutrition are the focus of the health initiative • Cultivation and consumption of fruits, vegetables and leafy greens is promoted Organic farming • Home remedies are used to provide treatment Vermi compost, organic pest control for simple ailments • Waste pit and soak pit construction Food preservation and production Market linkage

SUSTAINABLE FARMING EKAL BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE 8,000+ Farmers trained 90,000+ Nutrition gardens established EKAL ON WHEELS, a mobile computer lab bringing digital literacy to the villages 12,00,000+Trees planted Average income of farmers: INR 3 lakhs/annum DIGITAL LITERACY OVER 2,500 STUDENTS HAVE RECIEVED DIGITAL LITERACY TRAINING SINCE JANUARY 2016 E-SHIKSHA AT EKAL Tablets are used to present high quality acadamic and extra TAILORING curicular educational content. 15 Training Centers SUPPORTERS OF 2,000+ Women Trained INTEGRATED VILLAGE Average Income: Rs 2K-Rs 5K per month DEVELOPMENT Palace Inn - Dang, Gujarat Dr. Kiran and Dr. Pallavi Patel - Gujarat SKILL TRAINING Adhish and Asha Jain -Parasnath, Jharkhand Vandana and Vivek Sharma - Chatha, UP MUSHROOM FARMING Swapnil and Deepika Agarwal - Prayag, UP HANDICRAFT Perfection Of Man Foundation – Tinsukhia, Assam DIGITAL LITERACY Amit and Vandana Pamecha - Thanagazi, Rajasthan 7 Amit and Arpita Bhandari- Khargone, MP 6 6 CARPENTRY 7 ekal FUTURE OF INDIA GALAS IN NY, MD, TX ekal USA YOUTH LEADERS (Left to right ) Ranjani Saigal, Vinod jhunjhunwala, Subhash Gupta, Falguni & Chintu Patel, Kavita & Mohan Wanchoo, Suresh Iyer, Ramesh Shah, Bajrang Bagra, Naresh Jain, Naresh Kumar NEW YORK, NY Mohan Wanchoo - Chairman

Co-Chairs Chirag Patel Bipin Shah Krishna Ika Dr. Rakesh Shreedhar

Distinguished Guests John Sculley Anupam Kher NY Gala Sandeep Chakravorthy

BETHESDA, MD Dr. Sudhir Sekhsaria – Convener Amit Pamecha 2015 Scripps Spelling Bee – Co-Convener Champion, Vanya Shivashankar Nisha Sonal Dr. Sudhir Anupam John visits an Ekal school in Mysuru, KA Biswal Shah Sekhsaria Kher Sculley Co-Chairs “My experience was truly un- Vinod Jhunjhunwala Malvika Kannan forgettable. I absolutely loved Dr. Suresh C Gupta from Florida spending time with the students, teaches English teachers. I have now started Sunil Kolhekar & Art to Ekal a chapter in Kansas city to Lavina Chawla children in Dr. Mulpuri Rao Jharkhand help support Ekal”

Distinguished Guests Dr. Vinod Prakash Nisha Biswal Sonal Shah, Ramesh Shah, Suresh Iyer, Bajrang Bagra , Bramh Aggarwal with Members of Houston Bohra Community

HOUSTON, TX Ramesh Shah - Chairman

Co-Chairs Yogi Patel Ekal CT Kids club raises Swapnil Agarwal Pre-med students $9,000 through Bake from Ekal USA Sales, Birthday Fund- visit Ekal Arogya raisers, DIY Campaigns, Distinguished Guests 9 projects in India Tuition Classes, etc. Sonal Shah DC Gala 9 8 8 Dr. Kiran Patel Amit Pamecha, Dr. Suresh Gupta, Vinod Jhujhunwala, Dr. Mulpuri Rao, Bhaskar Gainti ekal CSR PARTNERS | SUPPORTERS ekal VISION 2020 CENTURY PLY WE THANK EVERY ONE OF OUR SUPPORTERS FOR THEIR GENEROUS CONTRIBUTION! • Ekal Schools in EMAMI over 100K villages ONGC EKAL USA DONORS *Donor list of strong supporters as of October 1, 2018 HALDIRAM Food Ekal Preser- • Ekal impact in 200K villages on UNION BANK AASKI Foundation Falguni and Harish Patel MANU AND RIKA SHAH vation Wheels Abha and Anil Singhal, Chirag Foundation Ganshyam & Saroj Gupta We thank the Sarva Mangal Family Trust for their ACTION SHOES Adish and Asha Jain Girish Mirpuri generosity to support E-Shiksha in 1,000 Villages Ajay and Ranjini Poddar, (Artech) Gopal and Urvashi Savjani • 35 GRCs (Village Center) PC JEWELER Akhilesh Gupta Harish L. Verma Akkalkot Swami Samarth Foundation Himanshu Shah, Shah Capital Management SAFE EXPRESS Alamelu Bama Vasu Devan Hitesh and Monal Vashishtha Amit and Arpita Bhandari IKA Family Charitable Foundation Puran Devi Aggarwal Family Foundation Inc • 50 Ekal on Wheels Amit and Vandana Pamecha SAINT GOBAIN India Cultural Society, Wayne, NJ Radha Devi Joshi Family Foundation, Inc Amrit and Shashi Mittal Jitendra and Anita Patel Raghunath Lath Anand and Bela Jain SUNCITY Jyoti Amin Raj & Shanta Sardana Arun and Renu Gupta Kamal Gandhi Rajeev and Arpita Agarwal • 200 Satellite Skill Centres Arunima Misra and Mr. D. V. Sreenat SURYA Kamlesh Chowdhary Rajinder & Jyoti Gandhi Arvind Sodhani Kanu & Hasu Patel Raju L Mantena Asha and Sajjan Agarwal Foundation ROTARY Ken and Bela Bahl, Sierra Circuits Rakesh and Sneh Gupta Asha P. Master Kiran and Anil Hiteshi Ramesh & Kiran Bhutada • Health Services Ashok and Madhu Patel Ekal IFCON Kishan and Raj Gupta Ramesh and Kokila Shah ATF Joint Revocable Trust of Rajesh in 5,000 Villages Branded Latha Krishnan Roopa and Subhash Makhija Foundation Inc Avadhesh and Uma Agarwal Products IFFCO Manmohan Wanchoo and Kavita Sazawal Sanjiv & John Lakhanpal Avinash & Vandana Ghanekar Tailoring Manu & Rika Shah, Sarva Mangal Family Trust Shachi and Neelam Rattan Avinash and Mankuen Kaushik Training PETROFAC Maya Advani Family Foundation Shekar and Shylaja Reddy B.U.Patel, Tarsadia Foundation • Local support – Meena and Sunder Subramanyam Subhash and Saroj Gupta Bawa Nand Mullick, (Perfection of Man FDN) LA OPALA Mohinder Goswami or Alpana Goswami Subrahmanyam and Anuradha Dravida Bhasker Agarwal and Sarla Bhaskar 50% of Ekal Schools Mohini Gehani Sudhir Saini Braham and Krishna Aggarwal DISH TV Mr. Raja Amar Sunil & Aparna Kolhekar Brendan Hackett are self suficient Mrugesh and Pallavi Parikh Sunil & Rekha Kumar Chetan Patel Health ANMOL Mukesh and Nimi Turakhia Sunil Khurana Chintu and Falguni Patel E-Shiksha in 2,000 Villages Mukund Padmanabhan, Guru Krupa FDN) Suresh & Rohini Gupta, Camps Chirag and Preeti Patel, WELL SPUN Nanda & Mrudula Cheruvatath Suresh and Kanakavalli Iyer Dalal Family Foundation Narinder Sehgal Swapnil and Deepika Agarwal Devyani Sadh GOLDIEE Neera and Deen Tulshian Trehan Foundation, Inc • Ekal Eye Care Initiative Divyesh Das, Palace Inn Management LLC New York Life Insurance Uday & Harsha Gandhy Dr. Bharat Aggarwal and Mrs. Uma Aggarwal IRCTC Nurinder Manj Uday Jhunjhunwala in Collaboration with Dr. Hasmukh and Jyotsna Shah P. Prasad and S. Advani Vandana Tilak, Almex, USA Dr. Rakesh and Kamini Shreedhar ORIENTAL INSURANCE Paresh & Mandeep Trivedi Vasant and Prabhavati Rathi Irada Foundation and the Dr. Suresh and Dr. Pragna Khanna Persaud Family Foundation Inc Vineet & Radhika Gupta Dr. Yash and Chander Lakra AGARWAL MOVERS GROUP PHX Financial Inc. Vinod and Prabha Jhunjhunwala Nand Todi Foundation Marketing Dr.Urmil and Neeta Shukla 11 MOBILE COMPUTER LAB Prashanth and Anuradha Palakurthi Yeshawant and Padmaja Ginde Digital BHARAT PETROLEUM Facilitated Growth LLC 11 1010 Local Handicraft Literacy ekal THANK YOU FOR EMPOWERING RURAL INDIA

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