VolunteersThis year, over 712 volunteers have worked in all our four schools and with junior college students. Our children have been exposed to newer learning practices and creative skills through our 17 long-term volunteers.

Employment engagement Parikrma works with the corporate on a regular basis, through the employment engagement programs. Through these programs, mentors inspire retention, improve children’ self-esteem, keep them from substance abuse, strengthen academic performance, improve social interaction and communication skills and provide focus and a clear direction for the future. This year, employees from Deloitte, Intel group, IIMB, Jumpers, CISCO, Tata Communications, Levis, Dover, Tata Consultancy, Cognizant, Thomson Reuters, Toyota Motor Sales (USA), Saint Gobain and Yahoo have visited us.

Acknowledgement The Parikrma model is based on long term delivery and not short term benefits. From the age of five when the children first come to Parikrma schools up until they graduate from a professional degree program, the engagement continues. This kind of dedicated and long term association demands friends and donors who prefer to stay the course with Parikrma. We have received consistent support from Adobe Foundation, Bertelsmann-Stiftung, Bosch, Cisco Systems, CGI, Embassy Builders, Fotis Foundation, Legacy Global Projects, Nandji Mehrotra, Raj Khosla, Rohini Gadhiok Foundation, Saint Gobain India Foundation, Sungard, Sunil Talvar, Synopsys Foundation, Tata Communications, Thomson Reuters, United Health Group, Yahoo! Employe Foundation India, several alumni batches of IIM Bangalore and a batch from NMIMS, Mumbai.

Parikrma thanks Saraswathi Memorial Trust for helping us with the space to run our Jaynagar Centre for Learning. Parikrma also thanks Liz Mohn for her support in our endeavour of providing equal education.

There are also many individuals who have stood shoulder to shoulder with Parikrma in this extraordinary odyssey. Other friends who have helped Parikrma keep its marketing costs low include JWT, Universal Legal Advocates by generously donating their time and expertise on a pro