INDIA TRANSFORMED
Education for today and Hope for tomorrow.
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Why India? Extreme poverty - one of the poorest countries in the world. Child labor - affects 1 out of every 5 children. Gender Inequity - infanticide, child brides, bridal dowry. Food insecurity - leads to malnourishment. High illiteracy rate - leads to low wages and high unemployment. Lack of plumbing & electricity. Unstable housing - huts made from sticks, straw & mud. Overpopulation - mass migration from rural to urban areas. It’s time to step forward and bring Good News to many in India searching for hope and a better future. India Transformed! offers sustainable programs that meets tangible needs - job training, schooling, food and medical care - with the ultimate goal of delivering hope. We seek partners to join us as we make this vision a reality - because we believe every life has value and a purpose.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Child Sponsorship Program
Give Children a Future through Education!
There are twelve Child Development Centers that are located in remote villages and urban slum-areas throughout India where the greatest needs are identified. We serve over 500 children, ages 4 to 18, with basic necessities and education that their families cannot otherwise afford. Committing to a monthly sponsorship helps families remain intact by providing food, education, clothing and medical care, enabling a child to go to school and participate in our care program.
Child Sponsorship Opportunities:
Village Child Care Sponsorship - $45/month
Urban Child Care Sponsorship - $55/ month
One Time or Ongoing Opportunities:
Unsponsored Children’s Fund - any amount will help a waitlisted child stay in the program until a new sponsor is found.
ARISE! Women's Empowerment Program
The six month vocational and literacy training program equips women to transition from surviving to thriving.
The highly successful ARISE! Program provides women in desperate situations with skills to support their families. Women are taught reading, writing and basic math while learning how to tailor. Upon graduation the women receive a government certification for tailoring and find immediate employment in the garment industry. Women with small children are gifted a sewing machine to launch their own tailoring business from their home. 98% of past program participants are successfully employed. Not only are graduates equipped to support their families, keeping them together - ARISE! also validates a woman’s dignity as she discovers her self-worth while boosting her self confidence.
ARISE! Women’s Sponsorship:
$75/month ($450 for six-month training)
$250 gift will provide a sewing machine
Community Transformation & Partnership
The Community Transformation Program equips local leaders to address the socio-economic needs of their community. They offer support and encouragement, provide adult literacy classes, health & hygiene awareness, parenting classes and provide vocational training.
Community Transformation and Leadership program:
$200/month ($4,800 for two-year training program)
(a gift in any amount can be designated towards this fund)
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of children enrolled in the Children's Program
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Related Program
Child Sponsorship Program
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
A significant number of children moved away from the project locations in 2017 due to urban migration.
Number of children who either graduated or moved away from program location
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Related Program
Child Sponsorship Program
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Number of children reached with a meal each school day
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Related Program
Child Sponsorship Program
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of women graduated with a certificate in tailoring
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Women and girls, Indigenous peoples, Interfaith groups
Related Program
ARISE! Women's Empowerment Program
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of program participants who obtain a job within 3 months of program completion
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Women and girls, Indigenous peoples, Interfaith groups
Related Program
ARISE! Women's Empowerment Program
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Many women became self employed as a result of the pandemic.
Number of new Community Partner and Transformation locations
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Community Transformation & Partnership
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of Community Partnership and Transformation workers in training
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Indigenous peoples, Interfaith groups
Related Program
Community Transformation & Partnership
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of families reached by a Community Partnership worker
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Related Program
Community Transformation & Partnership
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Number of women enrolled in the ARISE! Women's Empowerment Program for vocational training
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Women and girls
Related Program
ARISE! Women's Empowerment Program
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of children who received school supplies
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Related Program
Child Sponsorship Program
Type of Metric
Context - describing the issue we work on
Direction of Success
Increasing
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
India Transformed! raises support and awareness for programs that empower vulnerable children, women and communities in India. By delivering hope through faith lives are transformed spiritually, socially and economically. Our vision is for all people in India to live an abundant life.
Our goal is to increase enrollment in our child care centers to over 1,000 children in the next three years, expand our ARISE! Women's Empowerment Program by adding 2 more locations each year and to train 65 leaders each year for the next ten years so we can reach every district in India by 2030. We thank our dedicated donors and sponsors for making a huge impact on the lives of vulnerable people living in India!
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
We have a holistic approach to developing communities that offers programs to children, women and communities. By paying off our school building loan in 2020, we will be able to effectively expand our children's programs to reach our goals. By partnering with more individuals, institutions and corporations we will raise more donors and sponsors to expand our job skill training program for women and to fund more leadership training that trains local people by ministering to their needs. They address local economic issues through economic resources and training. Our model is sustainable and community driven. When a community improves their socio-economic outlook, they can afford to maintain a Community Transformation Center through effective Community Partnerships. They can identify the children and women in need of hope and provide spiritual growth, literacy skills and job training.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
India Transformed has a proven track record of over 30 years in transforming lives spiritually, socially and economically. We train people to become community leaders at all ages. Our partner in India has staff that oversee our three programs. We provide leadership training that inspires people to work to their potential.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
To date, we have educated over 5,000 children who have achieved their dream by attending school and graduating. They hold a promising future, filled with hope and opportunities that will break the cycle of poverty. Many of these students continue their education by pursuing higher education at the college and university level.
Over 1,400 women have enrolled in the ARISE! Women's Empowerment Program. The employment rate is 98% and these women can now afford to feed their children and send them to school to get an education.
In over 30 years, we have reached over 8 million people through our Community Partnership and Transformation Program which has changed lives spiritually, socially and economically.
Our vision is for all people in India to live an abundant life.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, We don’t have the right technology to collect and aggregate feedback efficiently, The people we serve tell us they find data collection burdensome, It is difficult to find the ongoing funding to support feedback collection, It is hard to come up with good questions to ask people, We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback
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INDIA TRANSFORMED
Board of directorsas of 02/02/2023
Nathan Carlson
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Not applicable
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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Equity strategies
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- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.