Burger King India partners with Room to Read India for Girl Education Program Impacts several hundreds of girls enrolled in the Girl Education Programacross India
Mumbai, 27th September 2016: Burger King India partners with Room to Read ‘Girl Education Program’ in India; supports girls in underserved communities with the resources they need to stay in school. Room to Read’s Girls Education Program focuses on supporting girls to overcome these challenges during their transitions into and through secondary school, because that is where the biggest and most permanent gaps in gender equality in education take place.This partnership will benefit girls studying in Government secondary schools across Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Rajasthan, Telangana, and Uttarakhand through a multi-faceted intervention that includes: life skills education, mentorship, material support, and family and community engagement that helps girls to succeed in the secondary education.
Burger King India campaign would directly support these girls to complete one year schooling along with key decision-making skills that would enable them to stay at school and prepare them towards tertiary education and career opportunities. The Room to Read Girl Education Program has benefited more than 8400 Girls across seven states in India (Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Rajasthan, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Donation raised through this campaign will support the cost of one year schooling. Funds for the program will be raised through individual donations.
Speaking on the partnership Mr Rajeev Varman, CEO Burger King India commented “Burger King India is committed to this cause across the world and in India. It’s not just about helping girls graduate to the next grade, but also develop life skills”. He further added, “In addition to material & academic support and mentorship, the program focuses on life skill education activities which include workshops, camps and extra-curricular activities focused on self-awareness, inter-personal skills, decision-making, creative thinking, and coping with emotions. ”
This initiative is a part of the ROOM TO READ – BURGER KING MCLAMORE FOUNDATION Partnership; a global initiative that supportsthe Room to Read’s Literacy Program. Through donations from generous BURGER KING® employees, franchises and restaurant guests in select areas in Europe, Asia and Africa, as well as donations directly from the BURGER KING McLAMORE℠ Foundation, the BURGER KING® system today supports more than 69,000 students through Room to Read’s Literacy Program in Cambodia, India, Nepal,
Sri Lanka, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia. The Foundation supports 33 schools across 5 states in India (Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Mumbai (Maharashtra) and Telangana)
Speaking on the partnership, Mr. Deepak Dogra, Director Operations, Room to Read India Trust said, “At Room to Read we believe world change starts with educated children. In partnering with Burger King, Room to Read is able to reach out with its mission to millions of Burger King customers every day. This campaign helps us create a measurable lifelong change in the lives of children and girls at the grassroot level. I am sure this partnership will further the impact and scale of our programs and create best practices that sustain the change we make with this contribution.”
