Project Why is a New Dehli (India) based non-profit organization engaged in education support and life skill enhancement of slum children and their families. They opened their first education center in 2000. Today their programs include:

• Education Centers, teaching more than 800 childen in 7 locations throughout New Delhi
• Children with special needs, a day care centre for 20 children and young adults with disabilities
• Heart Fix Hotel, sponsoring heart surgeries for those most in need
• Women Center, nurturing and supporting disadvantaged local women
• Cyber Why a place where all can make ‘friends” with computers!

Project WHY was conceived to answer a series of queries:

• Why do children from underprivileged backgrounds perform poorly?
• What could be done to enhance their performance?
• What skills should be taught to them to better their employment options?
• How could this be achieved in a replicable community driven model?

Project WHY set out to create a model whereby quality education support in underprivileged areas, could be spearheaded by parents even if they were illiterate. The idea was to empower the community to pool its resources and run a sound support programme for its children.

To know more about Project Why - www.projectwhy.org