Apple supports the Malala Fund's activities for the education of girls in India and Brazil

Apple CEO Time and Malala Yousafzai in front of the home of a family with girls attending the company? school in Beirut, Lebanon supported by the Malala Fund. (Apple image source)

Apple has launched a new collaboration to advance the educational opportunities of girls with the Malala Fund in Latin America, which will be extended to India on a date higher. In Brazil, where collaboration will begin today, support will be via the 10 Apple Developer Academies in the country.

"As part of its new expansion in Latin America, Malala Fund, which works to provide quality and safe secondary education and opportunities for girls, has also offered grants to local defenders in Brazil. Join the Malala Fund's Gulmakai Champions Network and implement projects across the country to empower girls, teachers and policymakers through skills development, school enrollment efforts and advocacy for youth. Education. "IndianExpress.com Lisa Jackson, vice president of environment, politics and social initiatives at Apple, said that the partnership with the Malala Fund has been a great moment for the company and will help to improve the situation of at least 1,00,000 girls. "Malala has the vision to create a network of Gulmakai champions in places where girls do not have access to l & # 39; education. Apple will double the number of champions and allow the fund to expand in India and Latin America, "Jackson said in a telephone interview.

Gulmakai's champions are mostly local educators and educators. activists who "understand the challenges in their communities. Apple will give them technology and tools.

While the Malala Foundation is already working in India, Jackson said that there was no announcement to make about this collaboration with Apple. will be extended here. "We are following the example of the Malala fund, we are not running this partnership," she said, adding that the Malala Fund would decide what needs to be done and that Apple will be ready with the support.

In India, she said, Apple was already supporting Barefoot College in electrifying rural villages through the formation of "solar mamas" in Manipur, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, and In Jammu and Kashmir, and also supports the Akanksha Foundation and Teach For India to provide quality education to low-income communities in Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad and Bangalore.

In January Apple announced that it would become the Malala Fund's first award-winning partner to enable the organization to "double the number of grants awarded by its Gulmakai network and fund new programs in Latin America and Africa." India. "Apple provides an iPhone to each cha Gulmakai to improve its field work and facilitate communication across continents.

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