Enabling Leadership
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Founded 2010
Enabling Leadership is a global non-profit empowering children aged 9-15 through football, music, and Lego, building leadership, problem-solving, and collaboration skills to break poverty cycles, impacting 10,000+ children in India and beyond.
Opportunities from Enabling Leadership
Enabling Leadership Global Ambassador Program (ELGAP) for High School Students
by Enabling Leadership
A 10-month hybrid program for high school students (grades 9-12) focusing on leadership development through service, mentoring, fundraising, and digital outreach, with an onsite experience in Bangalore.
What your child could gain:
About
Enabling Leadership is a global non-profit organization dedicated to equipping children aged 9-15 from underprivileged backgrounds with essential leadership and life skills. The organization utilizes creative and innovative programs, including football, music, and Lego, to foster critical competencies such as problem-solving, collaboration, communication, and ethical values. These programs are designed to help children break cycles of intergenerational poverty and become responsible, employable adults. The institution's unique framework on leadership underpins each program, setting competencies in skills like creativity, analytical thinking, action, and accountability. Enabling Leadership works with children in government and low-income schools, providing sustained in-school interventions and fostering holistic transformation through parent and community engagement. Enabling Leadership currently reaches over 10,000 children across 120+ schools in 5 cities and 45 villages across India, with a goal to impact one million children by 2030. The organization also has a presence in Cambodia, Kenya, and Singapore, extending its transformative impact globally. The programs emphasize experiential learning, allowing children to connect classroom and playground experiences with real-life challenges.
Affiliations
Programs offered
- EL Play (Football-based leadership development)
- EL Create (Music-based leadership development)
- EL Build (Lego-based leadership development)
- Enabling Leadership Global Ambassador Program (ELGAP)
Achievements
- Impacted over 10,000 children across India, Cambodia, Kenya, and Singapore
- Recognized for innovative use of football, music, and Lego for skill development
- Featured in various media outlets for their transformative programs
Leadership
- Poornima Bhagwat, Director (Enabling Leadership Foundation)
- Ramakrishnan Ananthakrishnan, Director (Enabling Leadership Foundation)
- Anirudh Patri, Director (Enabling Leadership Foundation)
- Latha Gupta Emmatty, Director (Enabling Leadership Foundation)
- Jay Bala, Board Member (Enabling Leadership Inc.)
- Shikha Gupta, Board Member (Enabling Leadership Inc.)
- Manoj Kumar, Board Member (Enabling Leadership Inc.)
- Dr. Uma Natarajan, Board Member (Enabling Leadership Inc.)
- Chirag Sapra, Board Member (Enabling Leadership Inc.)
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