There is astounding research data supporting that fact that the formative years (below 5 years) of a child are critical in carving the child's future. Children need to be isolated from several environmental factors such as financial instability of the family, socio-economic disparity and other aspects that may inhibit proper psychological conditioning. We believe that a lax in this stage of life cascades into something more serious -- the child will not be ready for peer level interactions and has a very high chance of being a school drop-out. Cradle India Foundation aims to meet this very basic need by proving free, high-quality day-care services to children from poor families whose mothers work.

With only 1% of rural children in India graduating 8th grade, we believe that a grass root model such as ours will be beneficial to motivate children to step into the schooling system with enough motivation to complete it. Needless to say, the benefits that a proper schooling experience brings in are enormous. Not only does the child grow into a well educated person, but also become career-minded. As a consequence the child (now a grown up person) chooses a profession that is far more rewarding that what the parents had chosen. This is real change. We play a small role in this change, but a vital one. Our purpose is to inhibit short-term deviations to the child’s choices, which would later reap huge benefits.

Our model provides a seamless backward integration to what the Right to Education Act wishes to achieve. Children admitted to Cradle India are provided with all the right amenities and environment for good psychological development which would make them into good students while they get into the schooling system. This becomes all the more important as the Right to Education act aims to cut drop-out rate apart from giving access to schools for new students. With so many children gaining access to free and compulsory education, feeder organizations such as Cradle India plays a vital role in ensuring children join the schools with the right mindset enabling them to interact in a competitive social environment.