b'Lotus PetalExemplary Education for the Underprivileged in IndiaCOUNTRY:Today, 33% of Indias population lives in urban areas, compared to only India 17% in 1960. Rapid urbanization creates unique challenges across all of society and often results in increasing urban poverty and income inequality. GRANT AMOUNT: This inequality feeds into, and is perpetuated by, unequal access to quality $54,733 education.SDG FOCUS AREAS: Lotus Petal Foundation, a registered charity in India, works to break the Quality Educationcycle of powerty by providing access to continuous, quality education to the (SDG 4) children in disadvantaged communities. No PovertyLotus Petals school reached an impressive teacher/student ratio of 1:20, (SDG 1) which has now been improved to 1:12. The organization was also able to increase the number of children attending their schools from 300 in 2017 to over 400 in just one year.25%increase in attendance2017 - 2018cafamerica.orgPAGE19'