{"id":65,"date":"2025-11-25T06:49:48","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T06:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.matsio.com\/matsio\/swataleem.org\/?page_id=65"},"modified":"2026-02-13T05:57:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T05:57:28","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dev.matsio.com\/matsio\/swataleem.org\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- hero-card starts here -->\n<div  class=\"block-hero-card\">\n  <h1 class=\"screen-reader-text\">About<\/h1><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"903\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.matsio.com\/matsio\/swataleem.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Hero-Section-scaled.webp\" class=\"desktop-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.matsio.com\/matsio\/swataleem.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Hero-Section-scaled.webp 2560w, https:\/\/dev.matsio.com\/matsio\/swataleem.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Hero-Section-768x271.webp 768w, https:\/\/dev.matsio.com\/matsio\/swataleem.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Hero-Section-1536x542.webp 1536w, https:\/\/dev.matsio.com\/matsio\/swataleem.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Hero-Section-2048x722.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.matsio.com\/matsio\/swataleem.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/about-us-hero-mobile.webp\" class=\"mobile-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div> \n<!-- hero-card ends here -->\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group about-sec-1\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-bottom is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-bottom col-content is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our Story<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It began with a Girl named Nirasha, a name that means \u201chopelessness.\u201d\u2028<br>She introduced herself during a field visit to a KGBV school. Her name stayed with us. So did her spirit.<br><br>Despite everything working against her, poverty, gender norms, systemic gaps, Nirasha showed up every day, eager to learn. That moment sparked a question that stayed with us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What if every Girl could own her education and her future?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mobile-readmore wp-block-paragraph\">Co-founders Ananya Tiwari and Vaibhav Kumar came from different disciplines like neuroscience, engineering, psychology but shared one belief: transformation begins when we stop designing for communities and start building with them.<br><br>So in 2018, SwaTaleem was born as a blend of Sanskrit and Arabic meaning \u201cowning your education.\u201d <code><br><br>The name combines two words \u2014 \u201cSwa,\u201d meaning self in Sanskrit, and \u201cTaleem,\u201d meaning education in Arabic \u2014 symbolizing the idea that true learning begins when one takes ownership of their own education.<br><\/code><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-bottom col-img is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1264\" height=\"1168\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.matsio.com\/matsio\/swataleem.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Image-Container.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-74\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.matsio.com\/matsio\/swataleem.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Image-Container.webp 1264w, https:\/\/dev.matsio.com\/matsio\/swataleem.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Image-Container-768x710.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1264px) 100vw, 1264px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group about-sec-2\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our Values<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rooted in humility. Driven by integrity. Guided by those we serve.<\/p>\n\n\n<!-- values starts here -->\r\n<div  class=\"block-values\">\r\n  <section class=\"values-cards\">\r\n    <div class=\"values-grid\">\r\n\r\n              \r\n          <div class=\"flip-card\">\r\n            <div class=\"flip-card-inner\">\r\n\r\n              <!-- FRONT -->\r\n              <div class=\"flip-card-front\">\r\n                                  <div class=\"icon\">\r\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.matsio.com\/matsio\/swataleem.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MedalMilitary.svg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/>                  <\/div>\r\n                \r\n                <h3>Excellence with Humility<\/h3>\r\n                <p>We\u2019re proud of our work but never above learning.<\/p>\r\n              <\/div>\r\n\r\n              <!-- BACK -->\r\n              <div class=\"flip-card-back\">\r\n                <p>We recognise that there is no single, universal solution to the challenges within the ecosystem. Our work is shaped by listening closely, respecting diverse contexts, and continuously learning from the communities and systems we \r\nengage with.<\/p>\r\n              <\/div>\r\n\r\n            <\/div>\r\n          <\/div>\r\n\r\n        \r\n          <div class=\"flip-card\">\r\n            <div class=\"flip-card-inner\">\r\n\r\n              <!-- FRONT -->\r\n              <div class=\"flip-card-front\">\r\n                                  <div class=\"icon\">\r\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.matsio.com\/matsio\/swataleem.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/justice-scale-01.svg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/>                  <\/div>\r\n                \r\n                <h3>Collaborative Mutual Transformation<\/h3>\r\n                <p>We see ourselves as co-voyagers and \r\nnot rescuers<\/p>\r\n              <\/div>\r\n\r\n              <!-- BACK -->\r\n              <div class=\"flip-card-back\">\r\n                <p>We do not see ourselves as problem solvers for the people out there, instead we strongly believe in building partnerships and growing together in the ecosystems we work in. 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