Changing the Face of Poverty, One Girl at a Time...One Village at a time...One Community at a time.

Promise of Assurance to Children Everywhere (PACE) is a non profit California Corporation which was established in 2003 with two distinct missions:

• To nurture the educational, health, nutritional, social and cultural development of girls in impoverished areas of India and other parts of the world.
• To build, in Piyali Junction (outside Calcutta), the first prototype PACE Learning Center (PLC) complex to serve as a model for the delivery of these services all over the world.

PACE Universal Members Visit the Piyali Learning Center (PLC) - December 2009

On December 9, 2009, a group of PACE and Rotary Club members, including PACE President Deepa Willingham, arrived in Kolkata to visit the Piyali Learning Center (PLC). The visitors were overwhelmed to see the developments that had taken place not only at PLC but also in the Piyali community. Read More...

"Education is the most powerful weapon, which you can use to change the world. "
--Nelson Mandela

"You educate a boy, you benefit that individual. You educate a girl, you benefit that community."
-- Greg Mortensen

November 13th Children's Day at PLC

On November 13, the PLC girls enjoyed a no studies-all play day in celebration of International Children's Day and the birthday of independent India's first Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, as a tribute to his commitment to the welfare of children. Read More...