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                                    Lions Quest India: Empowering Youth Across the GlobeOver the course of four decades, Lions Quest has made a profound impact on youth, experienced exponential growth and formed meaningful partnerships to help young people reach their full potential. Lions Quest is Lions Clubs International Foundation’s (LCIF) comprehensive and universal, evidence-based social and emotional learning program. This year marks the 40th anniversary of LCIF’s first grant to what used to be the independent organization, Quest International. Over the years, the two organizations grew closer, leading LCIF to purchase the program in 2002. To date, LCIF has awarded more than 360 grants for a cumulative total of more than $20 million to expand or establish Lions Quest programs across the United States and around the world. Exponential growth has been the natural result of this investment, with 20 million students reached in 40 languages across 110 countries. LLCIF IMPACTBy: Shelby WashingtonIn India alone, over 2 million students have benefited from Lions Quest and nearly 40,000 teachers have been trained, thanks to Past International President Rohit Mehta’s decision to bring the program to students across the country. Lions Quest’s story began in 1975, when a determined teenager named Rick Little set out on a “quest” to help other young people develop the skills and strength of character needed to succeed as adults. Little started his journey by conducting a survey of over 2,000 high school students to truly understand the issues that concerned them most. The initial success prompted expansion into programming for middle school students and the development of Skills for Adolescence, which pioneered a social and emotional learning program for young people before it was a trend.With the same spirit of innovation, Lions Quest has undertaken a full-scale revision of the curriculum, training and supplemental content. Alvin Atkinson, a member of the Winston-Salem In India alone,over 2 million students have benefited from Lions Quest and nearly 40,000 teachers have been trained, thanks to Past International President Rohit Mehta’s decision to bring the program to students across the country. AUGUST 2024 LION 20
                                
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