For most of the world's impoverished children, education is often out of reach. As a result, many develop into illiterate and uneducated adults, caught in a vicious cycle of poverty and unemployment.

The Ananya Trust provides underprivileged children in India with an education in an innovative and unique environment, despite their social status. With our help, the Ananya Trust trains compassionate instructors, develops educational programming and provides children who have been rejected by society with the opportunity to lead happy, healthy, educated lives.

The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, Ohio is a learning center offering lessons and reflections through historical reviews depicting the struggle for freedom and equal opportunity for all.

We proudly support this gift to the community through financial contributions, executive leadership and the implementation of an annual lecture series that promotes the free exchange of ideas relating to basic human rights and racial harmony for all.

PACE provides girls and young women an opportunity for a better future through education, counseling, training and advocacy. Our Jacksonville, Florida employees provide guidance to high school-age girls by showing them business opportunities, corporate work habits and leadership skills in a professional mentoring environment.

Each 10-week session concludes with a graduation luncheon for the participating students, their parents, PACE counselors and fellow mentors. Full-time positions with us are often awarded to PACE program participants.

The mission of SAS is to incorporate reading programs into public elementary schools throughout the Philippines. With our help, the program has positively affected more than 58,000 children from 184 schools. It is well on its way to building a nation of readers.

Empowering women to make informed decisions about their health, wellbeing and personal safety, we have been a proud sponsor of this organization since its inception.

In less than a decade, Speaking of Women's Health has grown from a one-day conference to a nationally recognized organization that reaches millions of women through annual conferences in more than 30 U.S. cities, quarterly newsletters and a weekly television program. We have proudly provided support through fundraising initiatives, executive leadership and overall program development.

We believe that higher education is an essential component of success for future generations. The Convergys Educational Matching Gifts Program matches qualified contributions made by our employees to accredited colleges and universities using a dollar-for-dollar ratio.