EAST WEST EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
East West Educational Foundation (EWEF) is value based educational institution established with a purpose of nurturing lives towards fruitfulness.
"For the first 8 years of my life I lived on the streets of Delhi with my parents. When they both died I was adopted by my Canadian parents and enrolled at MDIS. I had never been to a school before and now I'm in 7th grade and through the nurturing and care of my teachers and parents over the years, I have caught up with my peers and looking forward to high school! I am so grateful for the opportunity God has given me through MDIS."
​Sarah Hambly
MDIS Student
"Studying at EWLI has been a pleasure. The instructors are extremely knowledgeable as well as encouraging. They have opened up the beautiful world of Hindi and Indian culture to me."
Diana (Student)
East West Language Institute
"Students at Ebenezer Community School studied Computer Science as a subject, but only theoretically. These students studied without the experience of working on a computer or a laptop. MDIS’s generous donation of six laptops filled our students with excitement. The learning has become complete in this subject with theoretical and practical knowledge."
Teacher
Ebenezer Community School
About us
East West Educational Foundation is a value based educational institution established with a purpose of nurturing lives towards fruitfulness.
We are governed by the purpose and principles contained in our founding charter under the guardianship of the Governing Body that administers the activities of the institution through its appointed Executive Director following the Carver Policy Governance Model.
Vision
Renewed communities through purposeful education.
Mission
Providing excellence-driven, bible inspired and relevant education.
2023
East West Educational Foundation (EWEF)
and New Delhi Young Men's Christian Association
(ND YMCA) entered into an undertaking to run, manage and operate Metro Delhi International School (MDIS) at YMCA Greater Noida Programme Center
website: www.mdis.net
HISTORY
2023
East West Educational Foundation (EWEF)
and New Delhi Young Men's Christian Association
(ND YMCA) entered into an undertaking to run, manage and operate Metro Delhi International School (MDIS) at YMCA Greater Noida Programme Center
website: www.mdis.net
2000
The founders of East West Educational Foundation, Paul and Pat Gillette had a vision to set up educational institutions as their primary vision across PAN India.
To achieve their vision they set up a legal entity by registering its founding charter (Memorandum and Articles of Association) under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860 on 18th January 2000.
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The first unit to begin its operation under the aegis of EWEF was East West Language Institute (EWLI) under its first Director, Stephen Arnold.
Website: https://www.eastwestlanguage.com/
2003
Foreign Language institute started in the year 2003 and included an ESL Program and Hindustani Publishing under its first Director, Don Rempel.
Hindustani Publishing was later rebranded as East-West Publishing.
2016
In August 2016 EWEF took over ownership of Ebenezer Community School (ECS)
EWEF had been supporting ECS for 10 years before it took over the ownership.
2002
Metro Delhi International School (MDIS) started in August 2002 to provide an international Biblical based education.
website: www.mdis.net
Metro Delhi International School was set up under
the leadership of its founding Principal, Mrs. Paula Mowry.
Board members
Executive Secretary
Dr. Smily Rostus
Dr. Smily Rostus is a seasoned entrepreneur, investor, and strategic leader with over 25 years of experience building and scaling enterprises across the education, finance, healthcare, technology, and social impact sectors in India and internationally. He currently serves as Executive Secretary of the East West Educational Foundation (EWEF). He is also the Managing Director of SUREnterprise, where he oversees a portfolio of commercial ventures employing more than 400 staff and serving over 60,000 customers. In addition, he serves as Chairperson of the Angello Network, which collaborates with national leaders from over 20 emerging nations to strengthen entrepreneurial ecosystems, and as Managing Trustee of the Centre for Housing and Community Development (CHCD), working toward bridging the housing gap and promoting equitable access to housing in India.