Our Partners

Founded in 2001 by Bishop Jonas Thaliath, Navjeevan Trust operates from its headquarters in Rajkot, Gujarat. Registered as a trust, the organization focuses on uplifting semi-urban and rural communities through initiatives spanning education, health, women empowerment, and livelihood support. With a dedicated mission, Navjeevan Trust has positively impacted the lives of 8506 beneficiaries, nurturing opportunities for children, youth, men, and women alike.

Established in 2019 by Mr. Proteek Kundu, NeevJivan Foundation operates from its headquarters in Palghar, Maharashtra. Registered as a section 8 company, the foundation focuses on women empowerment, poverty alleviation, and vocational education, particularly within the tribal communities of Maharashtra. They train individuals in vocations of their choice, impart entrepreneurship skills, facilitate access to funds, and support the initiation of small-scale business ventures. Targeting women and youth, they have reached 1100 beneficiaries, striving to create sustainable change.

Established in 2016 by Tatyana Dias in Goregaon, Maharashtra, the Veruschka Foundation is a section 8 company dedicated to disability and inclusion. Inspired by the memory of Veruschka Dias, who lived with autism, the foundation empowers individuals with developmental disabilities, impacting 400 of them. Their innovative approach utilizes cookery as a medium to provide sustainable livelihood opportunities, fostering independence at home, facilitating entrepreneurial journeys, or enabling placement in mainstream employment. Through this, they aim to integrate adolescents and adults aged 13-59 into society as contributing members.

Founded in 2006 by Jithin C Nedumala, Make A Difference (MAD) operates with a vision to ensure equitable outcomes for all children growing up in care in India. Headquartered in Goa and registered as a Trust, MAD's mission spans 25 years to empower children in shelters across India, mobilizing communities, enabling the sector, and changing the ecosystem. Working with approximately 3500 children across 60 shelters in 23 cities, MAD employs a highly efficient volunteer-driven model, engaging a workforce of 4000 in a distributed structure. Pioneering holistic developmental methodologies, MAD operates at minimal cost without compromising on impact, continuity, or quality, setting benchmarks in organizational design tailored for maximum impact.

Flagship programme - LEP (Learning Enrichment Programme) running in 21 schools, impacted 1200 students so far. It's a remedial education programme for students from 3rd to 8th standard. The objective is to generate students' interest in learning so that they do not drop out of mainstream education.

The other programme they have is called 'Savera' which is a community school programme. They form street schools/community schools for children who cannot take formal education - like children of local beggars, construction workers

Shiksharth Trust ( commonly known as Shiksharth ) is a not-for-profit educational organisation, that designs and develops contextually relevant Positive Childhood Experiences for children coming from spaces of conflict and adverse geography. Currently based out of Sukma, Chhattisgarh in Central India, they are serving over 15000 children through pedagogy solutions, school support and community engagement in an integrated approach.

Samerth has worked relentlessly, empowered vulnerable, marginalised communities and provided them with social as well as economic dignity. Their collaboration with government programmes gave us the strength to broaden their reach and impact.

Shaishav is a grassroots organization working alongside children from marginalised communities in Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India . They provide children from marginalised communities space and inspiration to work their own way out of difficult circumstances.

Sambodh was established in the year 2008 as a public charitable trust, with the objective of promoting economic and social empowerment of marginalised groups in riot-affected urban slums and rural areas of Ahmedabad In 2016, they started providing educational support to students so that they don’t drop out of schools and. The organisation’s founder is Ms Fehmida Malik, who has worked in the development sector for over 25 years. She is the trustee and managing director of the organisation and manages critical aspects of Sambodh. Fehmida is further supported by 6 full-time staff members.
Sambodh is working on an integrated community development programme which covers the following :
Education - Stay at School programme
Community development programmes
Skill development for adolescent girls and youth
Community development and urban governance

Samait Shala, a non-profit from Ahmedabad, Gujarat is working to build instructional capacity in schools by:
- supporting teachers with whole-class approaches required to address the needs of children with high learning differences and Learning Difficulties and
- build school management capacity to sustain those practices at the school level.
They have conducted digital and Inclusive pedagogy learning sessions for over 2000 teachers, 50+ School leaders, and NGO team members in the state of Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, and New Delhi.

Social & Evangelical Association for Love (SEAL) is a trust established in 1999. Its work entails rescuing the needy, that have been either abandoned or have run away or are lost or rendered homeless, from the Railway platforms and streets of Mumbai and surrounding areas, rehabilitating them and then reuniting them with their loved ones. It is situated in Panvel, Maharashtra and works with agencies across the country. So far, it has been able to care for over 1000+ rescued people, of which 500+ have been reunited with families while a few have been given a funeral with dignity.

SEAL currently runs programmes under their mission to Rescue, Rehabilitate and Reunite also referred to as ‘Rescunite’. The Ashram provides shelter to those rescued where they are provided with medical aid, food and shelter. Children are provided education at one of the two schools with which SEAL has a tie-up.

Learning Initiatives For India (LIFI) was started in July 2020 with a vision to enable a lifelong learning path for all out of school children (OoSC) in the country. Their mission is to create a collective of Youth Teacher Leaders (YTLs) and network organizations which can support out of school children in their contexts. We mentor and coach the collective to bridge the achievement gap in the children and put them on sustainable learning pathways.

Muskaan Dreams is a social impact Ed-Tech nonprofit, committed to bridging the digital divide in government schools by empowering teachers with technology so that every student has the opportunity to take advantage of digital learning and skilling in order to prepare for the future with rapidly evolving needs in the job market.

The Xavier’s Resource Centre for the Visually Challenged (XRCVC) is an integral part and department of St. Xavier's College - Autonomous, Mumbai.

The XRCVC was started in 2003 as an effort to ensure an inclusive environment at St. Xavier’s College, one of the most well-known educational institutions in the country, for its students with blindness and low vision. Having created an inclusive set-up for its own students, keeping with the college’s long tradition of creating social impact within the larger community, the XRCVC has today become a national advocacy and support centre for the blind and low-vision across the city and the country.

Slam Out Loud is a for-mission, non-profit that uses the transformative power of performance and visual arts to help build Creative Confidence (life) skills like communication, critical thinking, and empathy in children from disadvantaged communities.

Titli is an organisation that enables teachers and caregivers to be trained to transform India’s young learners and help them to, like butterflies, spread their wings and fly. The organisation runs a teacher training program and Anganwadi program, where the teachers or caregivers understand the best practices in early childhood care and education, and then implement that in their classrooms. TitLi provides a preschool curriculum, which helps the ECE educators to conduct developmentally appropriate activities for the holistic development of children.

Social Action for Manpower Creation is a public charitable society and trust established in the year 1990 for the rehabilitation, care and educational development of Orphan children, and other poor and disadvantaged children.

Barefoot Edu Foundation is a grassroots organization committed to transforming educational spaces into stimulating learning environments, contextualised for under-resourced communities. Barefoot Edu Foundation has worked in six schools, and 1,482 Anganwadi centres with a total of 81educators to impact 15,000+ students.

17000 ft Foundation works to improve the lives of the people of remote, high altitude mountainous villages of Ladakh, in areas that lie isolated and ignored for centuries due to problems of harsh terrain. By strengthening existing systems and providing opportunities for growth within these hamlets, 17000 ft aims to stem the desperate exodus of these indigenous communities to faraway cities. Their programs focus on improving education in Govt. Schools, creating livelihood opportunities and generating exposure through interactions with the outside world. Today, their work spans the entire 65,000 sq. km. of Ladakh, and aims to impact other similarly remote, inaccessible regions.

Social Frontier Foundation aims to make quality healthcare accessible to mothers and infants through Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) policy under the Right to Food (RTF).

SFF resolves the gap in the implementation of PMMVY in the following ways:
• Mapping uncovered areas: Supporting the government to survey areas being missed out by the outdated census
• Identifying mothers who are not registered or ‘Left out despite being eligible and requiring support.
• Connecting identified women to benefits: Creating awareness and enhancing the quality

Saaras Impact Foundation (Saaras) is a nonprofit organization that aims to make policies work in practice for the marginalized group. Since their inception in 2017, they have been working on the implementation of the Right to Education (RTE) 12(1)(c) under our Project Eklavya.

Rubaroo believes that children should be taught how they can keep themselves safe at a young age and there should always be an open channel of communication between a child and a parent, where the child feels comfortable and safe that his/her parents are there for him/her no matter what.

The Ashraya Initiative for Children is a non-profit organisation dedicated to improving the lives and shaping the futures of vulnerable children in Pune, India by advancing educational opportunities, nurturing holistic development and building healthy, empowered communities. Towards this goal, AIC runs four interwoven programs designed to benefit vulnerable children and communities in Pune.

Sparsha Charitable Trust is a non-profit organisation based in Sion, Mumbai and aims to touch the nearby underprivileged, providing access to basic human needs and help them to achieve better living circumstances.

Saturday Art Class is where art and imagination uplift education. It is a uniquely-designed initiative that aims to enrich and develop children from low income communities through a variety of holistic and value-based modern art curriculums.

Tapasya is a non-profit organisation that has been working in the space of Policy Implementation in Maharashtra since 2017. Their low-cost, high-stake policy implementation campaigns nurture existing leadership within the community and Partner Organisations

The Apprentice Project's (TAP) vision is to empower children in low-income schools to realise who they are and achieve what they want to be. They aim to do this by building life-skills (Confidence & Communication, Critical thinking, Creativity, Collaboration, and Self-realisation), and enabling real world exposure & opportunities using the child’s passion (Visual arts, Performance arts, Sports, or Technical arts) as the medium.

Early intervention center to identify and treat children with hearing impairment to enable the mainstreaming of these children

Educo operates in partnership with an MCGM school and provides holistic education that includes academics and co-curricular activities for exposure and life skill development. They also provide counselling to their students and have a strong focus on parent engagement so as to ensure enhanced learning. Their vision is that their students become role models for social and cultural transformation in their community.

Life-Lab provides innovative solutions and comprehensive interventions to empower marginalised students with a scientific attitude. Our solutions foster systemic changes by catering to all key stakeholders: children, teachers, schools and communities.

Rishi Valmiki Eco School provides quality education and supports the emotional development of children from weaker financial backgrounds through experiential and nature based learning. Their vision is that children grow up to become responsible citizens; empathetic towards each other and the environment and are involved in a profession as per their capacity.­ They currently work with around 440 children.

Apni Shala was officially registered in 2013. The organisation provides life skills education to children in the Mumbai area. Their program focuses on developing the social, emotional and cognitive skills of children using art, drama, games and community projects. They also offer teacher training to spread awareness about the importance of life skills and reach more beneficiaries.

At SAC Centers we provide an after-school program aimed at bridging learning gaps among school going children from low-income communities. It is our endeavour to provide a solid educational foundation through academic and non-academic activities that foster self-esteem, confidence, love for learning enabling the child perform better.

St. Willibrord School offers highly innovative and interactive education to 3500 children in the Mumbai area. The CEO Willy George aims to create a unique environment that grooms children into well-rounded and globally-aware citizens.

Urja is an NGO that provides rehabilitation, education, health, employment linkages and shelter related services to homeless young women. They offer a range of need-based services that cater to the unique needs of these women to ensure they enjoy their rights to education, employment, safety and other civil rights. In order to make society more sensitive to the issues of these women they organisae awareness campaigns for potential stakeholders in the government and society at large.

Karunya has 3 focus areas including education, livelihood, health. They work with select underserved communities like men, women and children form the ragpicking communities in Govandi, tribal communities in Kalyan and HIV Infected and affected individuals. In addition to this one of their recent projects provided housing individuals in select community in Kalyan. Their education programs foucus on providing supplementary education to bridge the quality gap for children going to government schools. Since health and livelihood are othre issues that their beneficiary groups face they look at providing these services through health camps and self-help groups to provide a holistic need-based program.

MDA is located in four centres in and around Mumbai city and has a team of psychologists, special educators and other professionals, offering various services, which include: Diagnostic and remedial facilities for children and young adults. Study Skills. Workshops in schools and colleges. Counselling services for parents as well as students. Aptitude Testing and Career Guidance Counselling. A Parents Support Group to cater to the needs of parents of children with learning disability.A Research Unit to undertake research projects and develop appropriate teaching and testing material suited to the local conditions. A Training Centre where training workshops / talks for small groups of teachers and other professionals are conducted. The Dyslexia Therapist Training Program in collaboration with the Multisensory Language Training Institute of New Mexico. An Advocacy Cell that negotiates with the education authorities for the rights of children with Learning Disability. A Reference Library with books, journals and latest information on learning disability and related areas, which is accessible to all.

Mona Remedial was founded in 1983 as a school for children with special needs. Realising the scarcity of resources and information available to parents of special children and professionals working with special children, the founders believed this was contributing to a lack of acceptance among families and insufficient educational training. This in turn lead to long term mental heal issues, lack of independence, and a lowered quality of life. Mona Remedial's mission is to provide comprehensive and need based educational training and therapies and spread awareness of opportunities. They train special children in academic and life skill based education, guiding students to become as productive and independent as possible. Mona's 3-5 year plan includes launching their new vocational program to run side by side with the academic program, giving students a wholistic education preparing them for life.

Sunshine school provides special education, therapy and vocational training to special children and training and counselling to their parents

Suryoday Trust is the first non-profit in Nallasopara that is dedicated to the cause of providing education to children with mental disabilities with a view to making them functionally independent adults who are well-integrated into society.

Sai Sweekar runs 2 programs- Prayas and Saarthi.Prayas is a program for children with autism, CP, deafblindness etc. Saarthi is for children with learning disabilities and are thus slow learners. The key features of this program are parent counselling, strength analysis, formal assessment to identify needs of the child, and 1:1 student teacher ratio.

It is dedicated to the growth of persons with Mental Retardation, Autism, Down’s Syndrome, Learning Disabilities and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Mann provides generalized as well as person-specific trainig to its students, to help prepare them for a more meaningful and independent life.

Apne Aap Women’s Collective (AAWC) is an anti-trafficking organisation that serves the women and children of Kamathipura, the red light area of Mumbai. They operate three programs: Ummeed, for women in brothel-based prostitution, Udaan for daughters of Ummeed members and other girls living in the red light area and Umang, for toddlers of Ummeed members and other children living in the red light area. By providing our members with the tools and resources to create a better quality of life, we seek to empower women who have been trafficked into brothel-based prostitution and to prevent the cycle of intergenerational prostitution among their daughters.

OSCAR Foundation (Organisation for Social Change, Awareness and Responsibility) is a non-profit organisation that, through football instils the value of education and empowers underprivileged children and youth with life skills to take responsibility of their community development.

Udaan India Foundation (Udaan) is a Mumbai based not-for-profit organisation working with children from low-income communities in the field of education. Our primary aim is to ensure that every child of school going age is gaining a strong and holistic educational foundation to become a responsible, compassionate and confident citizen of tomorrow.

Avanti Fellows is committed to ensuring that all students get the opportunity to receive high-quality education and academic guidance. Our goal is to give every child the opportunity to study at India’s best colleges.

Bright Future empowers youth to make informed decisions about their career and thus enables them to transform their passion into gainful employment through life skills development, career development, mentoring support, internships and placement opportunities.

Mimaansa’, a Non Government Organisation (registration no. E-7268) consists of a group of teachers, special educators, psychologist and Neuro linguistic programmers in Thane. ‘Mimaansa’ has primary focus on differently abled children, who lack the skill set to cope with the learning being imparted in an integrated school set up, like the Municipal Schools . Mimaansa is currently active in imparting learning in two Municipal schools in the Kissan Nagar and Savarkar Nagar area of Thane.

The main objective of this venture was to bridge the gap in schools and education centers, which are usually not equipped to handle multiple disabilities along with blindness. Muskan Foundation aims to provide a spectrum of customized services ranging from early intervention, education, therapy, counseling and MDVI awareness. The foundation commenced its work with a small group of 4 children, which has swelled to 104 students in three centers and more than 200 children receiving regular therapy.

Sahyog is an initiative of Chehak Trust. We at Sahyog are committed to a community-based model of social change, responsive to the expressed and felt needs of women and children. We strongly believe that education is the cornerstone of social change and work for sustainable change in women and children from marginalized communities by providing them with enrichment education, special education, life skills and access to vocational opportunities

Sol’s ARC is a unique organisation that does innovative educational research to build inclusive pedagogy in both mainstream and special schools to ensure that every child can learn.

Umang is a public trust supporting children with autism spectrum disorder and slow learners. It offers a wide range of activities including occupational, cognitive and speech therapy, remedial education, counselling, social skills training and parental support. Umang allows children with autism and special needs to develop to their fullest potential.

A 33-year old NGO based in India that believes in social change through empowering the most vulnerable members of underprivileged communities: the women, youth, and children. We create peerless programs with our approach of holistic, practical education and vocational training. Join us, donate or just spread the word.

We strive toward a world where underprivileged communities have equal access to opportunities and resources by providing young people from underprivileged communities in India with high quality education and experiences to help them maximize their potential. Reality Gives runs educational programs such as the Local School Support Program and the Youth Empowerment Program.

At the Foundation for Mother and Child Health, all resources are invested towards an innovative community-based nutrition specific intervention. FMCH aims at empowering every mother and her family belonging to a vulnerable community to make the right food choice by providing accurate actionable knowledge and other associated intensive services.

Masoom is a not for profit organisation that works with the night school students to work on the academics and provide better career opportunities to them.

CHIP promotes a quality educational environment that ensures all the students of BMC schools get an opportunity to realize their full potential, acquiring skills , knowledge and an attitude which they will need to become successful citizens and lifelong learners.

Since 1972, Mumbai Mobile Creches has been one of the few non-profits specifically supporting the health, education and safety of children living on construction sites. MMC has reached over 100,000 children across 270 construction sites in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Thane.

Nareshwadi Learning Centre (NLC) is located in Dahanu (north of Mumbai) and offers a great learning environment to children from unpriviledged backgrounds, in particular those belonging to the local Warli tribal community. NLC comprises a Primary and Secondary school, a Vocational Education and Training Centre, a General Hostel for girls and boys, a Children’s Home, a Health Centre and a School Farm and Dairy.

NLC is dedicated to nourish the physical, intellectual, emotional and spiritual development of each child by providing an innovative education, caring home environment and fostering community involvement.

Muktangan was envisioned as an alternative model that aimed to bridge these prevalent gaps and disconnects in education by providing an inclusive, student-friendly, community based model of education within the mainstream system. Supported through the Paragon Charitable Trust in partnership with the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM), the first Muktangan preschool was started in 2003 on the premises of a Municipal School in Worli, Mumbai.