Last Updated on 23rd October 2022 by gursheen

In our previous article Top 10 Influential NGOs in India, we mention how impactful is the work of NGOs and what are the different areas they are covering for the growth of India. 

These NGOs are built from scratch with a whole sole motive to help the ones in need. It can be a newborn baby or a teenage kid, it can be a widower (male or female) or an old-aged person. Few of them have started initiatives for any natural calamities or during the pandemic. 

What is an NGO?

In simple words, a non-governmental organization (NGO), is a voluntary group of individuals or organizations, usually not affiliated with any government, that is formed to provide services or to advocate a public policy. Although some NGOs are for-profit corporations, the vast majority are nonprofit organizations. 

In this article, we will share about those NGOs who are doing their best to provide the best possible education for those kids who need it- 

 Nanhi Kali

In 1996, Anand Mahindra, Chairman of the Mahindra group began Project Nanhi Kali (which means ‘a very little bud’) at the K.C. Mahindra Education Trust, with the target of training unfortunate girls in India. The project was incepted against the scene of a spiraling population growth rate, low feminine attainment level, and low feminine manpower participation. additionally, social problems like child weddings and child labor were commonplace in several elements of India, particularly rural areas.

With the dual objective of absolutely impacting India’s development by educating girls and inspiring Indians to contribute to a worthy cause, Project Nanhi Kali was designed as a support program, whereby people and corporates might participate by sponsoring girls’ education for a minimum amount of a year. Over the years, Project Nanhi Kali has reached resolute over 500,000 unfortunate girls across fourteen states in India. Project Nanhi Kali is guaranteeing that girls complete ten years of formal schooling.

Where can you contact them?

Office Location-

K. C. Mahindra Education Trust,

Cecil Court,

Near Regal Cinema,

Mahakavi Bhushan Marg,

Mumbai 400001.

Contact Number-

support@nanhikali.org

How can you make a Donation?

Just click on the link- Nanhi Kali

 Digital Gurukul

I feel education is one of the most important and helpful things someone can do for our nation and the kids. Digital Gurukul is a Digital Marketing Institute based in Indore. 

Digital Gurukul is one of India’s leading Edtech companies in India – Founded in 2015 by Dr. Raj Padhiyar. Awarded Asia’s leading Edtech Company with 44850+ students trained, featured in 50+ News media including CNBCTV 18, Times Now, Aaj-Tak, Money Control, 15+ Awards & 120+ success stories. 

From providing small certification courses to helping people start their own businesses at home with the help of the Hybrid franchise program. From taking offline classes to making sure the pandemic does not affect the learning of the students and starting effective online classes. Digital Gurukul has always kept student education its utmost priority. 

Digital Gurukul started a program Digital Skill Program specially designed for women so as to empower them.

Apart from in-house training, they have done multiple workshops and seminars on a pro bono basis. Dr. Raj Padhiyar himself made a YouTube video with the aim to educate students who need to know all the basics related to Digital Marketing.

Where can you contact them?

Office Location-

A-201/202, Bliss Avenue, Opp. VLCC, Scheme no 54, Vijay Nagar Indore 452010

Contact Number-

9584831230, 9022888883

 Teach for India

Founded in 2007 by Shaheen Mistri, an alumnus of St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, and Manchester University, UK, and promoter of the Akanksha Foundation. once running the Akanksha Foundation for near to twenty years, Shaheen Mistri met with Wendy Kopp, the founder of Teach For America, and determined to bring this model to India.

Teach For India (TFI) is an organization that recruits top-ranked, idealistic school graduates and professionals to teach for 2 years in under-served, low-income faculties to reduce inequity in education.

Teach for India(TFI) comes into existence in 2009 and since then it’s running with success to make sure children’s quality education. The TFI program is split into 2 components. the primary could be a teaching fellowship, a coaching ground for leadership and commitment, and the second is our alumni movement.

Where can you contact them?

Office Location-

Teach For India

Godrej One, 2nd Floor

Pirojshanagar, Eastern Express Highway

Vikhroli (East), Mumbai – 400079

Contact Number-

+91 22 25194283,+91 22 25194284

How can you make a Donation?

Just click on the link- Teach For India

 Give

Give India Foundation was founded by Atul Satija. Give exists to alleviate poorness by enabling the globe to give. Established in 2000, give and its partners comprise the most important and trustworthy giving platform in India. give allows people and organizations to boost and present funds handily to any cause they care about. Give’s community of 2.6M+ donors supports 2,800+ verified nonprofits and serves 15M+ individuals across the country.

Give includes giving a loving home to kids orphaned by farmer suicides, Providing free surgeries and care to women suffering from burns, saving children of construction workers from dangerous buildings, Rescue girls kidnapped and sold into brothels, Rescue lost children on railway platforms from abuse, starvation, and trafficking, Save abandoned widow mothers of Vrindavan from begging on the streets.

Where can you contact them?

Office Location-

2nd floor, Rigel, No. 15-19

Doddanekkundi,

Marathahalli Outer Ring Road,

Bengaluru, Karnataka-560037

How can you make a Donation?

Just click on the link- Give India Foundation

 Vidya

Founded in 1985 by Ms. Rashmi Misra, it began along with her teaching a class of 5 girls in her home on the campus of IIT Delhi. Now, they have seventy-eight coming and growing, unfolding across Delhi, Gurugram, Bangalore, Mumbai & Pune. VIDYA is a non-profit organization. Over thirty-five years, They have impacted the lives of 4,00,000 people, over 1/2 that include ladies and girls.

Their technique is to handle acquisition as multifaceted– encompassing teachers, vocations, mental and physical well-being, life skills, awareness of a fast-evolving international society, communication skills, and values. 

The aim is to be the fountainhead for empowering and remodeling lives through education and to optimize the potential of kids, youth and girls by providing holistic education through faculties, collaborations, and community programs.

Where can you contact them?

Office Location-

Block-S, Plot no. 3126,

DLF Phase III,

Gurgaon, India, 122010

How can you make a Donation?

Just click on the link-  Vidya

 Udaan

UDAAN is one of Delhi’s foremost research-based, non-profit organizations for training, Rehabilitation, and Early Medical Intervention with the Integration of kids who are differently abled. it had been it was in the year 1992 and has unrelentingly worked for their well-being ever since. The team at UDAAN makes certain that timely assistance is offered to the young with moderate to severe autism Spectrum Disorder, cerebral palsy, down syndrome, mental retardation, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Learning Disabilities. The organization strives to feature beauty, opportunities for growth, and quality in their lives on a daily basis.

Where can you contact them?

Office Location-

B 188, Captain Gaur Marg, B Block, East of Kailash, New Delhi, Delhi 110065

Contact- 

011 4162 1137

How can you make a Donation?

Just click on the link-  Udaan

 Educate Girls

Established in 2007, Educate Girls is a non-profit organization that focuses on mobilizing communities for girls education in India’s rural and educationally backward areas.

Strongly aligned with the “Right to Education Act” or “Samagra Shikha”, Educate Girls is committed to the Government’s vision to improve access to primary education for children, especially young girls. 

Educate Girls currently operates successfully in over 20,000 plus villages in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh. By leveraging the Government’s exciting investment in schools and by engaging with a huge base of community volunteers, educating girls helps to improve foundation skills in literacy and numeracy for all children both girls and boys. 

Educate Girls work with a goal to improve access and quality of education for over 15 million children cumulatively by 2024.

Where can you contact them?

Office Location-

C103/104, 1st Floor, Remo Bizcourt, Shah Industrial Estate, Off Veera Desai Road, Andheri West, Mumbai 400053, Maharashtra 

Contact- 

+91-2248932226

How can you make a Donation?

Just click on the link-  Educate Girls

 Akanksha Foundation

The Akanksha Foundation was started in 1991 with an easy plan.

To deliver prime quality education to every kid, in spite of his or her background. Since 1991, Akanksha has fully grown from an organization of student volunteers to a knowledgeable establishment with over 700 employees, lecturers, and volunteers with a mission to produce academic opportunities for less privileged kids. 

In 1991 Shaheen Mistri starts the first Akanksha center with fifteen kids at Holy Name School in Colaba, Mumbai, and once reaching many milestones in between Akanksha collaborates with the Nagpur Municipal Corporation to run 6 faculties in Nagpur and reaches a complete 26 faculties.

Where can you contact them?

Office Location-

The Akanksha Foundation

Voltas Premises, Z Block Building,

2nd floor, T B Kadam Marg,

Chinchpokli -East,

Mumbai – 400 033 

Contact- 

+91 22 23700253, +91 22 23729880, +91 22 23700846

How can you make a Donation?

Just click on the link- Akanksha Foundation

 Asha for Education

In 1991Asha was born at the University of California in Berkeley., many students together with V.J.P.Srivatsavoy, D. Gupta, and S. Pandey got along to consider ways in which they might play a role within the development of India, the country of their origin. once a great deal of discussion, these young minds decided that education plays a significant role in the development of the nation. The group was named Asha to represent the hope that had brought these people along and therefore the hope that they aimed to bring into the lives of youngsters in India.

The objectives of this group are:

To provide education to deprived kids in India.

To encourage the formation of various local groups across the globe to reach out to larger sections of the population.

To support and join forces with persons and teams already engaged in similar activities.

To raise the required human and other resources to attain the group objectives.

To provide opportunities to people living outside India who would like to participate in Asha activities in India.

To address, whenever doable, alternative problems affecting human life like health care, surroundings, socio-economic aspects, and women’s problems.

In the future, Asha hopes to continue taking part in a crucial role in the socio-economic development of India.

Where can you contact them?

Office Location-

Asha for Education

340 S LEMON AVE #2742

WALNUT, CA 91789

UNITED STATES

TAX EIN 77-0459884

How can you make a Donation?

Just click on the link-  Asha for Education

Central Square Foundation

Where can you contact them?

Office Location-

301 – 310, 3rd floor, Narain Manzil, 22 Barakhamba Road, New Delhi – 110 001, India

Contact- 

+91 11 40039300

How can you make a Donation?

Just click on the link- Central Square Foundation

They are a non-profit organization, operating to rework the school education system in India to enhance learning outcomes for all kids, particularly from low-income communities. to attain our goal, They offer support and partner with organizations engaged in innovative solutions in education, still interacting with the system to drive property and positive impact.

we tend to also collaborate with alternative scheme stakeholders to make analyses and make effective proven tools around essential problems.

CSF has prioritized 3 essential areas of work:

(1) Foundational literacy & numeracy (FLN)

(2) EdTech

(3) early childhood Education (ECE)

(4) affordable private schools

All of these organizations have helped numerous kids in their education and they keep on doing it. It is our role to play now how we help these organizations so that they can support the kids and their education in the best possible way.  

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