Six ways to help, and no donate button.
We deliberately do not take money from a form. Every route below ends in a conversation, so you see the accounts and get your awkward questions answered before anything changes hands.
87%
Spent on programmes
1,200+
Active volunteers
11
States
Pick the one that fits you.
CSR partnership
Companies with a CSR obligation under Section 135
Fund a programme, a district or a named initiative, with the reporting your board and auditor need.
How it works →In-kind giving
Companies with equipment, services or expertise to contribute
Working laptops, network equipment, professional services and end-of-life electronics we recycle responsibly.
How it works →Volunteering
Individuals and corporate teams
Mentoring, teaching, companion calling and skilled professional help - remote and in person.
How it works →Individual giving
Individuals who want to support the work directly
Regular or one-off support. We will talk to you first rather than take money from a form.
How it works →Fundraise for us
Supporters, schools, workplaces and community groups
Run something in aid of a programme - with our materials, and our rules about how you describe us.
How it works →Institutional grants
Foundations, multilaterals and government programmes
Programme grants with formal monitoring, evaluation and reporting frameworks.
How it works →
Indicative costs, reviewed every year.
We would rather show you the price of a specific thing than ask for an amount and describe the impact afterwards.
- ₹2,500A month of internet at one village school
- ₹8,000One refurbished laptop in a device library
- ₹15,000A screening camp for one village
- ₹40,000Six months of accommodation for one woman starting a field engineering job
- ₹75,000A water point, including its ten-year maintenance fund
- ₹1,20,000A school computer lab for a year - hardware, connection, power and the teacher's stipend
- ₹3,00,000An emergency communications kit staged in a cyclone district
- ₹9,00,000A village development plan, funded for three years
Before you give
Ask us the hard questions first.
Ask what share reaches the field. Ask what our worst-performing programme is and what we did about it. Ask to see a site. Any organisation that cannot answer those comfortably does not deserve your money, and that includes us.
Write to [email protected] or call +91 777-500-2222.
One conversation, then something specific.
Tell us your budget, your focus area or simply what you care about, and we will propose a scope rather than send a brochure.
