Aarti for Girls started in 1992 (under the legal entity VIJAY FOUNDATION TRUST). It is an NGO based in Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh. Aarti Home runs an Orphanage Home for abandoned & destitute girl children.

All the Aarti activities are centered in a current building which was built in 1996. It now has over 120 kids and also serves as a livelihood training/outreach/volunteer/helpline center.

With 25 years of experience raising abandoned children, they realized that the best way to bring up such disturbed children would be to give them an environment that's less institutionalized and more family based.

The basic idea of Aarti Village is to provide a family based environment which gives the child security, love and stability.

Asha Kiran was initiated to help the flood victims in Kolleru lake villages back in 1997 and is now an NGO committed to facilitating the self-reliant and sustainable development of coastal communities in Andhra Pradesh, India.

They work to uplift the living status of all the discriminated sections of the society and improves their socioeconomic, health and environmental conditions by mobilization of resources with community participation. Their vision is to create a just society where everyone lives peacefully. The various activities undertaken are children development, women empowerment, vocational training, community health, environmental programs and many more. They provide food, shelter, medical care and education to the marginalized and the deprived sections so that they too can grow to their fullest.

120 orphan and semi-orphan children have been receiving ration supplies every year. ASHA KIRAN works in 40 villages of coastal and Kolleru lake areas of West Godavari and Krishna Districts in Andhra Pradesh, India.

The mission of ASSIST is to create an ideal and equitable society by promoting rural development. The organization was born in response to the social problems prevailing in the Prakasam and Guntur districts in AP. They work for the development of the poor and marginalized communities in the rural areas of Andhra Pradesh.

A unique feature of ASSIST is that they do not work for the people, but with the people in order to achieve the overall objective of making a community a viable unit for its own development.They come up with innovative and adaptable strategies to keep constant communication at the community level. They have taken the responsibility of the overall development of these rural areas as it undertakes programs to create awareness, economic and child development, women empowerment, community health, housing and sanitation, water provision etc.

With this support, the number of children going to school has increased and the water facilities in the villages that Assist works with have been renovated. Every year close to 514 illiterate women get educated, 529 get trained in vocational skills, 22 government schools are strengthened. ASSIST aspires to cater to the rural people in every possible way and make their lives better.

To create sustainable and self-reliant rural communities is the mission of the NGO, Chaithanya Educational and Rural Development Society. CERDS was created to work exclusively in the dry-land and coastal regions of Prakasam and Guntur Districts of Andhra Pradesh, to help poor communities overcome the effects of poverty and create a new future for themselves.

They aim to help the poor overcome their socioeconomic problems by involving them in the problem and inculcating attitudes of change. PCDP is a participatory, non-violent process of problem-solving, consciousness-raising and empowering the poor. CERDS used this approach to mobilize people to act and solve their problems. Skill Development for Women, livelihood support to disadvantaged women, nutrition support to HIV/AIDS infected people, sanitation support for disabled people and drinking water facilities for disadvantaged are a few programs undertaken by CERDS.

About 12,000 families and 55,000 populations belonging tribal and other vulnerable communities in the sea-coastal villages of Prakasam and Guntur Districts have been ensured safe drinking water facilities.CERDS have been honored with numerous awards for their selfless service in uplifting the rural communities and helping them to make themselves self-sustained.

The Founder of Child Aid Foundation (CAF), Dr. A. Goswami, came to India in the 1980s on a personal tour. He was born and brought up in New York City, and adopted an Indian name later on. During his extensive travel throughout the country, he repeatedly encountered many needy children. He was moved by their plight and started CAF in 1993.

Child Aid Foundation is a legally registered, government recognized, non-profit, non-political, secular, public charitable trust. Child Aid provides comprehensive aid and care to underprivileged children, boys and girls, of all ages and academic levels on both a residential and non-residential basis.

Aid and care they recieve includes food, clothing, shelter, personal supplies, medical care, education, education supplies, and initial job placement assistance.

No. of girl children's education sponsored on a non-residential basis - 20

No. of underprivileged children, boys and girls being provided free education and supplies - 250

No. of children being provided free hostel including food, clothing, shelter, medical care, and personal supplies - 35

The mission of the organisation is to provide comprehensive aid and care to poor and needy children so that they may pursue and complete their education and are capable of achieving their dreams.

Kidpower India is a non-profit organization that was started in Visakhapatnam to empower children and teenagers against all forms of exploitation or abuse and to protect child rights and basic rights guaranteed under our constitution and various laws.

The organization provides positive and practical training workshops in safety skills to children, teens, and adults and equips them to confidently face an array of unexpected situations. Additionally, they have adopted a unique Social Change Model in their methods that contain 3 core elements: empowerment training, the inclusion of children in decision-making and cooperation among stakeholders. Their small staff of 13 has done an admirable job of achieving 50 safety training sessions, providing a scholarship for over 250 girl children and providing education material to 80 children with disability.

Their vision to work together to create a culture of caring, respect, safety for all children, has benefited numerous children living in the slums of Visakhapatnam.

Uma Educational & Technical Society was registered in the year 1988. It is a flagship Rehabilitation centre for the differently-abled, which plays a vital role in Prevention, Correction of further occurrence of disability, Equalization of opportunities, Awareness Creation, and Education, enhancing the quality of life and enabling integration of the disabled into mainstream society. Their mission is to reach the un-reached through the provision of both quality and quantity of services for better lives of the differently-abled.

Mr. S.P.Reddy, a post-graduate in Psychology with over 26 years of experience in the Disability sector, founded UETS in 1988. His focus is on giving the best possible services to the differently-abled. The organization works towards the promotion of inclusive, barrier-free and rights-based society for the differently-abled. They also run a workshop that exclusively manufactures aids and appliances for the disabled, like artificial limbs, calipers, crutches.

In 2014, Mr. S.P.Reddy was awarded the State Award by the Government of Andhra Pradesh as the Best N.G.O Executor.