Based at Muzaffarnagar, Abhinav works for the creation of awareness about safe drinking water and sanitation.

They teach water testing methods, and the importance of health and hygiene. They also work on skill development to empower women and on the development of the education system, supporting elderly people, improving technology and agricultural activities.

Abhinav also conducts training programs, exposure visits, educational tours, farmer's tour, fairs, etc., to support the rural masses to achieve their goals in terms of knowledge and skill development. They are also known for their illustrative work for conducting surveys, research work, case studies, and analysis.

Mr. Harendra Singh, the head of Abhinav, belongs to a farmer family. Gaining knowledge from his father and other people and motivation from his family, he started an organization to bring social change.

His vision is that a society can be developed on a sustainable basis only if the change is aimed at the welfare of the people. He also says that no issue is big or small; it is the magnitude and impact that makes the issue big.

The number of visually impaired people in Chitrakoot district is very high. And a majority of these people do not receive any help or assistance in terms of education or livelihood. Drishti was therefore started for supporting visually impaired people for education and advocacy.

Shankar Lal Gupta is the head and founder of the organisation. He himself is a visually impaired person, and has very good experience in the social sector. He has inspired many with his determination and perseverance in starting and running an organisation.

No. of blind girls being provided with higher education: 25

No. of blind students being provided with Computer Traininig: 58

No. of blind students provided with Home Management : 6

No. of blind girls being provided with Primary education: 79

No. of blind students being provided with vocational training: 58

The mission of the organisation is to make visually impaired girls self-reliant by providing awareness, education, training and skill development.

Empowering Minds -Society for Research and Development (EM) is a registered NGO which utilizes various participative methodologies in working with individuals and communities for empowering them to attain a better quality of life and sustained development.

They started with a voluntary training assignment for a research project with the local NGOs in Delhi and since then they have worked on various small but interesting projects like providing support services to individuals and groups on health-related matters, counseling, training and proposal development for grass root organizations etc. Education, Health, Skills development, research, and training are the areas that they focus on. 250 children have been re-enrolled in schools, 800 women reached under various awareness programme,60 families have received health-related counseling in the past one year under the organization.

They have transformed the lives of many by their ceaseless efforts in creating awareness about education, promoting mental and physical health care and support and recognizing their potentials and empowering individuals and communities for a better living.

Guria is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to fighting child prostitution, second generation prostitution, trafficking of women and children for forced labour or sex primarily in Northern India.

Their aim is to have a world free of these vices, eradicating the slavery of women and their children in brothels, which they aim to achieve by ending their dependency on the criminal nexus involving drugs, sexual exploitation, mafias, police, politicians, and, above all, the impunity enjoyed by all those criminally involved.

Guria’s approach is focused on rescue and legal intervention. Their strategy is to support ageing and former victims of sex trafficking and forced prostitution as well as adolescents so that they themselves do not become victims.

Advocating for improvements in government policy and law enforcement pertaining to trafficking and prostitution is another major activity of Guria. They not only provide justice to survivors, but also work to support them and rehabilitate them.

Guria was started in the year 1993 by Ajeet Singh. His journey into this foray started when he adopted three children of a woman from a red light area at the age of 17!

The strong team of Guria work tirelessly to fight for justice against any form of sexual exploitation of women & children, especially forced prostitution & sex trafficking.

The other programs of Guria include community mobilization, campaigns in schools, sensitization of stakeholders like the police, media, advocates, ngos, cbos, etc, advocacy, international collaborations, health support, literacy and nutrition of children in red light areas through Bal Kendra.

Haritika, as the name suggests, is a Trust that was formed for bringing about a green revolution in the water-scarce regions of Bundelkhand. By tapping into various water sources, they have proactively worked on sustainable projects relating to water harvesting and management, crop optimization, soil conservation and afforestation.

This initiative has complemented their focus on child education, women empowerment, health, environment and the socio-economic upliftment of the poor, in the communities, they work in. Their diligent efforts on more than 20 projects with support from national and international partners have resulted in the assured water supply to 42,000 people for domestic requirements and irrigation to a land of 13,000 hectares. These accomplishments resulted in an increase in the number of girl students attending schools and a considerable decrease in the number of cases of genito-urinary infections among other ailments.

With other projects on natural resources' management; water and sanitation; health and livelihood opportunities - members of Haritika aim at a just, enlightened, healthy and democratic Bundelkhand, free of hunger, poverty, environmental degradation and all forms of exploitation irrespective of age, sex, religion, and ethnicity.

ICARE was established with the aim to provide quality ophthalmic services of International Standards to all sections of society at an affordable cost. With 2 centers at Noida, state-of-the-art equipment and highly skilled workforce they provide comprehensive diagnosis, treatment and surgical services covering the entire range of ocular sub-specialties that are comparable to international standards.

As an NGO, their Outreach Program provides the same standard of eye care to the underprivileged rural population in the community. This program arranges around 900 screening camps and treats approximately 150,000 people annually for eye disease. They perform around 15,000 surgeries annually that are either free or at a very subsidized cost.

Their valuable support was acknowledged by the Uttarakhand State Ophthalmological Society when they were awarded the Community Ophthalmology Award.

Envisioning a practice to excel in cutting edge technology in eye care, education & research in ophthalmology, ICAREs staff of 210 believes in delivering quality and ethical medical and surgical eye care services.

The Indian Dreams Foundation (IDF) is dedicated to educate, empower and develop underprivileged communities by creating awareness on pressing issues such as importance of education and health. IDF’‘s journey began in 2004 when a group of like-minded people from various backgrounds decided to make a difference in the lives of those less privileged than them.

After IDF was established as an NGO on January 24th 2005, it has relentlessly worked in the spheres of education, health, and women empowerment in under-privileged communities. IDF strongly believes in the power of education as a tool of empowerment and uses it to break taboos and stereotypes.

This belief shapes all their programs and the work they do. Their flagship programs involve working with children in underprivileged communities with a view to enroll them in formal, informal or vocational education. These programs are supplemented by counselling sessions for families to highlight the importance of educating their children. Thus IDF adopts a grass-roots level approach where it takes into consideration both the children and the family, and endeavours to turn them towards education.

Part time staff - 8

Consultants - 2

Volunteers - 5

Total Receipts for 2016-2017 - INR 2645016

Total Payments for 2016-2017 - INR 2462341

Activities and reach for the latest full Financial Year

No. of school dropouts children, out of school children and first time learner - 45

No. of girls received education sponsorship - 72

No. of children attended WASH workshop & No. of Hygiene Kits distributed to the children - 300

No. of adolescent girls participated - 450

No. of school adopted & No.of children benefited - 250

No. of toilets constructed - 8

No. of Girls participated - 37

Rewards & Recognition

In 2017, Indian Dreams Foundation was awarded the Certificate of Merit by the World CSR Congress & Awards CSR practicing in social work

In 2016, Indian Dreams Foundation was awarded the Certificate of Validation by the CAF India comply with the due diligence requirements of Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) India

In 2016, Indian Dreams Foundation was awarded the Certificate of Achievement by the Global Giving September 2016 Global Giving Accelerator

In 2017, Indian Dreams Foundation was awarded the Spirit of Humanity Awards 2017 by the Americares India Regional winner of North zone in education category

In 2015, Indian Dreams Foundation was awarded the 2015 Top - Rated Non Profit by the GreatNonProfits Top Rated Non Profit

In 2016, Indian Dreams Foundation was awarded the ECOSOC - UN Consultative Status by the United Nations Special Consultative Status

In 2015, Indian Dreams Foundation was awarded the Certificate of Accreditation by the Credibility Alliance Desirable Norms Category

Kiran Society was founded in Varanasi by a small group of people from various social, cultural, and religious backgrounds based on the idea of supporting differently-able and disadvantaged children and youngsters and enriching their talents and abilities.Shifting their base to the outer village of Modhpur, the center functions as a small village where the differently abled children receive holistic treatment through education, skills and vocational training and physical and medical rehabilitation.

Their belief in the potential of the children to lead normal lives has enabled them to encourage family involvement in assisting the children and youngsters suffering from the afflictions of polio, cerebral palsy, rickets and/or hearing impairments. Their 190 strong staff members have helped more than 110 disabled children in receiving regular therapy, 280 malnourished children receiving supplementary food and 80 admissions of differently-abled youth in training programs.

Their efforts echoed in the society when the NGO was awarded the Lokmat Samman in Lucknow, UP for educating children with disability. Their vision of empowering differently able children and young people, in partnership with their parents, by providing quality service to them without discrimination of caste, religion or financial circumstance reflects in their hard work.

Milaan Foundation is a non-profit, social development organization, which envisions an inclusive and equal world, where every girl has the knowledge, skills, and social environment to pursue her dreams and explore her full potential. Over the last 13 years, Milaan has worked with more than 40,000 children and young people and advocated for safer and more inclusive spaces for them at various state and national platforms.

By 2030, Milaan will empower 10 million girls across India and build a movement of Girl Leaders with a thriving ecosystem of change-makers and networks.

Milaan Foundation is a registered charitable organization as Milaan - Be the Change (NGO) with the Registrar of Societies, New Delhi under the Societies Registration Act of 1860 as on 18th October 2007. The organization is also registered under 12A, 80G under Income Act Tax 1961 and is eligible to receive foreign donations under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act with the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.

The mission of the organisation is to provide homeless, abandoned children with the basics of life - a home, education, love and affection, and above all, an existence with dignity.

Saikripa is essentially the brainchild of Anjina Rajagopal. She had always nurtured the desire to work with poor children. Anjina Rajagopal was touched during her younger days by the plight of the orphans soliciting alms on the streets. This pushed her to come into the social work space, full-time, leaving behind a lucrative livelihood. In 1989, Sai Kripa was registered. In 2017, Ms. Anjina Rajagopal was awarded the Laasya Awards by the SUBH Power Collage Consultants Award for Women of Exceptional Background.

In 1988, Saikripa was like a baby lost in the woods - because nobody took Anjina and her brainchild Saikripa seriously. But slowly people started joining hands with Saikripa and a strong bond was formed.

On 27th February 1990 BAL KUTIR formally opened its doors to children at F-44, Sector-20. It started with one child but now it has grown into a large family of children who are as happy and intelligent as any child who has his own family.

Apart from this, 11 children have taken up jobs and are living independently,3 three girls have been married off and more than 75 children have been restored to their families with the cooperation of the police and the public. BAL KUTIR was set up not only to provide shelter and the basic needs of children, but also Home to provide them with love and affection. On 8th April 1991 Sai Shiksha Sansthan an English medium school was started in village with classes up to 2nd Std. Today the school has come up to the 10th std.

Children given nutritious food - 60

Children provided education up to Grade 10 - 69

Children educated at Sai Bal Sansar - 180

Shramik Bharti is a Kanpur based NGO which works with both rural and urban communities. This includes the urban slums of Kanpur (once known as the Manchester of the East) as well as inaccessible rural areas characterised by large tracts of saline lands, ravine areas and extreme poverty.

With changing economic scenarios, the sources of livelihood are getting equally affected and both urban and rural communities have poor capacities for seeking and adopting newer and additional sources of livelihood. Women and children are the worst sufferers of these inadequacies with men often migrating to alternative locations for livelihood.

It is with this perspective that Shramik Bharti works for the empowerment of the poor and underprivileged with special focus on women and children. Their mission is to facilitate and foster people's democratic institutions.

Vidya & Child works with the mission of helping bridge the gap for those children who need education but have no access to the facilities for learning.

The organisation works toward providing a learning environment which can lead to a strong educational foundation as well as help a child in identifying the uniqueness within themselves. The organisation caters to 1500+ children across 4 centres in Noida and 1 in Siwan, Bihar.

Vidya & Child started its activities by supporting the education of 2 children of domestic servants. Both performed exceptionally in their classes. This reinforced the belief that given the right atmosphere and opportunity all children can excel despite their background and challenges.

Ms Supriya Akhaury, a qualified Chartered Accountant, left her practice in 1998 to start Vidya & Child with just 2 children. Today after 19 years, Vidya & Child reaches out to over 1600+ children. This would not have been possible without her passion and commitment towards her chosen cause.

The organisation caters to children from Nursery to Class XII & beyond. Most of the children are first generation learners and have parents who work as domestic servants, rickshaw pullers, industrial workers, plumbers & street vendors.

Vidya & Child offers a holistic approach through intensive Life Skills and Arts & Performing Arts along with academic, financial & mentoring support.

No of children in After School Support Programme - 217

No of children in NIOS Programme - 72

No of children in School Programme - 1150

No of children in Life Skills Programme - 1600

No of children in Foundation Programme - 128

No of children in APA Programme -1400

According to Supriya, Vidya & Child is an opportunity for every child to complete school education within the mainstream, understand his or her own self, to be able to overcome challenges, and be helped in understanding what his/her creative strengths are, all of which ensures that each child carves out a more meaningful life for himself or herself.