SOCIOVATIONOur Partners
Gujarat
Akshaya Patra
The Akshaya Patra Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation feeding millions of underserved children in India. We strive hard to eradicate two most critical issues - hunger and malnutrition in India by implementing the Mid-Day Meal Programme in government and government-aided schools. Carrying out the world’s largest feeding programme, Akshaya Patra aims to not only fight hunger but also bring children to school. In Gujarat, a state in western India, we have three centralized kitchens, feeding 3,66,709 children in 1,475 schools. With hygiene and cleanliness as our utmost priority, we operate through two kitchen models: Centralised and Decentralised. In the state of Gujarat, all three of our kitchens are centralised. We inaugurated our first kitchen here at Ahmedabad in 2007 and then expanded our presence to Vadodara and Surat.
NO CHILD IN INDIA SHALL BE DEPRIVED OF EDUCATION BECAUSE OF HUNGER
TO FEED 5 MILLION CHILDREN BY 2020
Friends Care Foundation
Friends Care Foundation is a Non Governmental Organization established under Society Registration Act, 1860 and The Bombay Public Trust Act, 1950. Organization mainly aims in benefitting underprivileged children and their families through various projects on healthcare, education, nutrition, shelter, livelihood, women empowerment, child protection, and other social issues. Friends Care Foundation's aims sustainable development by improving socio-economic conditions through healthcare, vocational training, education, livelihood development, self governance and women as well as children’s human rights. Friends Care Foundation is dedicated to create positive transformation & believes in bottom up approach. Fostering a society wherein women are empowered enough to add value to their family and society; all children are empowered with education and enjoy their childhood rights, and creating sustainable and humane society wherein all living being have access to manage their livelihood.
"No Old aged people are left behind without care. Friends Care Foundation should take care the Old aged people whom does not have anyone to care for them”. Fostering a society wherein women are empowered enough to add value to their family and society; all children are empowered with education and enjoy their childhood rights, and creating sustainable and humane society wherein all living being have access to manage their livelihood.
"India becomes the best country in which to grow older". Plan and implement or join hands with government, donors, non-government and other Volunteer bodies for implementing, development that fulfill our vision to educate , organize, strengthen the downtrodden communities with total capacities to manage their own development.
Visamo Kids
Visamo Kids Foundation (VKF), an Ahmedabad based NGO, works towards providing free education to poor children coming from underprivileged(under poverty line) families from all over Gujarat .
We want each child to be confident of herself/himself and to be able to stand as an equal in the society,with equal number of opportunities in life. We wish to see them as pilots, commandos, CEO's, singers, dancers and to be happy with whatever consious choices they make in life.
Empowering lives through Education that empowers the for a better future.
Donate Life
We are as determined as soldiers are on a mission. These are our aims:To spread knowledge and awareness that aids in the prevention of kidney and liver diseases.To spread awareness about cadaver organ donations in the country among the people.To facilitate the process of organ donations right from procuring the organs from a donor to making sure that the recipient gets a new lease of life.To instill hope among the people for a new life, even after they have given up.To convince the families of those patients who are declared brain-dead to donate organs and remove fear from the minds of the people and encourage them to pledge their organs for donation.To help the people cope with the mental trauma that comes when they are suffering during the diseases.Networking with hospitals that are capable of handling organ transplantation procedure
Our prime focus has always been and will always be to serve humanity unconditionally. Our vision is to bridge the gap between the number of people who need organs and the number of people who donate organs. We want to ensure that the maximum number of people pledge their organs for donation.We also aim to make the process of organ transplantation smoother and faster.
'Not Everyone Has The Chance To Be God For Another; You Do'
SAATH
Saath (which in Hindi/Gujarati means ‘together, co-operation, a collective or support’), founded in 1989, is an NGO in India registered as a Public Charitable Trust and is based in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Saath closely works with the deprived communities and empowers the socially marginalized by providing them livelihood services, and imparting skills leading to employment, health and education facilities. Saath focuses on livelihood services, child rights, human rights, young girls’ education, skill development and other community services.
Saath envisions inclusive and empowered communities and individuals
To make human settlements equitable living environments where all residents and vulnerable people have access to health, education, essential infrastructure services and livelihood options, irrespective of their economic and social status
Aadhar
Aadhar is a charitable trust whose mission is to develop programs and opportunities that support traditional artisans and craftspeople, in an effort to sustain their livelihood, and contribute to the revitalisation of the collective cultural heritage of India.Aadhar acts as a collaborator and facilitator among artisan communities, individuals, public and private organisations.
Key Objectives Research, documentation, archival activities. Develop awareness programs. Maintain indigenous identity of the traditional arts. Encourage professionalism among the traditional artisan community.
Aasmaan
AASMAAN Foundation was started in the year 2009, as a group of people who wanted to give something back to the society in some or the other way. Later in the year 2012 it got registered as a Non Govermental Organization. AASMAAN Foundation is working for the upliftment and betterment of the less-privileged kids. It works in the field of child's education, health and his rights. Started as a group of 10 friends, today AASMAAN Foundation has more than 100 volunteers who work hard round the year for the betterment of the society. Over the years, AASMAAN Foundation has conducted plethora of projects which not only includes grass-root level projects which are directly related to the kids but also includes fund-raising events.
Aavishkaar
Aavishkaar: An innovator in early-stage investing The name of our organization – Aavishkaar -means ‘invention’ in Hindi. Founded in 2001, with a vision to catalyse development in India’s underserved regions, it identifies capable entrepreneurs, provides them with capital, supplements it with a nurturing environment and helps build sustainable enterprises. Aavishkaar’s big innovation is the adoption of venture capital methodology to serve the low_income market segment by creating scalable enterprises. Aavishkaar’s founding team faced the challenge of modifying the investing methodology followed in the Silicon Valley. Funding in the Valley typically focused on new technologies and breakthroughs in intellectual property. Back home, Aavishkaar had to adapt it to brick and mortar, investing in hinterland and rural geographies with a target clientele that had a tiny wallet. At the same time, reasonable returns had to be delivered to investors. This meant that Aavishkaar with its limited capital and resources had to find a large number of start_up companies scattered across underdeveloped regions and then invest small amounts of capital in them.
Aavishkaar's vision is to catalyze equitable development globally by supporting entrepreneurial intervention through provision of risk capital.
Aavishkaar's mission is to evolve an approach to investing that nurture entrepreneurs in building enterprises that can generate commercial returns while serving humanity sustainably.
Ability on Wheels
Ability on Wheels is an effort to encourage the differently- abled to take a big leap towards leading a normal life by increasing mobility and accessibility services and solutions. As a first step in this direction, it has launched a first- of- its- kind driving school in India, exclusively for the differently- abled using customized cars in Ahmedabad. Today, the physically challenged have to first buy a car, get it modified and only then are they provided a learner’s license. This deprives them of the right to first learn and then buy a car. Also, since there is no such driving school they have to learn on their own. Due to this big stumbling block, many physically challenged individuals hesitate to buy a car and hence are deprived of their freedom and independence. The biggest benefit of this driving school is that now people can get a learner’s license based on the customized vehicles of the driving school so that they can first learn driving and then go in to buy a car. Today Ability on Wheels runs the only driving school across entire country exclusively for people with disabilities.
Inclusion of ‘specially abled’ in the community stream by empowering, facilitating and training them to drive vehicles.
To connect people with disabilities, educate and create opportunities for them to make the most of their abilities, while advocating social change by enhancing the quality of life with developmental or physical abilities through an array of services.
Anand
We strive to be a Center of Excellence in all that we do; patient care or teaching, research or extension. To achieve this, we would provide- To our patients, comprehensive and personalized health care with commitment and compassion at an affordable cost, to their utmost satisfaction, while keeping ourselves abreast of the state-of-the-art technology, To our students, an environment conducive for excellent teaching and learning so that they become health care professionals of the highest calibre, sensitized to the health needs of the less-privileged and equipped to carry out ethical and value-based practice; To the community, especially in the villages, deliver need-based health programmes that lead to improvement in the health standards of all and also contribute to national health care policies and practices, and doing so by networking with other institutions having similar mission; and also conduct innovative and interdisciplinary research relevant to the community, striving always to improve health standards and practices; To ourselves, a work culture that promotes a sense of belongingness and accountability, leading to overall growth and development, both of individuals and the institution, maximizing trade satisfaction through job enrichment.
"We want our institution to shine as an example of what the profession of medicine has to be; noble, deeply rooted in providing solace to the suffering and continually upgrading itself to further its ability to serve humanity."
"To provide and prepare resources for modern and professional healthcare to the community equitably."
Shiv Shakti Kelvani Mandal
Shiv Shakti Kelvani Mandal is registered in india under the Mumbai Public Trust Act:1950.No E/3232/KHEDA and E/1726/ANAND in the year 1st.Nov.1983.SSKM is apublic charitable trust of a non profit,non political and Secular in character working basically in the field of Education,Health and Cultural Activities,Sex education for Youth,Aids Awareness progremmes,Sports Activities And Community development. Shiv Shakti Kelavani Mandal was established with the aim of establishing institution for propogsting,extending and taking up educational,cultural and physical activities for the all round development of the slum people andhelping the needy,backward,downtrodden and the poorest of the poor people irrespective of creed,race,caste,religion or any of them.lt is determined to set up quality educational institutions at subsidized costs,especially in areas of deprivation you can make a big difference in terms of how quickly shiv shakti kelavani mandal can achives its aim.
SHREE NIJANAND EDUCATION SEVA TRUST
Shreenijanand seva Trust registered in 2014 as an Educational trust under Bombay public act 1860. The corporate office is located at MALAMHUDI. The trust is, one of the India's leading non-profit making educational trusts, active in the field of professional and world class quality of technical education. Shree nijanand seva Trust has been conceived because of the perceived need to impart the very best quality of education, cow Ranch,blood donation camp in the field of programmed. Extensive research and need based training and Management Development Programmed have also been included in the mission of the trust...
Naisargik Trust
Naisargik Trust was promoted by the group of young social entrepreneurs for meeting the development needs of north Gujarat in the year 1997. The group was lead by the Mr. Prakash Chauhan and ably supported by the Ms. Pinal Gandhi and The group was having significant experience in mobilizing communities at the village level particularly women and disadvantage community. After the modest beginning, the trust focused on quality implementation of government programs and schemes with community participation. At present the trust is working with 6347 village community and 70 urban community to meet their development needs. The followings are the major program either implemented or being implemented by the trust for SHG, Health, NRM and Social marketing. Implementation of project for promotion of Zink based ORS for diarrhea treatment in Gujarat :- The trust was the part of the first project of ‘Micro Nutrients’ (MI) for training Asha Workers and Aganwadi Workers. The project was implemented into Banasknatha and Patan District of Gujarat. Subsequently, the trust is associated with FHI -360, and CHAI for promoting Zink Based ORS in the state of the Gujarat.
SEWA RURAL
SEWA Rural, a voluntary, development-oriented institution has been working incessantly for the past 37 years for the improvement of people in their health and other fields in the rural and tribal areas of Jhagadia in South Gujarat. Inspired by the ideals of Swami Vivekananda and Gandhiji, the activities were started by a group of educated young professionals having work experience in India and abroad. Over the years many like-minded individuals joined hands with them in the development of the organization and made it what it is today. It has been the endeavour of SEWA Rural to reach out to improve the lives of the very poor and underprivileged through a variety of health, education and economic development programmes based on the needs of the community in these aspects. Preservation of the intrinsic value systems and broad based development of all those involved including the beneficiaries are kept in mind while carrying out these activities. The focus of all programmes has been the vulnerable members of the family, viz. the women, children and elderly of the poor sections of the society. In all the activities, an attempt is made to incorporate as well as balance the three basic principles: Social Service, Scientific Approach and Spiritual Outlook.
HOPE FOR HANDICAPPED
We shall strive inculcate following core values in us: Compassion, Transparency, Dedication, Honesty, Team spirit, Scientific Approach.
Prevention of disability, and rehabilitation. We shall strive to create a world which is free of disabilities, through prevention of disabilities and rehabilitation of disabled.
We shall deploy our vision by initiating following actions: Awareness, Immunization, Accessible Surgery & post operative care, Education & Training for Self reliance, Resource development,Research.
Environmental Sanitation Institute
The Environmental Sanitation Institute (ESI) is a non-governmental organization based on the Gandhian values of environmentalism that strives to provide a better quality of life to rural peoples and the urban poor of India by improving their sanitation situation. The Institute was born in 1985 out of its mother NGO, Safai Vidyalaya (“sanitation institute”), under the leadership of Padmashri Ishwarbhai Patel. The Environmental Sanitation Institute tackles the problem of sanitation with the holisitic mindset that the issue affects the environment, health, education and economy of the whole country.
Provision of access to basic sanitary needs to the rural and urban poor. Upgradation of rural and urban health through education, motivation, and community participation. Upliftment of down trodden people, especially sweepers and scavengers. Creation of environmental awareness and respect based on Gandhian values.
Jeevantirth
Jeevantirth literally means “Life Pilgrimage”. Reverence for life is the foundation stone of Jeevantirth Trust. Logo of Jeevantirth suggests that we want world without war. By breaking war based economy and creating a non-exploitative world with Equality and Justice we can bring Harmony and lasting Peace. Whatever we do and whenever we evaluate the work of Jeevantirth, we always keep in our mind our motto – To be full of Joy, Love and Understanding and to spread them. Trustees and workers of Jeevantirth consider themselves as “Lifelong learners”, believing in – Education through life and education throughout life. They also consider Jeevantirth as a school for life lovers, “Jeevan Premio Ni Shala”. Jeevantirth is established on 14th July 1997 by Raju and Deepti, a couple who became active in social life since “Movement for Total Revolution” initiated by Loknayak Jayprakesh Narayan, renowned Gandhian in 1973-74. After completing their studies in Engineering and Commerce, Raju worked as a lecturer and Deepti in Bank for several years. Both left their lucrative careers in 1985 and decided to devote their life in work for the vulnerable sections of the society, especially children, women and youth based on Gandhian Ideologies.
Jeevantirth is mainly working in the fields of Education, Environment, Rural Development and Human Rights related issues. Along with direct implementation of the innovative cost effective projects, Jeevantirth has specialized itself in capacity building of the grass-root organizations, teacher’s training and material development.
"To prWe believe in “Think Globally, Act Locally.” And that’s why we also align our work with Sustainable Development Goals.
Arya Samaj
To arrange for the spread of Vedic Philosophy and for that to provide for recitation of Vedas and other Vedic ceremonies, lectures of philosophers from various fields, prayer and Yagnaetc. for moral and spiritual advancement of general public. To establish and run educational institutions for promotion of education and knowledge. To help deserving candidates by granting them refundable non-refundable scholarships including supply of medicines, books stipends and other incentives to study. To provide help to the needy, the destitute, the physically handicapped and poor without any distinction of caste, creed or colour and religion. To do any other act for the advancement of general public utility not involving any profit, without any distinction of caste, creed or colour and religion. The primary aim of the Arya Samaj is to do good for all, that is, promote physical, spiritual and social well-being. To help the people during natural calamities by way of rescue, relief and rehabilitation work.
Uttar Gujarat Viklang Kalyan Sangh
Established in 1996, the organization is performing many activities under one roof. NGO is working for handicapped of all the Gujarat state. Our is the one of the few NGO working in rural and backward area also. NGO is satisfying the basic needs of the handicapped such as ST Pass, Rail Pass, Handicapped ID Card, aids and equipments Etc. We not only provide training and education to handicapped but also provide them self employment to make them self dependent.
Life
Founded in 1978 as a blood-bank, today Project 'Life' has grown to cover a range of activities. The foundation is on a bedrock vision; to support, sustain and enrich the lives of people with particular focus on the marginalized, deprived and underprivileged sections of the society. Activities of Project 'Life' includes operating a large, NABH (National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers) & AABB (American Association of Blood Banks, USA) accredited blood bank, improving the education system, driving women empowerment programs, nurturing a better environment for the planet, bridging the gap between the resident and the global Gujaratis and helping people stay fit and healthy with Yoga training and research.
To support, sustain and enrich lives of people
Project 'Life' inspires hope, contributes to health, well-being, education and livelihood of people by mobilizing power of volunteers and generosity of donors through humanitarian activities and implementation of sustainable programmes.
Sahyog Kushtha Yagna
Sahyog Kushtha Yagna Trust means Grace of God. It started on 14-09-1988 (Ganesh Chaturthi) with 20 Leprosy Afflicted Persons and 06 Children.The first blessing was an unconditional donation of 31.75 acres of land from Shri Ramubhai Patel, Sarvoday Ashram, Madhi, Vijapur.
Today, we have :
Divyajyoti Trust
Divyajyoti Trust is a registered charitable trust under Public Charitable Trust Act established recently by philanthropic minded individuals involved in the services of poor people for last two decades. Having imbibed the ideas and ideals suggested by Gandhiji to serve the nation, they have decided to devote their life to the service of humanity in interior rural tribal areas. Joined by several like minded people, trust will get involved in all the activities to help the poor community with the help of available manpower & resources. Since the main expertise available at this moment is in the field of Ophthalmology, the trust will start working in eye care by setting up an eye hospital.
No one should become blind or remain blind needlessly for want of services
To reduce and eventually eliminate avoidable blindness to the extent possible for us from the community around and thus contribute to the Vision 2020 programme of the country while working in the rural tribal area for the poor community maintaining high ethical standards and moral values.
Universal Welfare Trust of India
To provide best center in Gujarat-India with multi-dimensional activities with the objective to explore and develop to the fullest, the potential that lies in each individual with special needs in order to bring them to the mainstream of the society.
In this neck-break race and hectic pace of human generation, to achieve the impossible in the process of evolution by the means of revolution, in research for any thing and everything ; we are committed in our endeavors to bring “EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL”
To love and to be loved , to learn, to get trained , to benefit from technology, social status ,economical well-being , to move along with the stream and the dreams to fulfil.
Apang Manav Mandal
Apang Manav Mandal is a charitable nonprofit organization that provides education, training and rehabilitation at no cost to the persons with disabilities.
In collaboration with a network of like-minded people, Apang Manav Mandal aims to provide dignity, independence and hope by the transforming disabled persons to have dignified life and future.
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