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LEUKEMIA LYMPHOMA FOUNDATION (LLF, India)
Arpita Desai Coordinator
LLF
works to provide support to Leukemia/Lymphoma patients and their
families in terms of their needs for - treatment, stay, food, and
counseling. 100% of donations are given to the patients.
Goal: $6,250
Mahila UDHYOGINI
Sachin Thatte & Neil Pinto Coordinator
Women
Entrepreneurship - "Mahila Udhyogini" project is Community Based
Entrepreneurship Program for Women. In partnership with a Mumbai-based
NGO, The contribution to this program will help 10-15 women from the
marginalized community to establish/scale their businesses on a
sustainable basis creating a long-term impact of sustained livelihood
and improved standard of living for the supported women and their
families
Goal: $10,000
GURUJI EDUCATION Foundation
Arpita Desai Coordinator
The Guruji Education Foundation works to fund one hundred high-potential students annually to help in their holistic development, using education as a foundational block for their growth. We provide a bedrock of personal mentorship, financial assistance and any other resources, setting them up for success so that one day they might continue in our cycle of giving, inclusivity and change.
Goal:
$6,000
Dona Pattal
Prasana Iyengar Coordinator
The project intends to improve income through up skilling and livelihood generation of adivasi and traditional forest dweller communities in Surguja. This will be done through setting up a leaf plate manufacturing unit for 15 villages belonging to 6 revenue villages (gram panchayats) covering a population of about 8000. It would serve as a model sustainable rural enterprise for the local people. The local community would be up skilled from their present perennial vocation of Sal & Siali leaf collection to a collective of leaf stitchers and leaf plate manufacturers as part of the project. Once established, the project activities would be expanded to 15 gram panchayats. Sustainability of the project has been accounted for at each step and this fund would act as a seed for future growth of the local community.
Goal: $10,000
Prayas
Arpita Desai Coordinator
Prayas is a pioneering social work demonstration project of the Centre for Criminology and Justice, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, established as a Field Action Project in 1990. Placement of social work students doing their M.A. in Social Work from the Department of Criminology and Correctional Administration (now the Centre for Criminology and Justice) at TISS in prisons, police stations, and courts from 1985 onwards by Dr Sanober Sahni, a faculty in the Department and now Project Advisor, Prayas, led to conceiving the idea of starting a full-time project focusing on social work intervention in the Criminal Justice System. Her partner in this venture was Prof. Vijay Raghavan, who had graduated from TISS in 1989, and the work of Prayas was initiated in Mumbai Central Prison in 1990. With the evolution of newer programmes, the leadership in Prayas has been consciously developed to foster participative decision-making processes, group accountability mechanisms and has led to a second rung of leadership holding key positions, including the Joint Project Director, Dr. Sharon Menezes.
Goal: $10,000
Eklavya
Pradnya Jamkhedkar Coordinator
Eklavya India Foundation
works with first-generation learners from marginalized communities
like- Dalit, Adivasi, and nomadic tribes to facilitate their successful
career transition through accessing world-class higher education,
enabling them to break the poverty cycle and become community role
models. Our proven strategy involves awareness, exposure, mentoring, and
coaching, along with engaging relatable role models. Since
2017 Eklavya has trained 2000+ students, with 1000+ gaining admission
into 60+ top-tier colleges/universities and fellowships in India and
abroad. Notably, 350+ of Eklavya alumni secured white-collar jobs,
elevating their families’ income tenfold. Eklavya’s mission is to impact
20000 first-generation students and their families by 2030. The long-term vision is to build grassroots leadership in different sectors
and enable social mobility in underserved communities.
Goal: $5,000
