Underprivileged

Portia Putatunda left a career in Mumbai and moved to Komic village in Spiti to start a free boarding school under Planet Spiti Foundation that provides food, shelter, education, and clothing to underprivileged children.

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Nasar Thootha, a taxi driver by profession, started Dress Bank project to help women who cannot afford wedding outfits browse those donated by privileged families.

Unwilling to be bogged down by her own experiences with abuse and abandonment, Dharitri Patnaik launched Humara Bachpan Trust to rescue and rehabilitate victims of abuse, domestic violence and more, alongside providing vulnerable groups with education, jobs and more

Abhijeet Pokharnikar, a student of Bachelors in Computer Application in Pune, started 'Dada Chi Shala' during the lockdown to ensure that children of sex workers, Banjaras and those working at brick kilns continue their education

Goa-based Dr Luis Dias quit his obstetrics and gynaecology practice in the UK and returned to India in 2008 to start Child’s Play India Foundation, which aims to uplift and empower children from disadvantaged backgrounds through western music.

Durai Prithviraj from Tamil Nadu founded Rajesh Udhavum Karangal, an NGO to offer free ambulance rides, shelter and meals for those below the poverty line or living in inaccessible and remote areas.

Rohit Kumar Yadav, a Government Railway Police (GRP) constable who's running a school for the poor in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh for the past two years, says he gets to live out his "father's dream".