inspiring children

Sanjana Bhosale, a standard 2 student from OES International School, Vasai knew that she had a proclivity towards painting and had a greater purpose to serve through her talent.

All her nightmares came true at 16, when she was sent to live with her in-laws. But fate and more so, her friends, had a very different plan for her.

Ravi started collecting broken bricks, gravel and stones from areas in the vicinity and filling potholes with them.

27-year-old Uma Moy Moy Chopra suffers from cerebral palsy. But a loving family and their never-say-die attitude have helped her find love, and changed the lives of thousands of other affected children.

Eager to help the elderly lady who sweeps the school’s large playground, students at a government school in Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu built a Sweeping Vehicle of coconut-leaves-on-wheels. The project was selected amongst the Top 26 stories at the ‘I CAN Awards 2016’ organised by Design for Change.

Pranay Varada, an eighth grade student, took home a college scholarship worth $50,000 and a lifetime membership to the National Geographic Society.

Students at a government school in Thiruvarur district of Tamil Nadu built an Eco Roof for their uncovered toilet using waste plastic bottles. The project was selected amongst the Top 20 stories at the ‘I CAN Awards 2015’ organised by Design for Change.

Afshan juggled her studies with helping her mother with chores in various households and taking care of her bed-ridden father and two younger siblings.

Finding the chalk dust in their classroom insufferable, students at a government school in Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu designed chalk dusters using waste plastic bottles. The project was selected amongst the Top 20 stories at the ‘I CAN Awards 2015’ organised by Design for Change.

Students at St. Kabir’s Residential and Day School, Haryana, designed a plough to ease the burden of the school gardener, who took a lot of time to plough the garden, time that he could otherwise spend in studying or pursuing other jobs. The project was selected amongst the Top 20 stories at the ‘I CAN Awards 2012’ organised by Design for Change.