social work

"I spent over a month frantically searching for my son. And finally, one day I found his dead body in a sack, devoured by stray animals. I decided never to let another soul go through that torment," says the cycle mechanic, who was recently awarded the Padma Shri.

"Shutting down of restaurants and offices has completely stopped leftovers being discarded in garbage bins — a major source of food for strays. I could not bear to see them suffer and die. I had to help them, no matter what."

"Every expert we met discouraged us to take up this mission. No one believed that we could revive such a wasteland through organic methods. But, we made the impossible eventually possible."

After watching her father donating food and clothes to flood survivors, little Tunisha asked him, "But you did not collect schools bags, books or stationery for the children. How will they go to school now?”

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From serving food to 1000 people a day, health drinks to 2000 kids, career counselling sessions for 4.5 lakh students and adopting a village⁠—Vinil doubles up as a social worker after his work hours!

Food for marginalised kids. Schooling and toilets for underprivileged girls. Skill training for village women — successful women from different fields come together at SIC to make all this possible!

During her third pregnancy, Preyashi weight dropped to a shocking 35 kgs. But her life, like tens of thousands of others, was saved thanks to this initiative.

“We were not part of any NGO. We were just individuals trying to do whatever best we can to make our education beneficial not just for us, but also our society.”

"For almost two nights, I had to sleep at Bengaluru's Majestic bus stop with my youngest child burning up with fever. I didn’t know what to do other than crying helplessly, until someone showed me kindness. That was my turning point."