Underprivileged children

Teach for India alumni Neha Sahu and Vikas Plakkot started Just for Kicks, an organization that provides football coaching to underprivileged children attending government schools.

A 70-year-old retired engineer, J D Khurana, and his wife Kamlesh have started a school for underprivileged children in Gurgaon. The school runs in a parking lot and 460 students learn in tents.

Manav Kedia, a 17-year-old resident of Jaipur, has launched a website to sell paintings made by underprivileged children. An aspiring artist, Manav is motivated towards working for different social causes and he decided to start young.

Virat Shah, a resident of Ahmedabad, shows how children are capable of learning even in the middle of heat, dust and noise. All they need is someone willing to teach them.

Samina Bano, an IIM Bangalore alumna and RTE crusader, fought several odds in Uttar Pradesh to enable over 20,000 children from underprivileged gain access education education in private schools. This is how.

The Pune collectorate has initiated a new programme called Mission Dhanwantari for the medical treatment of underprivileged children.

Rachna Khanna and her 13-year-old daughter Roohani are together changing the lives of 50 children who come to their house to study every day. Here is Rachna’s journey – from the days when her husband and his family harassed her for dowry, to today, when she a proud teacher, mother, and change maker.

Angel Xpress Foundation connects people who want to do constructive social work with less privileged children who want to learn. The volunteers teach municipal school children in public spaces like parks or promenades for 2-3 hours a day.

More than 30 children can be seen engaged in their studies and enthusiastic about learning something new every day in Dr. Thyelnai Dawn Khaling’s evening classes.

Suchita Baraik, an 18-year-old resident of Ranchi, Jharkhand, goes out every morning to work as a domestic help that enables her to earn a living for herself and her parents. But every evening, she takes up the role of a teacher for the 60 children who come to her house to study.