2. Help Age India
HelpAge India, since its establishment in 1978 has constantly been striving
to raise resources to protect the rights of senior citizens of our country. They
are involved with the local and national government to implement policies
which will be beneficial to the elderly. Their objective is to make the senior
citizens aware of their rights so that they can play an active role in the
society. To accomplish this, they are also working constantly to make the
society aware of the concerns regarding the elderly and also promoting
better understanding of similar issues.
3. Sargam Sanstha
Sargam is committed to helping the most vulnerable
children,old age and young people in the India break through
injustice, deprivation and inequality, so they can achieve their
full potential.
4. Smile Foundation
Formed in 2002, the Smile foundation comprises corporate
professionals who had a target of providing universal
education and healthcare services to the underprivileged
thereby changing their lives forever. They aim to set the
foundation for nation building by making the downtrodden
emerge as productive assets.
5. Give India
GiveIndia’s mission is to promote an efficient and effective giving
culture that provides greater opportunities to the poor in India.
6. LEPRA society
LEPRA society actively promotes quality health care through
various initiatives. It aims to support various health programmes in
the prevention and control of diseases like AIDS, Leprosy, and
Tuberculosis etc. Their programmes are mainly focussed to
communities which are poor comprising women and children.
7. UDAAN
The Foundation for Spastic and Mentally Handicapped Persons (FSMHP) ®
was set up as a Non-Profit Charitable Trust in April 1994 to help persons
with brain damage related disabilities like Cerebral Palsy, Mental
Retardation (MR), Down Syndrome, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), to lead a better quality of life, and to help
them return to their rightful place in society and gainful employment
wherever possible.
8. Deepalaya
Deepalaya is a development-based NGO which works on issues
pertaining to the poor and the downtrodden, especially children. It
has successfully made inroads into slums of Delhi and initiated rural
development in Haryana and Uttarakhand. It works in collaboration
with both governmental and non-governmental agencies and makes
interventions in the state’s policy making. Their areas of focus
include education, healthcare, gender equality, vocational training,
empowering other NGOs which have the same vision and
upliftment of the differently-abled.
9. Uday Foundation
Based in New Delhi, the Uday foundation provides support to the
families of children suffering from critical disorders, congenital
defects and other diseases and syndromes which affects their
health, growth and education. It has launched various health
related projects for the common man in general. Their special focus
is child rights i.e. providing a right to live with dignity. It is more of a
parents support group who tackle the problem of saving the lives of
the future of our country. They also support research to develop
new healthcare technologies.
10. Karmayog
www.karmayog.org is a unique free platform for
concerned citizens - for social and civic issues - since
June 2004.
11. Pratham
Pratham is the largest non governmental organisation working
to provide quality education to the underprivileged children of
India. Pratham was established in 1994 to provide education to
the children in the slums of Mumbai city. Since then, the
organization has grown both in scope and geographical
coverage.