Our founding memorandum lists eighteen objectives. In practice, they group into the following areas of ongoing work across the communities we serve.
Running literacy drives, adult and non-formal education, night schools and schools for the deaf and physically challenged. We train unemployed youth in typing, shorthand, computer hardware/software and electronics, and support meritorious students from poor families with scholarships.
Building women's self-reliance through sewing, embroidery, weaving, painting, doll-making and handicrafts. We run anganwadi, balwadi, mahila mandal and self-help group programmes, nutrition centres, and campaigns against child marriage, dowry and child/women labour.
Organising health services and awareness drives on TB, Hepatitis B, kala-azar, heart disease, eye disease, polio, cancer and HIV/AIDS, along with family welfare counselling, immunisation and medicine access in underserved areas.
Supporting cottage and agro-based industries — animal husbandry, vermicompost, mushroom and makhana cultivation, sericulture, dairy, beekeeping and khadi/village industries — and helping farmers access improved seed, fertiliser, irrigation and water storage.
Operating shelter homes, free food, medical care and schooling for widows, the elderly, persons with disabilities and orphaned children, plus hostels for working women and rehabilitation for destitute families.
Setting up relief camps and response programmes during floods, famine, epidemics, drought and other emergencies affecting the communities we work with.
Village beautification, tree plantation and environmental care, clean drinking water, sanitation, and construction of toilets and bathing facilities in neglected settlements.
Running programmes on national unity, consumer protection, panchayati raj, human rights and adult franchise, and working against addiction, corruption and exploitation of vulnerable groups.
Encouraging dance, music, drama and the fine arts through training and community events that keep local cultural traditions alive.
