The Akshaya Patra Foundation

Based in Bengaluru, India, the Akshaya Patra Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation which aims to eliminate classroom hunger across the country. Having started on a small scale in the year 2000, supporting 1,500 children in five schools, their Mid-Day Meal programme is now the world’s largest programme of its kind, serving wholesome, freshly cooked food […]

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Mukti India, artificial limbs for the disabled

Mukti, M.S. Dadha Foundation is a project led by Mr Nirmal Kumar Sethia’s sister, Meena Dadha. Many people in India lose their limbs to debilitating diseases and horrific accidents. As recently as 25 years ago, people preferred to turn a blind eye to this problem. It was Mrs Meena Dadha who decided to launch the […]

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Harmony House

Based in Gurgaon, India, Harmony House was established in 2009 by Indian national Gaurav Sinha and his British-born wife, Lucy Bruce. The project aims to improve the lives of children and women from the area’s slums by providing education, vocational training, nutrition, medical and hygiene facilities, and social services. Harmony House now extends to four […]

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