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Education
Sponsor a Child
For $25 a month, a donor pays for a poor child’s schooling and helps their family.
Since 2006 · Rajasthan & Madhya Pradesh
School is the way out of poverty. We help children get there.
India Foundation is a volunteer-led nonprofit started by Indian-Americans. We fund schooling, scholarships and job skills for poor children and women in rural India.
87children sponsored in 2019
20 yearsof work in rural India, since 2006
3 villagesadopted, with uniforms, books and meals
40+blind girls supported at Atma Jyoti school
14 villageswith sewing programs for women
What we do
Six programs, one goal: keep kids learning.
Education
Scholarships for Higher Education
Since 2008, we help top students from very poor homes go on to college.
Villages
Adopt a Village
Uniforms, books, meals and vitamins for village schools near Raisingh Nagar, Rajasthan.
Care
Atma Jyoti Blind Girls School
A home in Gwalior for 40+ blind girls, with homework help, music, weaving and yoga.
Women
Sewing the Seeds of Hope
Sewing machines and tailoring classes give village women a trade and an income.
Technology
One Laptop Per Child
With the OLPC Foundation, we brought laptops to three Rajasthan village schools.
See your impact
$25 a month keeps one child in school.
That’s $300 a year for fees, books and support for a child’s family. You’ll get a yearly update on the child you sponsor. Slide to see what your gift does.
Where we work
Real villages. Real names.
Tap a place to see what we do there.
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Raisingh Nagar villages
- Villages adopted: Bawari, 73 N.P. and 74 N.P.
- About 250 students at the 73 N.P. school
- Laptops for Ramaji Wala school, October 2011
Bawari is not on OpenStreetMap yet, so it isn’t pinned.
Read stories from here →Kikarwali
- First One Laptop Per Child project, March 2010
- About 8 miles from Raisingh Nagar and 32 miles from Sri Ganganagar
- With the OLPC Foundation, TiE Sydney and Astha Vikas Samiti
Exact location to be confirmed; the circle shows the area within about 8 miles of Raisingh Nagar.
Read stories from here →Village 9 T.K.
- Second laptop project, August 2010
- Brought computers to a school with none
Atma Jyoti, Gwalior
- A home for 40+ blind girls who attend regular schools
- Homework help, music, weaving, yoga and gardening
Pin shows Gwalior city; the school’s exact address isn’t on the map.
Read stories from here →Our story
20 years in 7 moments.
2006
A group of Indian-Americans start India Foundation
The first adopted villages near Raisingh Nagar get uniforms, books and school support.
2008
Scholarships for higher education begin
With US chapters and Astha Vikas Samiti, top students from very poor homes get help to reach college.
March 24, 2010
The first One Laptop Per Child school
Kikarwali village school gets laptops, with the OLPC Foundation, TiE Sydney and Astha Vikas Samiti.
August 16, 2010
A second laptop school
Village 9 T.K. becomes the second OLPC project in Rajasthan.
October 14, 2011
Laptops for Ramaji Wala
The third laptop project is completed near Raisingh Nagar with Astha Vikas Samiti.
October 28, 2019
87 children get scholarships
Families, partners and guest of honor Amy Hawkins gather in Rajasthan for scholarship day.
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2026
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Stories from the field
Latest news
From the field
Moments from the villages
- Welcome banner for the Astha Vikas Samiti annual scholarship function87 children get scholarships at our 2019 Sponsor a Child day
- Guest of honor Amy Hawkins arrives87 children get scholarships at our 2019 Sponsor a Child day
Amy Hawkins with local volunteers87 children get scholarships at our 2019 Sponsor a Child day
Families and guests in the audience87 children get scholarships at our 2019 Sponsor a Child day
Amy Hawkins speaks to students and families87 children get scholarships at our 2019 Sponsor a Child day- The 2018 group photo2018 Sponsor a Child scholarship day
Students and families in the audience2018 Sponsor a Child scholarship day
Volunteers and partners at the head table2018 Sponsor a Child scholarship day
A student receives a scholarship2018 Sponsor a Child scholarship day
A student receives a scholarship2018 Sponsor a Child scholarship day- Volunteers greet guests2017 Sponsor a Child scholarship day
The program opens at Astha Vikas Samiti, Raisingh Nagar2017 Sponsor a Child scholarship day
A student receives a scholarship2017 Sponsor a Child scholarship day
A student receives a scholarship2017 Sponsor a Child scholarship day
“We can’t help everyone. But everyone can help someone.”
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