Education
Keep a future open
A disruption in a child's schooling can become a much bigger setback over time.
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Ujjwala Foundation · Rural Telangana
When a family is already struggling,one more setback can change everything.
A child falling behind. A farmer facing a difficult season. A woman with a skill but no opportunity. A family running out of options.
Sometimes one setback can change what comes next. Ujjwala works alongside communities to help people overcome these barriers and take the next step forward.
Ujjwala Foundation · Transparent about how we work and how support is used
The problem
Sometimes, one thing going wrongmakes everything harder.
A child falling behind.
One disruption can become a longer educational setback.
A family under financial pressure.
When money becomes fear, choices become harder.
A farmer facing the next season.
The need starts before the harvest.
A woman with a skill but no path to income.
A skill becomes opportunity when it can lead to real income.
The problem is rarely just one problem.
One real story
The week 300 families just neededsomeone to show up.
- Before
- September 2025. Days of rain, and Hyderabad's low-lying colonies went under. For families who earn by the day, the water took the week's wages and the food stored at home in the same night.
- The barrier
- What they needed was not a scheme in three months. It was groceries that week — rice, dal, oil, salt — and someone who knew which lanes to walk down first.
- What Ujjwala did
- Our team and volunteers procured and hand-delivered 300 grocery kits at ₹3,500 each — ₹10,50,000 in total, funded entirely by the trustees.
- What came next
- Families had food for the weeks after the water went down. And we learned something we now build into everything: help moves fastest where someone local already knows the households most at risk.
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Why Ujjwala
We don't believe one problemexists on its own.
Education affects opportunity.
Income affects security.
Security affects choices.
Choices shape what comes next.
So we work in a circle, not a line — helping a family through one step in a way that makes the next one lighter. We call it the Circle. It is the one thing every Ujjwala programme has in common.
How the Circle works- 01
Protect
Food, health and relief when a household is exposed.
- 02
Learn
Schooling that continues, and skills that are actually usable.
- 03
Earn
Farming inputs, enterprise support and a way to reach a market.
- 04
Lead
Women with information, confidence and a say at home.
- 05
Build
Capability that starts to circulate through the village.
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What is finished. What is open. What comes next.
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Our work
Where we work to helppeople move forward.
Agriculture
Help a farmer begin
A farmer's season starts long before the harvest — with seed, soil and timing.
See programmeWomen & livelihoods
Her skill. Her income.
A skill creates a future when there is also a real path to earning from it.
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Youth
Open the next door
Young people with ability and no one to point them at the next opportunity.
See programmeFamily support
Help a family move forward
When money becomes fear, a family needs a plan more than a lecture.
See programmeEvery programme is named after the change it helps make possible — not the category it belongs to.
What needs your help now
A few thingscan't wait.
Here is where your support can help right now. Each has a purpose set by the trustees, and a raised figure that only moves when a payment is confirmed.
Education
Keep a future open
A disruption in a child's education can become a much bigger setback over time.
Why now · The school year does not wait. Practice material and support have to reach a child while the class is still moving.
- Raised
- ₹0
- Goal
- ₹6,00,000
- Still needed
- ₹6,00,000
Agriculture
Seed & Soil
A farmer's season begins long before the harvest. Timely support can help make that beginning possible.
Why now · Inputs are only useful before sowing. Once the window closes, the whole season is decided.
- Raised
- ₹0
- Goal
- ₹15,00,000
- Still needed
- ₹15,00,000
Women & livelihoods
Her skill. Her income.
A skill can create a future when there is also a real path to earning.
Why now · Women who have finished training are ready now. Without a route to market, the skill starts to fade.
- Raised
- ₹0
- Goal
- ₹11,00,000
- Still needed
- ₹11,00,000
How you can help
You don't have to solve everything.You can help with one next step.
For businesses & organisations
Partner with Ujjwala through corporate giving, programme sponsorship or CSR partnerships.
Unrestricted support
Keep the whole of Ujjwala's work moving — we put it where it is needed most.
Before we asked, we did the work
Before we ask you to trust us,we want you to look closely.
Who we are
A registered society in Telangana, run by trustees who funded the first three years themselves.
Open →Registration & legal status
Society registration, PAN, CSR-1 and NITI Aayog Darpan — with downloadable certificates.
Open →Tax status
Current, verified wording only. We do not overstate what our registrations mean for you.
Open →Financial information
Programme spend by year, how money is handled, and what is published as it is finalised.
Open →Programme evidence
Six programmes documented — what was needed, what was delivered, what it cost.
Open →Governance & policies
Privacy, refunds, grievance and how decisions are made.
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Where your support goes
Your support helps keepthe work moving.
Strong community work needs people, transport, communication, accounting, monitoring and follow-up. Your support helps us keep showing up — not just arrive once.
Unless you choose a specific campaign, contributions are pooled and applied where the work is ready. We do not publish per-rupee outcome claims we cannot verify.
- Field work
- Programme materials
- Training
- Community engagement
- Implementation
- Follow-up
- Monitoring
- Reporting
- Essential operating costs
Proof
See what your supportmakes possible.
- The need
September 2025. Hyderabad's low-lying colonies flooded. Daily-wage families lost the week's income and the food at home in one night.
- The action
300 grocery kits at ₹3,500 each — ₹10,50,000 — procured and delivered by our team and volunteers within days, funded by the trustees.
- The change
Families had food for the weeks that followed. And every campaign we run now starts by finding the local person who already knows which households are most at risk.
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- program work documented
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- years of field delivery
Trustee-maintained program register · as of 2026-03-31
Internal expenditure ledger, FY 2023–24 to FY 2025–26 · as of 2026-03-31
Society registration date to present · as of 2026-03-31
Give monthly · Circle Keepers
Some change needs someoneto keep showing up.
A village does not become stronger because someone helped once. It becomes stronger because someone kept showing up.
Circle Keepers give a fixed amount each month. It is the support that lets us commit to a household before the money has fully arrived — and it is the one you can stop whenever you need to.
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Become a Circle KeeperUPI AutoPay or eNACH · change or stop any time · acknowledgement every month
One setback shouldn't decidewhat comes next.
You can help change the next step.