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Education is the best gift one can give to a child. Support us through a donation and enable a brighter future for the children we work with. Your contributions could not only take an Udaan child closer to realising his/her dream, but also help us reach out to many more children in need of quality education.
Donations can be made by cheque, favouring Udaan India Foundation or by remitting to HDFC Bank account no. 02392000004643. All contributions to Udaan India Foundation are tax-exempt under section 80G of the Income Tax Act.
Donate
Be a part of a child's journey by sponsoring one or more of the following donation options:
Contribute In-kind
We welcome any form of in-kind donation. Support us by providing healthy snacks, donating new clothes, footwear, stationery, dictionaries, and notebooks for our children or infrastructure and IT equipment for our centres.
Celebrate Your Special Occasion with Us
Bring a smile to our children’s faces by sharing your special occasions with us. Celebrate your loved ones’ birthdays/anniversaries or even festivals such as Diwali and Christmas with us. You can do so by sponsoring a meal or distributing sweets or gifts on these occasions.
Should you have any questions regarding donation options, please contact us at (022) 40000392 or write to us at udaanindiafoundation@gmail.com
Scholarship for a child beyond grade 10
Rs 10000
Allows meritorious and deserving students to continue their education in junior/degree college or enrol for vocational courses to enhance their employability.
Sponsor a child for a year
Rs 8500
Includes after school academic support, school supplies, uniform, supplementary nutrition, Diwali clothes and educational trips for a child at the Learning Centre.
Sponsor a teacher for a month
Rs 4800
Covers monthly salary of a teacher at the Learning Centre. Each teacher receives training from Udaan to ensure that they deliver quality education in the classroom.
Contribute to our general corpus
any amount
Help us build a healthy corpus for a secure future.
School supplies and uniform for a child
Rs 1000
Includes everything from books, notebooks, stationery, uniform, T-Shirt to sandals and socks for a child at the Learning Centre.
Healthy snack for a class for a month
Rs 3000
Provides supplementary nutrition and covers nutritious snacks like energy bar, seasonal fruit, chikki for 30 children at the Learning Centre.
Contact Us: Tel: (022) 40000392 Email: udaanindiafoundation@gmail.com
Our History
The groundwork for what is Udaan India Foundation today was laid in August 2004, when a few like-minded people came together for a common cause – a cause to educate underprivileged children in their neighbourhood. With no formal system or infrastructure in place, all that was there was a purpose to get together as many children as we could from the bastis nearby, and teach them how to read and write.
We started with 26 children, some of whom were already in municipal school, some who had dropped out and the rest who had never been to school. Classes were conducted on an informal basis for a few hours a week in the classrooms of a private school in the Powai neighbourhood, after regular school working hours. As we worked with the children, we realized that the lack of learning in school and absence of academic support at home created a huge challenge – igniting and maintaining the interest of children towards education. These were children who were at a risk of dropping out.
To support these children to cope with the academic curriculum and to maintain their interest in education and learning, a need was felt to start an after-school programme. This laid the foundation for our Learning Centre. Starting in 2005, the Learning Centre became a space of remedial teaching to bridge the learning gaps and stress the importance of education to both, children and their families. Over the years the Learning Centre became more than a mere remediation programme and grew into an after-school centre of quality education with a structured learning programme. We also introduced extra curricular activities such as art, dance and sports to expose the children to learning opportunities that would go beyond the regular academic curriculum.
The overwhelming progress shown by our students gave us confidence that the project was heading in the right direction. In 2009, this informal project was officially registered as a non-profit trust under the name of Udaan India Foundation with the following objectives:
To stress the importance of education to children and families and to be facilitators in ensuring that every child attends school.
To provide holistic learning to the underprivileged in order to maximize their potential.
To instill confidence and self-esteem through exposure to art, dance, sports and other activities.
To be a stepping-stone for children and young adults towards a better employment and a better quality of life.
Over the years we have grown to meet the educational needs of children and youth in low-income communities. Today we reach out to over 800 beneficiaries. All our programmes are directed towards providing access to quality education and opportunities enabling a brighter future for our beneficiaries.
