Transforming Lives. Bringing Smiles.

It was young Pankaj’s unfulfilled dream to learn how to operate a computer.

Being visually impaired and belonging to a low-income household were major impediments in his learning journey.

When SRF Foundation set up the Capgemini India Digital Literacy Centre in his neighborhood, he saw a ray of hope. The free-of-cost computer learning course was exactly what Pankaj needed. Upon enrolment, his trainer paid special attention to his learning needs by providing him access to screen reading software like Non-Visual Desktop Access (NVDA) and other necessary aids. Today, Pankaj can confidently browse the web, operate applications like Microsoft Word, Paytm, Amazon, among others. He has his personal email account and can pay bills, purchase essentials, and apply for higher education online.

More power to the indomitable spirit of Pankaj and several young boys and girls like him.

Hailing from a small village in the Nuh district of Mewat, Aasim Wasim is the youngest in a family of eight. Struggling to make ends meet, Aasim started unsuccessfully searching for a job, right after completing high school. Instead of getting dejected, he enrolled himself at SRF Foundation’s Schneider Electric Basic Electrician Training Program which is a free-of-cost, four-month program and learned a great deal. The training program equipped him with skills to start his own electrical shop with a meagre investment of ₹ 5,000. Today, he earns approx. ₹ 20,000 per month, ensuring a better livelihood for his entire family.

It was her love for Science that inspired Kanika to become a schoolteacher. Her goal was to instill in her students the inquisitiveness to explore and discover the world of Science. However, due to the unavailability of a well-equipped Science laboratory in the school, she couldn’t fully achieve her goal.

The School underwent a massive infrastructural transformation after it was adopted by SRF Foundation and IndiGo under the flagship School Adoption Program. With a fully stacked and functional Science Lab now, Kanika can demonstrate experiments and strengthen the understanding of concepts among her students.

Farjana joined a free course in Spoken English, conducted by SRF Foundation in collaboration with Teach India, close to her village in Mewat. The course prepared her to face interviews with confidence and helped her secure job offers. Today, she is employed at Dr. Himmat Rai Memorial Hospital.

She is the first girl in her family who is economically independent and supporting her family financially.

She feels free, happy, and more self-confident. SRF Foundation’s Spoken English Program has given wings to several girls like Farjana to go out there and chase their dreams.

Innumerable teachers and educators including Udayajyothi in government and private schools all over the country have been facing difficulties in using a webcam and microphone to teach their students after the COVID-19 induced lockdown was put in place.

Conducting online classes was proving to be more difficult than the regular classes for Udayajyothi until the launch of the Digital Based Learning Program by Brillio and SRF Foundation.

The program equipped teachers with the know-how on integrating online tools in imparting quality education to students. By overcoming the technological barrier and utilizing her learning, Udayajyothi successfully conducted online classes not only for the students of her own school, but 30 other schools too.

She has been invited by the Government to Karnataka to train other teachers as part of its ‘DD Chandana Samveda Program’.

In addition, she has created her YouTube channel, where she is learning, teaching and growing every day.

Hit by the pandemic, little Sanjana’s parents were worried about her future. With no guidance or supervision, Sanjana had slowly begun to lose interest in studies.

It was at this crucial time that SRF Foundation implemented several innovative educational initiatives, to help children like Sanjana find their way back to academics.

WhatsApp-based classes with regular assignments was conducted. The teachers responded with remarks and cleared doubts through the App.

SRF Foundation also launched the Mohalla classes to effectively engage the students in learning. With strict COVID-19 protocols in place, a mix of offline and online mode of education was put in place. Other academic and extra-curricular activities were also undertaken to help children like Sanjana stay motivated.

We are confident that Sanjana’s future is secure.

Shubh Preeti is one of the most dedicated teachers to be associated with SRF Foundation’s Rural Education Program. Belonging to a small town, her dream was to make education accessible to all.

During the pandemic, her students suffered a great deal. As a concerned educator, Shubh Preeti started looked for avenues to help her students cope with the changes happening around them. It is at this time that SRF Foundation launched ‘Mohalla classes’ across its intervention locations. Shubh got involved from the beginning and continues to educate her students through the Mohalla classes.

Strict COVID-19 protocols are observed while conducting classes in the open for students. The initiative has proved to be very effective and has ensured continuity of school education for a lot of children.

Illiyas Khan is another beneficiary of the Natural Resource Management Program. He lives in Guwalda, a small village in Alwar district of Rajasthan.

Under its Natural Resources Management Program, SRF Foundation supported farmers like Illiyas through projects such as rainwater harvesting, waste land restoration, large scale plantation, agriculture intervention, livestock promotion, micro-enterprise development, etc.

Benefitting from the program, Illiyas was able to procure more animals to domesticate. With the help of his animals, he was able to plant more saplings in his farmland. This resulted in an increase in the production of crops.

The NRM program also built paals (dams) for farmers like him, who could benefit from the availability of clean drinking water for the animals and to irrigate the lands.