Opportunity Foundation Trust (Avasar)

The organisation’s program details are as follows:

Scholarship Program:  Avasar sponsors a child’s education (school/college fees) for 5 consecutive years which includes 2 Years at Pre-University Course (PUC) and minimum 3 Years at Graduate Level. This covers expenses towards tuition fees, books, stationery, etc.

Digital Literacy: To drive digital literacy in rural communities of India, Avasar Foundation with the help of CSR funding introduced 34 Computer Labs in Government Aided schools with teachers employed at the organization’s payroll in each lab.

Pre-Primary Schools: The Avasar Play Schools for children up to age 6 is a pilot project. The Foundation provides free education, books and uniform to students on first come first serve basis with a customized curriculum and activity based learning.

Graduate to Employee: The transition to college from entering a corporate environment can be difficult because of a change in social norms. Avasar helps the youth and trains them for such situations with Business Communication, Presentation Skills, Interpersonal and Team Skills, etc.  

Training & Development: The Foundation provides employability training to young girls with Microsoft Digital Literacy, Job Readiness and Spoken English. So far, Avasar has trained more than 500 girls.

Avasar is a member of World Association of NGOs and GuideStar International and receives financial as well as non-financial support from NASSCOM Foundation, Google Adwords Grant and Eagle Conferencing. Expeditors International India Pvt. Ltd. appointed Avasar as the Implementation Agency for its CSR program in 2016.