Vidyanikethan

Vidyanikethan is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1988 to improve the lives and livelihoods of people from the vulnerable, marginalized and under-developed sections of the society. Based in Bangalore, (India) Vidyanikethan’s special focus is on development of children and women from the low-income group families.

Their areas of work include:

Education: They reach out to children belonging to low-income groups to provide them opportunities in procuring quality education and developmental programs. They also encourage and motivate parents to enroll their children in childhood educational centres.

Health: They identify the healthcare needs of children and other beneficiaries and facilitate the process for identification and treatment of diseases through referrals and organizing health camps. They also undertake sensitization programmes on health and hygiene, and endeavour to improve sanitization infrastructure in schools and communities.

Environment: Vidyanikethan organizes tree plantation drives, rain water harvesting and watershed programmes

Socio-economic interventions: They help in mobilizing women in urban and rural areas to form self-help groups and organize vocational development programmes. Vidyanikethan also arranges loans to support self-employment enterprises.

Community based interventions: They identify the needs of communities in terms of infrastructure, and try to facilitate linkages with local stakeholders like the Gram Panchayati.