WE INSPIRE WOMEN & CHILDREN
TO DREAM BEYOND
to elevate health, livelihood, & education in India & the US.
HEALTH + HYGIENE Alleviating health issues that prevent women from working and children from attending school enables the community to thrive and focus their attention elsewhere.
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LIVELIHOOD Vocational training provides the ability to increase household income and an elevated sense of dignity, which improves quality of life.
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EDUCATION Quality education and enrichment programs to equip children with the knowledge to meet the many challenges shaping our world today.
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WOMEN Empowering women has the power to not only change the economic circumstances of individual families but entire villages.
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CHILDREN Educating and providing children with the building blocks to future advancement allows families to transcend their circumstances.
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Our staff and infrastructure is supported by the founding endowment from the Desai Family and its board members.
Now, as a public foundation, your support helps expand our life-changing programs in India
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Wednesday November 25th
We applaud Scotland for being the first nation to make sanitary products free for all!
This is great progress toward ending period poverty. We hope other countries recognize the power of access to menstrual products and information on women, girls and the economy!
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Tackling ‘Period Poverty,’ Scotland Is 1st Nation to Make Sanitary Products Free
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The Scottish Parliament voted unanimously to pass a measure that makes free period products available to anyone who needs them, the first country to do so.Desai Foundation
Tuesday November 24th
We are so honored to be included in the #2 (!) spot on this list of the 10 best ways to Give back to Women on Giving Tuesday!
Thank you to Kiersten Marek and Philanthropy Women for including us. Reminder that you can donate here now: https://www.facebook.com/donate/1026722324500831/
"The Desai Foundation out of the Boston area is doing a bang-up job of growing opportunities for women and girls through its vocational classes, health camps, volunteer outreach, and sanitary napkin programs. By de-stigmatizing period poverty and turning sanitary pad production and distribution into a small business women can run on their own, Desai has done some groundbreaking work. As a foundation that converted into an on-the-ground nonprofit, Desai estimates it has impacted 682,000 people in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, and Uttar Pradesh, India, Boston, and New York. This year, through its Masks of Hope program, it is also employing women in sewing masks during the COVID pandemic." ... See MoreSee Less
10 Donations to Easily Optimize Giving Tuesday for Women and Girls
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For Giving Tuesday 2020, we've chosen 10 nonprofits to support that will easily optimize your giving for women and girls for maximum impact.Desai Foundation
Tuesday November 24th
Meet Anjana - since the start of the pandemic, she has recruited and trained 9 other women to join our Masks of HOPE program! Together, she and her team have prepared 15,000 double layered masks, and she alone has produced 3,600 masks. With the skills and money earned through Masks of HOPE, she has bought her a new sewing machine and plans to start her own business when the pandemic is over.
Leading up to Giving Tuesday on December 1st, we invite you to give back to women like Anjana, whose strength & perseverance has been an inspiration to us all, by donating to the Desai Foundation’s Giving Back to Women campaign.
Just for this week, all donations will be DOUBLED by @Soothi, guaranteeing that we can provide additional safe & sustainable livelihood opportunities to even more women like Anjana. Donate here at bit.ly/giveback2women now!
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Monday November 23rd
Give Back to Women in Rural India & TRIPLE Your Impact by Donating to our Masks of HOPE program now through Giving Tuesday on 12/1!#desaifoundation #givingtuesday #givebacktowomen #masksofhope ... See MoreSee Less
Give Back to Women & TRIPLE Your Impact!
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Giving Back to Women for Giving Tuesday Give Back to Women... While women around the world are being forced out of the workforce due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have been able to provide safe & flexiDesai Foundation
Friday November 20th
Voting for the SXSW panel picker ends today! Make sure to check out this awesome panel on Collaborating Across Sectors for Impact in Crisis, proposed by our President Megha Desai. If selected, the panel will also feature Susan McPherson, Founder and CEO of McPherson Strategies and @PetraDizdar, Managing Director and Partner of Handshake
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Collaborating Across Sectors for Impact in Crisis
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For corporations and organizations that want to connect meaningfully with their stakeholders, social impact has become much more than a nice-to-have, and for a world in crisis, it's vital to communica...The Desai Foundation Follow
We applaud Scotland for being the first nation to make sanitary products free for all! This is great progress toward ending period poverty. We hope other countries recognize the power of access to menstrual products & information on women & the economy! https://t.co/GvfmumVSLh
We are so honored to be included in the #2 (!) spot on this list of the best ways to Give back to Women on Giving Tuesday! Thank you to @KierstenMarek and @philanthrowomen for including us!
#GivingTuesday #philanthropy #GiveBack2020 #womensempowerment
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Anjana and her team have prepared 15,000 double layered masks, and she alone has produced 3,600 masks. With the skills and money earned through Masks of HOPE, she has bought her a new sewing machine and plans to start her own business when the pandemic is over. 3
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