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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Every rupee raised goes directly to programs that change lives.
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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Desai Foundation
Wednesday June 3rd
While the South Asian community is often the target of racism as well in America, the system in which we live wasn't designed with precision to hold us down, the way it has been for the black community. The South Asian community exists in America because of the Civil Rights Movement. We owe our lives in America to Black America.
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As an organization, we are committed to elevating the health and livelihood of women and children and rural communities in India, and underserved communities in the US. And the programs we have been developing in the US have been focused with these communities in mind.
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Police brutality is a health crisis, Racism is a health and livelihood crisis. Mass incarceration is a health crisis. Poverty is a health crisis. We are looking into ways that we can better serve the health and livelihood of the communities who need it the most at this time. We hope you will join us in continuing to seek justice, listen and challenge ourselves to do better. Art by @Aneri Shah #blacklivesmatter #nojusticenopeace #justiceforgeorgefloyd #southasiansforblacklives ... See MoreSee Less
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Desai Foundation
Monday June 1st
We are so excited to announce the launch of a new Instagram Live series in conjunction with Malini's Girl Tribe! It’s a weekly series called the Bloody Truth where we will be talking all about periods, breaking down any myths and discussing ways we can love ourselves and our bodies more, periods and all. Watch the first installment here and stay tuned for the release of subsequent episodes.
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Desai Foundation
Friday May 29th
We are blown away by the enthusiasm and excitement shown by the over 150 people (and counting) who pledged their period this year, helping us raise funds for our Asani Sanitary Napkin program.
But just like periods, the importance of menstrual hygiene awareness and ending period stigma doesn’t stop at the end of May - so let’s keep the momentum going and keep talking about periods all year round!
#menstrualhygiene #endthestigma #stopperiodshaming #endperiodpoverty #empoweringwomen #womensempowerment #india #desaifoundation #pledgeyourperiod #periodsdontstopforpandemics ... See MoreSee Less
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Desai Foundation
Thursday May 28th
"American-led Desai Foundation Celebrates Menstrual Hygiene Day with #PledgeYourPeriod Campaign"
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Indian American-led Desai Foundation Celebrates Menstrual Hygiene Day with #PledgeYourPeriod Campaign
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COVID-19 may have brought much of the world to a halt, but periods don't stop for pandemics. The Desai Foundation, a nonprofit that works to elevate health, livelihood, and educationDesai Foundation
Thursday May 28th
Thank You, Refinery29 for joining the #pledgeyourperiod movement! All you have to do to join the movement is share this post, donate at www.pledgeyourperiod.com and tag at least 3 friends to do the same!
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Today is #MenstrualHygieneDay. While #COVID19 has brought entire nations to a screeching halt, it’s an indisputable fact that periods don’t stop for pandemics.🩸
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Join in the @desaifoundation’s #PledgeYourPeriod, an initiative focused on stripping away the shame and stigma around periods and celebrating them instead. 🎉 ... See MoreSee Less
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We are so excited to announce the launch of a new Instagram Live series in conjunction with @MissMalini's Girl Tribe! It’s a weekly series called the Bloody Truth to talk about all things period related! Here is the first installment! #TheBloodyTruth #DesaiFoundation #MissMalini
"American-led Desai Foundation Celebrates Menstrual Hygiene Day with #PledgeYourPeriod Campaign" https://t.co/WCIlGmhJ12 via @IndiaWest
Tune in on #iglive in just a few minutes (9pm ET) to hear @TheRealSamJone1 chat with our President, @Meghatron5 about the #pledgeyourperiod campaign and #MenstrualHygieneDay2020 !
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