WE INSPIRE WOMEN & CHILDREN
TO DREAM BEYOND
We empower women and children through community programs to elevate health and livelihood in India & the US.

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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Vocational training provides the ability to increase household income and an elevated sense of dignity, which improves quality of life.
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Quality education and enrichment programs to equip children with the knowledge to meet the many challenges shaping our world today.
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Empowering women has the power to not only change the economic circumstances of individual families but entire villages.
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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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We love seeing the women in our #Beautician Skills Training Course, which is held in partnership with @iitgn learn and grow!
How would you have them use their skills on you?
#vocationaltraining#beautyskills#cosmetology
Rural women in India are bearing the brunt of climate change – but CGI partners @SEWABharat and @DesaiFoundation are working to change that this #WomensHistoryMonth and beyond. More via @CNBC: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/10/india-gender-gap-discrimination-women-bear-brunt-of-climate-change.html
Since opening in January, our 16 distribution ambassadors and 11 machine operators at our new Lucknow production unit have produced and distributed over 43K sanitary napkins! We are happy to see this new unit’s big success!
#mhm #menstrualhygiene #sanitarynapkin #menstrualequity
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