AADITRI FOUNDATION

AADITRI FOUNDATION is an NGO in India directly benefitting over 750,000 children and their families every year, through more than 350 live welfare projects on education, healthcare, livelihood and women empowerment, in over 1000 remote villages and slums across 25 states of India.

Education is both the means as well as the end to a better life: the means because it empowers an individual to earn his/her livelihood and the end because it increases one's awareness on a range of issues – from healthcare to appropriate social behaviour to understanding one's rights – and in the process help him/her evolve as a better citizen. Doubtless, education is the most powerful catalyst for social transformation. But child education cannot be done in isolation. A child will go to school only if the family, particularly the mother, is assured of healthcare and empowered. Moreover, when an elder sibling is relevantly skilled to be employable and begins earning, the journey of empowerment continues beyond the present generation. Realizing this, Smile Foundation an NGO in India, beginning in the corridors of education, adopted a lifecycle approach of development, focusing its interventions on children, their families and the larger community. aaditri foundatio believes that unless members of the civil society are involved proactively in the process of development, sustainable change will not happen. Following this model of Civic Driven Change, aaditri foundation sensitizes and engages the civil society, making it an active partner in all its welfare initiatives. Today, 8 million children in India are out of school – surrounded by poverty, illness and despair; they are fighting a daily battle for their survival. Together, we can help a child and bring hope in their lives. Together, we can bring change and make it last.

MISSION

To facilitate the lives of all old age people by empowering them to live full lives as actively engaged citizens and to secure their rights to comprehensive high quality services according to their changing needs. We are committed to ensuring that our work is aimed at mobilising and supporting old age people. We will empower old age people to advocate on behalf of themselves, their families and their communities as a key element of our advocacy work. We will continue to promote the adoption of a life course approach which recognises ageing as a lifelong process. We will organize road show and awareness camp to raise awareness of the needs of old age people in each and every place and also raise voice to protect and support old age people.

VISION

To create a atmosphere for a happy, healthy and creative childhood whose rights are protected and honoured in the the society that is built on respect for dignity, justice a world of hope and kindness where every person has the opportunity to live a healthy and productive life. Our work aims to break the vicious cycle of poverty and social isolation and to restore hope for a better future. Our organisation believe that every person has the right to access resources and opportunities in order to live and develop himself with dignity and to become an active and contributing member of the society.

VALUES

Our Values: To respect each other’s views and feelings within the organization and with people we work. To express ourselves, our opinions, suggestions and feelings in a respectful manner while regarding the dignity and self-worth of other individuals and valuing the other person’s reality. Carry out all our work with the greatest responsibility and accountability. To function in a manner that is deemed absolutely trustworthy and be fully committed to being accountable to all expectations set by Aaditri Foundation. To treat each individual with as equals, upholding the ideals of fairness and equality and ensuring equal opportunity for all those associated with us and also for those who were apart from us.