Umeed Foundation · Since 2011
Every child deserves a classroom. Every family deserves dignity. Every community deserves a chance to thrive. We work alongside families across India to make that real — one act of kindness at a time.
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Our impact
We don't measure success in projects delivered. We measure it in girls who finish school, mothers who deliver safely, and villages that no longer need us.
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Lives touched
children, women and families supported since 2011
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Communities supported
across 7 states in India
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Volunteers
giving their weekends, skills and hearts
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Years of service
of showing up, every single day
Our mission
Poverty is not a lack of ambition. It is a lack of opportunity. The families we work with have the plans, the courage and the determination — what they need is a school that stays open, a clinic that shows up, a first loan that says we believe you.
So that is what we build: long-term, community-led programmes in education, health, nutrition and livelihoods — designed with the people they serve, and run by them.
Moments that matter
Real moments from our learning centres, health camps and villages — captured with permission, shared with pride.
Sports day, Sitapur
Home library programme
Weekly health camp
Art hour
Coastal clean-up, Mumbai
Summer camp
Relief team, Assam
Winter kit distribution
Be part of the next photograph.
Donate nowOur work
Nobody has ever become poor by giving.
— Anne Frank
Stories of change
Behind every number is a name, a village and a story that is still being written. Here are a few.
“Before joining the programme, I had never imagined I could continue my education. Today, I'm preparing for college.”
Priya Yadav, 21 · Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh
The result
Full scholarship, 6 years of mentorship, and a family that now sends all four children to school.
Before → After
Baseline surveys when we enter a community, and again every year. Here is what has changed across our longest-running programme sites.
Education access
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Children enrolled in school
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Children enrolled in school
Healthcare access
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Distance to nearest doctor
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Weekly clinic in the village
Food security
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Households eating two meals a day
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Households eating three meals a day
Employment
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Women with an income of their own
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Women with an income of their own
Community development
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Villages with safe drinking water
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Villages with safe drinking water
Figures are averages across programme communities with 7+ years of engagement, from our 2025 impact assessment. Read the methodology in the impact report.
Donation impact calculator
Choose an amount and see the kind of difference it makes on the ground. Then make it real.
These are illustrative estimates based on our average programme costs. Actual allocation varies by need — we always direct funds where they do the most good.
₹1,000
could provide
A year of learning materials
Supports textbooks, notebooks and a school bag for one child for a whole year.
≈ 1
year of school supplies
≈ 50
hot meals
≈ 4
health check-ups
Volunteer
Teach a Saturday maths class. Join a health camp. Lend your design, legal or accounting skills. Over 500 people already give a few hours a month — and say they get more back than they give.
- Weekend teaching & mentoring
- Health camps and relief drives
- Skills-based volunteering (remote-friendly)
- Corporate volunteering days
Voices
“I've supported a lot of organisations. Umeed is the only one that sent me a photo of the actual classroom my donation helped build — and then, two years later, a photo of the kids graduating from it.”
Anita DeshmukhMonthly donor since 2019, MumbaiTransparency
We publish our audited accounts, annual reports and programme data every year. Ask us anything — we'll show you.
Where your money goes
84 paise of every rupee reaches programmes
- Programmes 84%
- Fundraising 9%
- Administration 7%
FY 2024–25, audited by M/s Kulkarni & Associates, Chartered Accountants.
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Trusted by partners who check the numbers
- Meridian Technologies
- Tata Trusts
- Azim Premji Foundation
- GiveIndia
- HDFC Bank CSR
- UNICEF India
- Ashoka
- Rotary Club of Pune
Donate now
Every gift — however small — becomes a meal, a lesson, a check-up, a chance. Join the thousands of people who make this work possible.
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