Our Partners
ARDAR Foundation, Hyderabad
No. of schools: 2
Coverage: 1000 children
ING Vysya Foundation has adopted 2 schools in Hyderabad under its ‘school adoption programme’. The Foundation has sponsored 100% of the funds for the construction of both the government school buildings, located in MRC Colony of Hyderabad and Rasoolpura in Secunderabad. The initiative marks a successful collaborative effort between the Government of Andhra Pradesh, ING Vysya Foundation and the not-for-profit partner – Association for Rural Development and Action (ARDAR).
Both the schools were inaugurated and dedicated to children on the 17th day of June 2009. Enrollment of children in both the schools has gone up to 250 from a mere 35 students. English Medium has been introduced in both the schools. This year (2009), English Medium was introduced in 1st standard and gradually they will become exclusive English Medium Schools under the Sarva Siksha Abhiyan. In MRC Colony School and the Film Nagar, the government of Andhra Pradesh has also approved construction of one more floor to make it a high school.
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AKSHARA Foundation
 Balwadi centres in Bangalore:
No. of centres: 118
Coverage: 3000 children
Preschools (balwadis) have been set up in communities and are managed by local volunteers. They provide an atmosphere of joyful learning for 4 to 6 year olds and socialize the role of education in communities. A Balwadi is a child’s preparatory stepping stone to school. Development skills are inculcated in a Balwadi. Physical development, language enhancement,cognitive development, social development and emotional development.
There is a small component of reading and writing through simple readers in Kannada and Urdu, with large pictures, which teaches children the fundamentals of language. At a Balwadi, they also go through a socialization process, in a completely different environment. Children are assessed through the year to monitor learning and change. All children, after completing 5 years are enrolled in formal schools. Akshara Foundation has set up hundreds of Balwadi in many communities across the State. Akshara has trained young women to become “edupreneurs” and have helped them to start their own preschools by providing training and teaching learning material.
Community libraries in Bangalore:
No. of centres: 10
Coverage: 4000 children
Akshara Foundation has a network of libraries in schools and communities to encourage and sustain a reading habit among children. The libraries open up children’s minds to worlds beyond their own and are a key factor in facilitating the learning process. The libraries are an integral part of Akshara Foundation’s commitment to children and reading. They anchor the learning children obtain from Akshara’s ongoing reading programme and give them an opportunity to continue to access those language skills and build on them, so that what is once learnt stays embedded, and does not fade with disuse.
Libraries are not only about books. They are hubs of learning. An Akshara-appointed librarian is always available on site for children. All the librarians have recently been trained to conduct language-based exercises and puzzles to expand children’s vocabulary. Hippocampus, one of Akshara’s partners, conducts a reading based activity programme called Word Wings in Kannada and English. Libraries also expose children to resource people who train them in elementary physics and geo physics, hold general knowledge classes through plays and stories and conduct theatre-based learning activities.
The libraries have a vibrant and enthusiastic member base. Every library has an average of one thousand books, covering a broad spectrum of topics to address both younger and older children.
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CHRISTEL House, Bangalore
 No. of centres: 1
Coverage: 40 children
The children of Christel House India come from a background where going to school is, too often, an unattainable dream. Keeping in mind that they are the first generation learners, Christel House strives to ignite a fire within each student, a passion for education that is equal to our own. In Christel House they have moved away from mere transmission of knowledge to simply being informative. The educators use creative approaches to teaching in order to make the classes inspiring, interesting, interactive and, most of all, fun. Subjects taught within the curriculum are presented in a manner that creates a sense of wonder, an open appreciation and understanding of the underlying laws that bring our world alive. As the students advance, the curriculum becomes more challenging, emphasizing academic rigor, thus preparing students to excel to compete with the mainstream.
ING Vysya Foundation has financed a building of Christel house to accommodate higher classes. The building sponsorship was aimed at providing facilities for quality education, health and Wellness program to the lesser privileged children. The school building is also being used for various types of vocational training courses that would equip the Christel House Children to take up relevant careers once they leave the school.
ING VYSYA FOUNDATION supports a classroom of 40 students of grade 9 at Christel House India to provide important educational opportunities.
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SUKRUPA, Bangalore
 Residential programme:
No. of centres: 1 (Residential)
Coverage: 10 children
Sponsor a child:
Coverage: 440 children
SUKRUPA, a non-profit organization based in Bangalore, INDIA. Its mission is to support underprivileged children escape a background of poverty, slum life, illiteracy and ignorance, replacing these challenges with hope and opportunities available to mainstream children. SUKRUPA works with more than 200 children from the slums in and around R.T. Nagar, Bangalore and provides a safe, caring and clean environment for the children while their parents are at work.
Programme includes Daily food and nutrition, Academic instruction for preschoolers and in an after school program, Health care, Skills training, providing opportunities to participate in sports and other recreational activities, Cultural opportunities and awareness, Training by professionals in dance, music and visual arts. Their services are holistic and it provides a residential program for children living in difficult situations so that they can continue their studies.
Foundation supports Sukrupa to run the residential Programme. It also provides support to 440 school going children from the nearby slum to facilitate their education and health needs so that they can escape a background of poverty, slum life, illiteracy and ignorance to become a self reliant, responsible citizen of India.
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SOS Children’s Village, Tamilnadu
 Family Strengthening program:
Coverage: 100 children
The goal of the Family Strengthening Program is to strengthen the vulnerable families to care for their children in education, health and nutrition so that they do not fall out of their family and community. The objectives of the Project are:
- Ensuring that families have access to essential services to the children
- Supporting families to build their abilities to protect and care for their children
- Strengthening support systems for the children and families within the community
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IIMPACT Learning Centre, Lucknow
 No. of centres: 15
Coverage: 50,000 children
The GOAL of the project is to bring all girls not going to any school between the age group of 6-14 years under the fold of primary education within a period of four years in Mahmoodabad and Rampur Mathura blocks in district Sitapur of Uttar Pradesh.
Following are the objectives of this programme:
- Increasing access and enrolment to Basic Primary Education for all girl children out of school through community mobilization.
- Providing High Quality Education (four years primary education up to class V) to non-school-going girls through Rural Learning Centres.
IIMPACT has been successfully running its Learning Centers for the disadvantaged girl child in two rural pockets of (a) Alwar in Rajasthan and (b) Mehmoodabad (near Lucknow) in UP. The literacy levels in various states in India vary from 33% to 94%; female literacy is significantly lower. Based on this we have identified Rajasthan, UP and Bihar, the states with low levels of literacy and high gap, for focus. The project proposes to reach a minimum of at least 50,000 out of these girl children (25-30 girls per IIMPACT Learning Center x 2,000 LCs). The measurable outcome of the project is that at least 50,000 girl children from poor and disadvantaged rural communities will complete primary school level education with learning level achievements that enable them to pursue higher levels of schooling successfully.
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PRATHAM, Mumbai
 No. of centres: 1 (residential centre)
Coverage: 50 children
Pratham’s mission is ‘Every Child in School and Learning Well’. Pratham is an independent Non-Governmental organization with a tripartite partnership – between the corporates, government and citizens – we work to bring about the fastest and most efficient change by motivating the government at various levels. Rather than supplant, it supplements the governmental investment recognizing that primary education is principally the responsibility of the government. Pratham operates in scale and believes in demonstrating large-scale solutions. It includes contact Classes, Drop In Centers (which offer health, recreation and counseling initiatives), Education Classes with National Open School Certification, Residential Centers (where ex-child laborers live and study and play) and our Rescue, Repatriation and Rehabilitation Initiatives.
Foundation supports their residential school programme.
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Auribindo Chaudhuri Memorial Great Indian Dream Foundation
 No. of centres: 1
Coverage: 50 children
TARA playschool symbolize the quality enriched chain of playschools for less privileged children. Currently we are having total 17 TARA programme. They are situated in various slums of Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad. Tara is a child-centered programme for providing early childhood care and development for children less than 6yrs. 4 main components of this programme are a) Child Development, b) Parent Development, c) Staff Development and d) Community Development.
Tara, Mandi, Delhi is being supported by ING Vysya Foundation.
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Makkala Jagriti, Bangalore
 No. of centres: 1
Coverage: 15 children
Since November 2007 Makkala Jagriti has partnered with government shelter-home for 250+ boys aged 6-18 to set up a learning center. This home serves children who have been orphaned, abandoned, found in child labour, picked up from the streets or children coming from different parts of India to Bangalore in search of livelihood and other such situations. They are brought to the home by social workers, police, or through other means, where they have been deemed either permanent residents of the home (not to be released until age 18), or temporary (temporary, in this case, can range anywhere from a few days to years in residence). ING Vysya Foundation supports Makkal Jagriti to provide education for children, living in juvenile justice homes.
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Muskaan Welfare Society, Kolkata
No. of centres: 1
Coverage: 15 children
Muskaan provides support to children, living in red-light areas of Kolkata. ING Vysya Foundation supports a learning centre for children aged 2.5 yrs to 6 years. The learning centre is aimed at providing overall development of children through education and early-childhood activities that would enable them to get enrolled in formal schools in the age of 6. This program focuses on providing a non-threatening, safe environment for children, living in this red-light area to realize their rights.
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SUPPORT, Mumbai
 No. of centres: 1
Coverage: 50 children
SUPPORT is a voluntary Non Governmental Organization registered as a Charitable Trust in Mumbai in 1985. SUPPORT aims to eradicate substance use among street children and homeless youth to prevent high-risk behaviour.
The rehabilitation programme for child drug users commenced in the year 1993 with five children in a small room given by the State Government. Looking at the success of the programme, the Mumbai Municipal Corporation offered a place at Vakola, Santacruz (East), Mumbai. The rehabilitation centre was shifted here in 1997 and ever since the first batch of 15 children, the residential rehabilitation centre has successfully run the programme for hundreds of children. Currently there are approx. 65 boys and 30 girls in the age range 6 to 18 years undergoing detoxification / rehabilitation at the residential centers in Mumbai. The vocational training center currently has around 30 boys undergoing cooking, screen-printing, welding, carpentry, masonry work training. That is, total of 125 children under our care. Approximately 85 children go to school from the residential centers. ING Vysya Foundation provides support to provide education to these street children.
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ING Chances for Children in partnership with UNICEF
This project focuses on the challenges of gender and social disparity in the state of Rajasthan, India. In partnership with the State Government, this project is emphasizing Girls’ Education for Equity and Empowerment by demonstrating context specific interventions in three districts - Tonk, Udaipur and Jhalawar - with the aim to bring 12,000 girls (who are still out-of-school in the project areas) into school and ensure they are retained. In order to get these girls (back) into school, the strategy focuses on both the state and district levels. The main elements of the strategy are capacity building and technical support for implementing agencies, developing partnerships with key stakeholders in civil society, media, and the private sector, as well as NGOs in order to ensure broad levels of support.
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