Our Work
Our Work
01.
COVID-19 RELIEF
During the 2020 worldwide pandemic of COVID-19, Raindrops Foundation has been earnestly committed to providing relief to the low-income groups, daily-wage and migrant workers, and persons with disabilities since the commencement of the nationwide lockdown.
02.
DONATION DRIVES
Serving those in need has always been a paramount objective for the Raindrops Foundation. We do not wait for a calamity to strike to provide relief, but continue making things better for people through our continuous efforts.
03.
RURAL CONNECT
One of our longest-running initiatives has been in Kanpur Dehat – a rural district in North India. Under our Rural Development programme, we regularly conduct policy surveys, awareness camps, capacity-building workshops, and donation drives for the villagers there.
04.
FLOOD RELIEF
Bihar is India’s most flood-prone State, with 76% of the population in the North Bihar living under the continuous threat of flood devastation. In 2019, 12 districts of Bihar got affected by the floods affecting more than 80 lakh people of the North Bihar area.
05.
PROJECT SWABHIMAAN
Project Swabhimaan, built on the twin pillars of ‘self-reliance’ and ‘self respect (Swabhimaan)’ is the flagship initiative of Raindrops Foundation. It launched in 2017 as a social entrepreneurial project to provide skill training and employment opportunities to marginalised sections of the society. Currently operating in Delhi and Kanpur, the project has trained over 30 women and visually challenged craftspersons.
06.
TALENT SHOWS
Raindrops Foundation organized a Talent Show for persons with disabilities on 5th August 2018. In the words of Convenor Tapas Bharadwaj, “This festival had the lights of Dipawali, Colors of holi, the brotherhood of Eid, the patriotism of the Independence Day, and also the discipline of the Republic day.”
07.
EDUCATIONAL TOURS AND WORKSHOPS
It has been scientifically proven that creative exposure in the fields of music, art, drama, etc. is equally required for the holistic development of a child as the knowledge of science, maths and other mainstream subjects.
08.
Grameen Sansand
Named after Chanakya (also known as Vishnugupt), India’s most famous policy maker, Chanakya Niti Grameen Sansad (Chanakya Niti Rural Parliament) was launched with the aim of introducing the Youth Parliament culture to smaller towns and villages in a bid to decentralise policy-making and sensitizing the students towards social causes.