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SAKSHI

SAKSHI – Empowering Communities through Education and Equality

Established in 1993, SAKSHI is a non-profit voluntary organization registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, the Foreign Contribution Act, and Section 80G of the Income Tax Act. Our mission is to foster sustainable community development by focusing on Education, Hygiene, and providing equal opportunities to all.

We firmly believe that Education, Health, and Community Development form the bedrock of sustainable growth for individuals and society at large. With this belief at our core, SAKSHI has dedicated itself to creating a transformative pathway. By bridging the gap between poverty and prosperity, we are nurturing spaces and opportunities that empower the marginalized sections of society.

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OUR JOURNEY

In 1990, upon his return to India after years of working in public health abroad, Dr. Dharam Anand, Sakshi’s Co-founder, discovered a dire situation. Millions of displaced farmers and rural poor had migrated to urban areas such as Delhi, seeking better prospects, only to find themselves living in extreme poverty within unauthorized settlements devoid of essential amenities like water, sanitation, electricity, and proper shelter.

“Transforming the lives of neglected section of the society by enabling and providing them the tools and infrastructure to actualize their aspirations and hopes.”

“Our mission is to create, find and support programmes that looks after the comprehensive well-being and empowers the neglected section of the society in an equitable manner.”

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OBJECTIVES

  • To provide access to Primary education to under privileged Children.
  • To enable children from marginalized communities to coalesce with the mainstream society.
  • To furnish employment opportunities to the youth for better livelihood.
  • To raise awareness on the importance of education and up-liftment of the girl child in urban Slum communities.

PRINCIPLES

  • All-Round Care by providing for a healthy mind, body and soul.
  • Serve as guides & mentors and assist in providing resources.
  • Ensure Joyful Learning by ensuring teaching methods which are enjoyable via role play, songs, essays etc. for better retention, motivation & to ingrain a joyful work ethic in the children
  • We strictly Commit to and follow a Sustainable approach towards what we are set out to achieve
Integrity
Collaboration
Empowerment
Agility
Respect

Testimonials

Hear from Those Touched by Sakshi’s Compassionate Mission

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Compassion is not just about feeling empathy for those in pain but doing something about it. Educating children by Sakshi is a very good example of it.

Anil SachdevFounder & CEO, School of Inspired Leadership(SOIL)

[It’s great] that children are being put through childhood education..formal, non formal and vocational education

Amitabh KantCEO NITI Anuyog

The project between TAP India and Sakshi which focuses on education for migrant children is what society needs.

Prasoon JoshiCEO, McCann World Group India
Managing Director

Dr Mridula Tandon

Since, 2005 …. Dr Mridula Tandon has devoted her life to the cause of Sakshi. She picked up the baton from her late husband, Mr Satish Tandon.

Since its’ beginning days, Sakshi has always focused to bring solutions with an objective of providing better lives to the marginalized people. Sakshi has made that possible by developing a dedicated team working day and night, who challenge the problems, a large army of passionate, committed volunteers, contributors and people who have supported us with material, time, efforts, dedication, networks and hard work.
The conviction to stick with each other has made this journey beautiful. Sakshi’s story represents the story of common people of India. Going forward in the face of new issues, challenges our path has also evolved and emerged around people and will bring new hopes to the hopeless and homeless people for a better future where we will be better equipped to deal with the new world problems.
Lastly, my gratitude to all Our Donors, partners & volunteers – by which support we’ve been able to create an ever-lasting impact in the lives of many people and families.
Director

Mr. Zuber Khan

Two years of pandemic has brought changes in the lives of many people, is a reminder of the unpredictability of life;

Two years of pandemic has brought changes in the lives of many people, is a reminder of the unpredictability of life; However, Sakshi continue its work for the betterment of the needy all through this period and gradually brings back the normalcy in life of the people with whom we are working. This highlights that even in the toughest times our values, purpose, resilience and standing with the people can be the compass to navigate whatever the future brings. While we stand with each other I believe, “This world is the world of volume, we do need solutions in volume and the people who work on those are also needed in volume.”

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Our Journey

Uneducated and poor, they scraped an existence as manual labor. Their children grew up malnourished and sickly and without education, followed in their parents’ footsteps. It was a heart-breaking situation.

Uniquely placed to help by virtue of his global experience in public health and education, Dr. Anand co-founded Sakshi along with Dr Mridula Tandon to help these forgotten and marginalized children and communities.

In 1993, Sakshi began work in the area of Health & Hygiene wherein, supported by the United Nations and World Health Organization, Sakshi began to build toilets at MCD schools in the slums and educate children and communities about Preventive Medicine and Hygiene.

This was critical to reducing the incidence of diseases and water-borne epidemics that frequently afflicted these settlements and resulted in high rates of child, maternal and overall mortality.

Working in the MCD schools, Sakshi staff noticed the high drop-out rate of slum children. Sakshi believes that education is vital for the development of a child, enlarging her vision of the world and herself, instilling curiosity, awareness, values and a belief and ability to chart her own destiny.

Thus, supported by Government agencies, Sakshi began work in the area of Elementary Education, running Early Education Centers to care for the health and education of pre-school children and Non-Formal Education Centers and Remedial Classes to track down, motivate and equip drop-outs to rejoin the mainstream.

In 2005, Mr. Satish Tandon (right), who had assisted Dr. Anand’s efforts from the start, assumed leadership of Sakshi. A successful CEO of a multinational corporation himself, he realized that though health and elementary education are necessary first steps in the upliftment and development of slum children, something further is needed to make them employable and able to earn a regular and decent livelihood.

Mr. Tandon then initiated the vital Vocational Training project which today equips low-literate youth with marketable skills like computer training, beauty culture, proficiency in English etc that allows them to find jobs which double their previous combined family income and have growth potential, thus empowering them to break the Cycle of Poverty for themselves, their families and their future generations.

Supporting the Health and Education projects over the years was our growing work in Community Development: building awareness in slums about hygiene, the importance of education, girl child upliftment and women’s empowerment.

Sakshi is ably helmed by Dr. Mridula Anand Tandon (right), Dr. Anand’s daughter, a medical professional, a successful business person, and an integral part of Sakshi since the beginning.

Sakshi’s work in Women’s Empowerment

  • Girl Child Education
  • Vocational Training for women/ girls
  • Mahila Panchayat,
  • Women’s self help groups,
  • Community awareness programs,
  • Ngo partner in helpline 181 by Delhi Commission for Women,
  • Domestic violence and
  • ICC member of CASH in many Govt. and Non Govt. organizations Like Ministry of Defence, Air HQ, DRDO, IGNOU etc.