Shishu Mandir, Bangalore

Shishu Mandir is a registered non-governmental organisation founded in 1983 to provide free and holistic education to children from impoverished backgrounds, with an emphasis on educating the girl child. We are a secular organisation with no religious affiliation. Central to our activities is our school, run as a free English-medium school. We believe that education can bring change. But for our children to truly benefit from it, we have worked to ensure that they have access to education beyond school, until they are employable. It is equally important for the families of these children to recognise the importance of education. Several of our programmes have arisen from the real need to support entire families and the wider community to enable a collective progression to a life of dignity. All our programmes are offered free of cost to the children and the community