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Sachin Tendulkar Foundation

Salman Khan

Sachin Tendulkar

Robin Hood Army

New Delhi

New Delhi

Palak Muchhal Heart Foundation

Bengaluru

Cuddles Foundation

Mumbai

Meer Foundation

Shah Rukh Khan

Palak Muchhal

Aamir Khan

Deepika Padukone

Mumbai

New Delhi

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Celebrity NGOs

Salman Khan

Palak Muchhal Heart Foundation

Sonu Sood

NAAM Foundation

Nana Patekar & Makarand Anaspure

Meer Foundation

Shah Rukh Khan

Palak Muchhal

Kailash Satyarthi Children's Foundation

Kailash Satyarthi

Virat Kohli Foundation

Virat Kohli

YouWeCan Foundation

Yuvraj Singh

Deepika Padukone

Gautam Gambhir Foundation

Aamir Khan

Mijwan Welfare Society

Shabana Azmi

Nargis Dutt Foundation

Sunil Dutt & Priya Dutt

Gautam Gambhir

Vijay Amritraj Foundation

Abhinav Bindra

Vijay Amritraj

Education

Bengaluru

Mumbai

Pratham Education Foundation

New Delhi

Mumbai

Magic Bus India Foundation

Gurugram

Project Nanhi Kali

Mumbai

Deepalaya

New Delhi

Mumbai

New Delhi

Teach For India

Mumbai

Salman Khan

Kailash Satyarthi Children's Foundation

Sonu Sood

Kailash Satyarthi

Virat Kohli Foundation

Virat Kohli

Mijwan Welfare Society

Shabana Azmi

Healthcare

Mumbai

New Delhi

HelpAge India

New Delhi

Gurugram

Sightsavers India

New Delhi

Snehalaya

Ahmednagar

Salman Khan

Palak Muchhal Heart Foundation

Sonu Sood

Meer Foundation

Shah Rukh Khan

Palak Muchhal

YouWeCan Foundation

Yuvraj Singh

Gautam Gambhir Foundation

Deepika Padukone

Nargis Dutt Foundation

Sunil Dutt & Priya Dutt

Gautam Gambhir

Abhinav Bindra

Corporate foundations

Rotary Foundation (India)

Nand Ghar

New Delhi

India

Tech Mahindra Foundation

New Delhi

Kamalnayan Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation

India

Mumbai

India

Mumbai

Ahmedabad

Noida

Bengaluru

India

Mumbai

Cognizant Foundation India

India

Hindustan Unilever Foundation

India

Raman Kant Munjal Foundation

India

Hunger

Gautam Gambhir Foundation

Bengaluru

Feeding India by Zomato

Gurugram

Gautam Gambhir

Annamrita Foundation

Mumbai

Robin Hood Army

New Delhi

Rise Against Hunger India

India

Coimbatore

New Delhi

Mumbai

Ahmedabad

New Delhi

Madurai

Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS)

Bhubaneswar

Ratna Nidhi Charitable Trust

Mumbai

Mumbai Mobile Creches

Mumbai

Ways to volunteer

Ongoing programmes run by verified NGOs — you apply on the NGO's own site.

Sort and pack material at a Goonj centre

Goonj takes volunteers at its processing centres to sort, repair and pack clothing and household material before it goes out to villages under Cloth for Work.

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Robin Hood Army

Join a weekend food distribution drive

The Robin Hood Army is entirely volunteer-run. Local chapters collect surplus food from restaurants and distribute it the same evening — you join a city chapter and turn up for a drive.

CRY — Child Rights and You

Volunteer on CRY's child-rights programmes

CRY places volunteers on campaigns, events and fundraising, as well as direct work with the communities its project partners serve.

Help serve mid-day meals

Akshaya Patra runs the world's largest school mid-day meal programme. Volunteers help at kitchens and at school serving points, and with awareness drives.

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Teach or mentor with Smile Foundation

Smile Foundation takes volunteers across its education, healthcare and livelihood programmes, including classroom support and mentoring.

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Teach For India

Apply for the two-year Fellowship

The Teach For India Fellowship places graduates and professionals as full-time teachers in low-income classrooms for two years. It is a paid, full-time commitment rather than casual volunteering.

Mentor at an Udayan Ghar or Shalini centre

Udayan Care takes volunteers as mentors in its group homes for children without parental care and as tutors in the Udayan Shalini Fellowship for girls.

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HelpAge India

Spend time with elders

HelpAge India involves volunteers in elder-care programmes, awareness campaigns and its mobile healthcare units.

Bhumi

Teach children at a weekend Bhumi centre

Bhumi is one of India's largest volunteer networks. Volunteers teach at weekend learning centres for children in shelters and low-income communities.

Make A Difference

Teach children in shelter homes

Make A Difference runs on volunteers who teach English and life skills to children in shelter homes, with a structured annual recruitment cycle.

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The Sustainable Development Goals, and who is working on each.

UN Sustainable Development Goal 1: No Poverty

Environment

The Art of Living Foundation

Wildlife SOS

New Delhi

SankalpTaru Foundation

Dehradun

Aamir Khan

Chennai

Tilonia

Coimbatore

Bengaluru

New Delhi

Bengaluru

Mumbai

Dehradun

Bombay Natural History Society

Pune

Wildlife Trust of India

Noida

Mumbai

Nature Conservation Foundation

Mysuru

Animals

Bombay Natural History Society

Wildlife SOS

New Delhi

WWF India

New Delhi

Wildlife Trust of India

Noida

Chennai

New Delhi

New Delhi

Udaipur

Mumbai

Nature Conservation Foundation

Mysuru

Aaranyak

Guwahati

CUPA - Compassion Unlimited Plus Action

Bengaluru

RESQ Charitable Trust

Pune

Lok Biradari Prakalp

Gadchiroli

Wildlife Conservation Trust (WCT)

Mumbai

The Welfare of Stray Dogs (WSD)

Mumbai

Women & Children

New Delhi

Bengaluru

Mumbai

Pratham Education Foundation

New Delhi

Mumbai

Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA)

Gurugram

Project Nanhi Kali

Mumbai

Feeding India by Zomato

Gurugram

Ahmedabad

Deepalaya

New Delhi

Magic Bus India Foundation

Mumbai

New Delhi

Ahmednagar

Mumbai

Shah Rukh Khan

Elderly

New Delhi

Mumbai

New Delhi

Nightingales Medical Trust

Bengaluru

Udavum Karangal

Chennai

All India Pingalwara Charitable Society

Amritsar

Akshaya Trust

Madurai

CanSupport

New Delhi

SHEOWS (Saint Hardyal Educational and Orphans' Welfare Society)

Gurugram

SERUDS (Sai Educational Rural & Urban Development Society)

Kurnool

Maitri India

New Delhi

Missionaries of Charity

Kolkata

Silver Inning Foundation

Mumbai

Abhoy Mission

Agartala

Himalayan Chetna

Hamirpur

Disability

Sightsavers India

New Delhi

Deepalaya

New Delhi

Vijay Amritraj Foundation

Abhinav Bindra

Vijay Amritraj

Narayan Seva Sansthan

Udaipur

Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled

Bengaluru

EnAble India

Bengaluru

Ummeed Child Development Center

Mumbai

Action for Autism

New Delhi

Vidya Sagar

Chennai

The Hans Foundation

New Delhi

War Wounded Foundation

New Delhi

Paraplegic Rehabilitation Centre

Pune

Blind People's Association (India)

Ahmedabad

Sense International India

Ahmedabad

Disaster Relief

New Delhi

Gurugram

The Art of Living Foundation

Sonu Sood

NAAM Foundation

Nana Patekar & Makarand Anaspure

Ramakrishna Mission

Howrah

Bengaluru

SEEDS India

New Delhi

Habitat for Humanity India

India

Mumbai

Mumbai

New Delhi

New Delhi

ActionAid Association

New Delhi

World Vision India

Chennai

Hemkunt Foundation

Gurugram

Livelihood

New Delhi

Pratham Education Foundation

New Delhi

Mumbai

SankalpTaru Foundation

Dehradun

Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA)

Ahmedabad

Magic Bus India Foundation

Mumbai

New Delhi

NAAM Foundation

Nana Patekar & Makarand Anaspure

Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation of India

Aamir Khan

Mijwan Welfare Society

Shabana Azmi

Barefoot College

Tilonia

India

Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled

Pune

Bengaluru

EnAble India

Bengaluru

Sports

Blind People's Association (India)

Abhinav Bindra

Olympic Gold Quest

Geet Sethi & Prakash Padukone

GoSports Foundation

Bengaluru

Ahmedabad

Slum Soccer

Nagpur

Reliance Foundation

Mumbai

Salaam Bombay Foundation

Mumbai

OSCAR Foundation

Mumbai

Special Olympics Bharat

New Delhi

Pro Sport Development

New Delhi

Aditya Mehta Foundation

Hyderabad

Paralympic Committee of India

New Delhi

Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI)

Bengaluru

Adventures Beyond Barriers Foundation (ABBF)

Pune

All India Sports Council of the Deaf (AISCD)

New Delhi

Rural & Agriculture

Aamir Khan

Friends of Tribals Society (Ekal)

Pune

Kolkata

Gram Vikas

Bhubaneswar

Seva Mandir

Udaipur

Rural Development Trust (Vicente Ferrer Foundation India)

Anantapur

Naandi Foundation

Hyderabad

Mitraniketan

Vellanad

VAAGDHARA

Banswara

Kamalnayan Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation

India

Reliance Foundation

Mumbai

Ambuja Foundation

Mumbai

Hindustan Unilever Foundation

India

REC Foundation

Gurugram

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (India)

New Delhi

Human Rights

Mumbai

Mumbai

Hyderabad

Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee

Kolkata

Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group

New Delhi

The Action Northeast Trust (the ant)

Rowmari

Shishu Sarothi

Guwahati

Sahodari Foundation

Pollachi

Ford Foundation (India)

New Delhi

PRS Legislative Research

India

Association for Democratic Reforms

India

Sulabh International

New Delhi

Protsahan India Foundation

New Delhi

Aajeevika Bureau

Udaipur

Aangan Trust

India

Arts & Culture

New Delhi

New Delhi

Pollachi

India

Bengaluru

Shiv Nadar Foundation

Noida

Hinduja Foundation

India

RPG Foundation

Mumbai

Pratham Books

Bengaluru

Donyi Polo Cultural & Charitable Trust

India

Adivasi Socio Education and Cultural Association (ASECA)

Rairangpur

All India Artisans and Craftworkers Welfare Association (AIACA)

New Delhi

Tisser Artisans Trust

Mumbai

KADAM

Kolkata

Anahad Foundation

India

Water & Sanitation

Aamir Khan

Rotary Foundation (India)

Pune

Gram Vikas

Bhubaneswar

India

Kamalnayan Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation

India

JSW Foundation

India

Ambuja Foundation

Mumbai

Hindustan Unilever Foundation

India

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (India)

New Delhi

Swades Foundation

India

Hinduja Foundation

India

GMR Varalakshmi Foundation

India

Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust

India

Sulabh International

New Delhi

Yuva Unstoppable

India

Mental Health

The Action Northeast Trust (the ant)

Deepika Padukone

Pune

India

Chennai

Chennai

Rowmari

Dream a Dream

Bengaluru

Protsahan India Foundation

New Delhi

Manas Foundation

New Delhi

Vandrevala Foundation

India

Sneha Foundation Trust

Chennai

Iswar Sankalpa

Kolkata

Snehi

New Delhi

India Mental Health Alliance (IMHA)

Gurugram

The MINDS Foundation

Vadodara

Faith-Based Service

All India Pingalwara Charitable Society

Annamrita Foundation

Mumbai

Hemkunt Foundation

Gurugram

Prison Ministry India

Bengaluru

Amritsar

Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust

India

Mata Amritanandamayi Math

Amritapuri

Chinmaya Mission

Mumbai

Bharat Sevashram Sangha

Kolkata

Central Young Mizo Association (YMA)

Aizawl

Missionaries of Charity

Kolkata

Radha Soami Satsang Beas (RSSB)

Beas

Narmada Niranjani Paryavaran Sanrakshan Samiti

Mortakka

ADRA India

Gurugram

Khalsa Aid India Charitable Trust

Patiala

Caritas India

Delhi

Armed Forces & Veterans

Paraplegic Rehabilitation Centre

War Wounded Foundation

New Delhi

Pune

War Widows Association

New Delhi

Braveheart Soldier Foundation

Jaipur

Veterans India

New Delhi

Support Our Heroes

New Delhi

Veteran Second Innings Foundation

Thane

Defence Officials Welfare Organisation (DOWO)

New Delhi

I Create India

Bengaluru

Anti-Trafficking

Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee

Prerana

Mumbai

Prajwala

Hyderabad

Kolkata

Mumbai

India

Patna

Shillong

India

Bachpan Bachao Andolan (Association for Voluntary Action)

New Delhi

Railway Children India

New Delhi

New Delhi

Mysore

Varanasi

Kolkata

Bhoruka Public Welfare Trust

Kolkata

LGBTQ+ & Inclusion

Naz Foundation (India) Trust

The Humsafar Trust

Mumbai

New Delhi

Pollachi

Imphal

Kolkata

Chennai

National Network for Transgender Persons (NNTP)

Ghaziabad

New Delhi

Bengaluru

Thane

New Delhi

Born2Win Social Welfare Trust

Chennai

Sahodaran

Chennai

Nazariya: A Queer Feminist Resource Group

New Delhi

Queerala

India

Tribal Welfare

Friends of Tribals Society (Ekal)

Kolkata

Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram

Jashpur

Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement

Mysuru

Mitraniketan

Vellanad

VAAGDHARA

Banswara

Bharat Sevashram Sangha

Kolkata

Gadchiroli

Jan Swasthya Sahyog

Bilaspur

Aseema Charitable Trust

Mumbai

Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS)

Bhubaneswar

Karuna Trust

Bengaluru

Lok Biradari Prakalp

Gadchiroli

Vikas Bharti Bishunpur

Gumla

Torang Trust

Ranchi

Donyi Polo Cultural & Charitable Trust

India

Prisoners & Reform

BOSCO (Bangalore Oniyavara Seva Coota)

India Vision Foundation

Kiran Bedi

Prison Ministry India

Bengaluru

Prayas JAC Society

New Delhi

Prison Fellowship India

Kottayam

Bengaluru

Project Second Chance

New Delhi

Preshti

India

PRISM Trust (Prisoners Rights Intervention Support Mission)

Chennai

Committee for Legal Aid to Poor (CLAP)

Cuttack

Samarpan Foundation

New Delhi

Voluntary Action for Rehabilitation and Development (VARHAD)

Amravati

TYCIA Foundation

New Delhi

Orphans & Child Care

Naz Foundation (India) Trust

New Delhi

New Delhi

Kokan NGO India

Sindhudurg

Child In Need Institute (CINI)

South 24 Parganas

Udavum Karangal

Chennai

All India Pingalwara Charitable Society

Amritsar

J&K Yateem Trust

Srinagar

Prayas JAC Society

New Delhi

Bachpan Bachao Andolan (Association for Voluntary Action)

New Delhi

The Concerned for Working Children (CWC)

Bengaluru

Railway Children India

New Delhi

SERUDS (Sai Educational Rural & Urban Development Society)

Kurnool

I-India

Jaipur

Need Base India

Bengaluru

Harmony House

Gurgaon

Palliative & Cancer Care

Yuvraj Singh

Mumbai

Thiruvananthapuram

New Delhi

Karunashraya (Bangalore Hospice Trust)

Bengaluru

Cancer Patients Aid Association (CPAA)

Mumbai

Shanti Avedna Sadan

Mumbai

Thanal Lakshadweep

Androth

Cachar Cancer Hospital and Research Centre

Silchar

Bhagwan Mahaveer Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (BMCHRC)

Jaipur

Cancer Foundation of India (CFI)

Kolkata

Cipla Palliative Care & Training Centre

Pune

Institute of Palliative Medicine

Kozhikode

Aastha Hospice & Geriatric Care Centre

Lucknow

Karunyavarsham Charitable Trust

Kochi

De-addiction

SPYM (Society for Promotion of Youth and Masses)

Muktangan Mitra

Pune

Kripa Foundation

Mumbai

New Delhi

TREDA (Treatment Rehabilitation and Education of Drug Abuse)

Bengaluru

Naya Savera

India

Nada India Foundation

New Delhi

Rural Health Organisation (RHO Manipur)

Imphal

Mehar Foundation

Panchkula

Jeevandaan Foundation

Zira

Fourth Wave Foundation

India

MAHAN Trust

Amravati

The Kalgidhar Society — Baru Sahib

Baru Sahib

ASHA Foundation

Bengaluru

Divya Foundation

Kotdwar

Prajna Counselling Centre

Mangaluru

Road Safety & Civic

Association for Democratic Reforms

SaveLIFE Foundation

New Delhi

Janaagraha

Bengaluru

PRS Legislative Research

India

India

CoRPS (Concern for Road and Pedestrian Safety)

Bengaluru

Chandigarh

Pune

Bengaluru

Bengaluru

Institute of Road Traffic Education (IRTE)

Faridabad

Muskaan Foundation for Road Safety

Jaipur

Red Dot Foundation (Safecity)

Mumbai

Indian Head Injury Foundation

New Delhi

Mai Hoon Dhanbad

Dhanbad

Children's Movement for Civic Awareness

Bengaluru

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