Sandhya Sharad

Samiksha Foundation

Keeps children learning while they undergo cancer treatment, running learning centres inside Bengaluru hospitals staffed by trained teachers and volunteers. Since its first centre opened in 2009 it has grown to six, reaching over 1,200 children a year with lessons, a multilingual library, yoga, art and music that help them return to school after treatment.

Samiksha Foundation reports the following, on its own site:

• 6 Learning centres today
• 1200+ children reached yearly
• 15,000+ children reached in total