Paani Foundation logo

Paani Foundation

Verified real NGO

Aamir Khan's foundation fighting drought in rural Maharashtra

EnvironmentLivelihoodRural & AgricultureWater & Sanitation
Donate · soon

Founded by actor Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao, Paani Foundation trains villagers in watershed management and water conservation to combat drought. Its Satyamev Jayate Water Cup mobilises communities to build water-harvesting structures.

Initiatives

  • Satyamev Jayate Water Cup — A 45-day pre-monsoon competition between drought-hit villages in watershed management, run from 2016 to 2019. Paani Foundation says over 6,000 villages from 76 blocks took part and built more than 550 billion litres of water storage capacity.
  • Farmer Cup — The successor programme, shifting from water conservation to farming livelihoods through collective action and scientific agriculture.
Founders
Aamir KhanKiran Rao
Mumbai, MaharashtraSince 2016

More NGOs like this