Human Rights NGOs in India

5th Pillar

The Zero Rupee Note movement fighting everyday bribery since 1997

Anti-corruption education program has covered more than 3,000 schools, colleges and groups in India, reaching

Aajeevika Bureau

Dignity and rights for migrant workers

LEAD Cell has recovered over ₹54.68 crore (USD 6.8 million) in unpaid wages for exploited workers

Aangan Trust

Making child safety everyone's business

20 lakh+ children impacted overall across 16 states in 22 years

Aarambh India

India's first online portal and hotline against child sexual abuse and exploitation

Since launch in November 2014, 31 organisations across the world have registered on its child-safety network

Aashray Adhikar Abhiyan (AAA)

Advocating for the rights and rehabilitation of Delhi's homeless since 2000

1,73,510+ people supported during COVID-19

ACCORD (Action for Community Organisation, Rehabilitation and Development)

Tribal land rights and livelihoods resource centre in the Gudalur valley, Nilgiris

Works with four tribal communities (Paniyas, Kattunayakans, Bettakurumbas, Mullukurumbas) spread across 320 vi

Acid Survivors Saahas Foundation

Medical assistance and rehabilitation for acid attack survivors and their families since 2016

Adhikar

Rights, livelihoods and disaster response for Odisha's marginalised communities

Reached out to 31,200 families through provision of safe drinking water

Ahmedabad Women's Action Group (AWAG)

Empowering women against violence since 1981

263,926 Beneficiaries Supported

Akhil Bharatiya Grahak Panchayat

A nationwide consumer movement born in Pune in 1974

the movement reached more than 25 states, nearly 200 districts in the country by 2017.

Akhil Bharatiya Samaj Sewa Sansthan

Land rights, water conservation and education for Kol tribals in Bundelkhand.

By the end of 1997, 2,500 poor Kol families of Mau and Manikpur had acquired possession of 10,000 acres of lan

ALERT-INDIA (Association for Leprosy Education, Rehabilitation & Treatment)

Leprosy elimination, TB control and HIV/AIDS care for underserved communities

19 M+ population covered by leprosy programmes

All India Women's Conference

National women's organisation working on education, rights and rural energy

Founded the All India Women's Education Fund Association (1929), which established Lady Irwin College, New Del

Alternative Law Forum (ALF)

Subsidised legal assistance and research on social-justice issues since 2003

ANANDI

Ahmedabad-based collective building rural Gujarati women's leadership and land, livelihood and governance rights

Active across 4 districts of Gujarat (Panchmahals, Dahod, Morbi, Bhavnagar), having nurtured 7 independent gra

Anjali Mental Health Rights Organisation

Advocating for mental health rights and inclusive care in West Bengal

4,50,935 people reached out to in the community

ANTODAYA

Tribal land rights and rural development work in Kalahandi district.

249 women's SHGs

Anubhuti

Youth-led justice work with nomadic and denotified tribes in Maharashtra

Anubhuti Charitable Trust reached 48,583 people directly (extensive engagement) and 30,000 indirectly in 2021-

ARAVALI

State-level support organisation linking voluntary agencies and government in Rajasthan.

Till date ARAVALI has organised 8 batches of SAMDP and trained more than 250 senior and middle level staff of

Arushi Society

Inclusive education, teacher training and disability-rights advocacy in Bhopal since 1992

More than 300,000 government school teachers in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh sensitised on inclusive educat

ARZ (Anyay Rahit Zindagi)

Combating trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation in Goa

In the last 25 years provided rehabilitation to around 1800 victims rescued from sex trafficking

Association for Advocacy and Legal Initiatives Trust (AALI)

Women-led feminist legal organisation providing pro-bono case support and advocacy from Lucknow since 1998

In FY 2024-25 AALI intervened in 1,685 instances of violence against women and girls and strengthened 37 casew

Association for Democratic Reforms

Transparency and accountability in Indian elections

1,282 Election Watch reports released since 2002

Association for Social Health in India

One of India's oldest voluntary organisations working on social health and women's protection

Working for the upliftment and empowerment of women and children for more than 95 years

Atma Swabhiman

Organisation run by and for people affected by leprosy, working in colonies around Dhanbad

Bachpan Save The Innocence

Panchkula-based trust running child sexual abuse prevention workshops for children, parents and teachers across North India.

Bandhua Mukti Morcha (BMM)

Identifying, releasing and rehabilitating bonded labourers since 1981

Secured release of over 1,76,000 bonded labourers in the country, of which 26,000 are children

Basic Needs India

Community mental health and livelihoods for people living with mental illness

43K lives transformed

Bhoomika Vihar

Women-led organisation working on girls' education, child marriage and anti-trafficking in Bihar's Seemanchal region.

the organization has directly reached and empowered nearly 800,000 individuals from some of the most socially

BIRSA (Bindrai Institute For Research Study & Action)

Defending Adivasi forest and land rights across Jharkhand

Blank Noise

Volunteer-led community art project confronting street sexual harassment in India

Brave Souls Foundation

Delhi trust founded by an acid-attack survivor providing legal aid, surgery support and shelter to acid-violence survivors.

Within the last two years, it has successfully facilitated over 200 reconstructive surgeries for survivors, en

Breakthrough Science Society

Committed to the cause of science, culture and scientific outlook

CECOEDECON

Economic justice and livelihood security for rural Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh

Child development initiative with Child Fund India supports over 500 children's education, health, livelihood

Centre for Budget and Policy Studies

Independent research institution on public budgets and social policy

More than 135 research projects completed across 20 states in India

Centre for Civil Society (CCS)

Public policy research and education promoting choice and opportunity

1,10,000 students (grades III-XII) and 3,500 teachers have received access to spoken English skills through Pr

Centre for Labour Research and Action (CLRA)

Building worker power for migrant workers in India's informal economy

Centre for Social Justice (CSJ)

Carving pathways to access to justice for marginalised communities since 1993

1,19,538 people reached (2024-25 data)

CGNet Swara

Voice-based citizen journalism for tribal and rural Chhattisgarh

Chetanalaya

Social action arm of the Archdiocese of Delhi since 1970

Works throughout Delhi NCR in 15 resettlement colonies and 8 districts of Haryana, covering over 400 villages

Chhanv Foundation

Rehabilitating and employing acid attack survivors through the Sheroes Hangout cafes since 2013

The foundation has employed 30 survivors at Sheroes Hangout cafes in Agra and Lucknow

Child Rights Trust

Bangalore research, training, advocacy and lobbying organisation working with NGO networks on child rights.

Since 2003 Child Rights Trust has conducted more than 710 training programmes on child rights topics across Ka

Children's Movement for Civic Awareness

Citizenship and life-skills education for school and college students across several states.

In 2023-24 CMCA reached over 1.5 lakh children and youth in over 2,000 schools, rural libraries and colleges a

Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group

Environmental research and action alongside waste workers

6,000 tons of waste diverted from landfill monthly

Citizen consumer and civic Action Group (CAG)

Chennai non-profit protecting consumer rights and promoting good governance since 1985

Citizens for Justice and Peace

Legal advocacy and support for survivors of communal violence and hate crimes

120 convictions secured in riot cases

Committee for Legal Aid to Poor (CLAP)

Legal aid, public interest litigation and legal empowerment across Odisha

CLAP's legal awareness programme reached out to almost 1,50,000 population in a single year, and its Demonstra

Common Cause

Governance reform and public interest litigation since 1980

61+ Supreme Court cases pursued

Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI)

Advancing access to justice and access to information since 1987

Extended legal assistance to 307 individuals held in immigration detention across six states in 2024-25 — West

Confederation of Voluntary Associations (COVA)

Hyderabad-based network working on communal harmony, peace-building and refugee assistance.

Work with 5000 Refugees from 12 Countries

Consumer Education and Research Centre (CERC)

Helping consumers assert their rights and pursue remedies, since Ahmedabad's earliest consumer movement

300,000+ consumers sensitised every year

Consumer Guidance Society of India

India's first consumer organisation, fighting for fair play since 1966

About 3,000 lifetime members spread all over India in the country's first consumer organisation

Consumer VOICE

Independent product testing and consumer rights education

300,000+ consumers impacted, directly and indirectly

CORO India

Grassroots leadership and gender justice from Mumbai's low-income communities since 1989

19,000+ women in Marathwada moved from victims to change-makers

CREA

Feminist human rights organisation advancing sexual and reproductive freedoms

Over 2,000 elected women representatives and 3,000 women collectives' members gained community-level feminist

CUTS International

Consumer protection, trade and economic regulation advocacy since 1983

Has run 100 projects with 300 volunteers and a 50+ member expert team since starting in 1983

DAKSH

Legal research pushing accountability and transparency into India's judiciary since 2008

In 2025, DAKSH's footprint reached 86K+ active users on its website, 235K+ social media impressions, engagemen

Dalit Vikas Abhiyan Samiti (DVAS)

Bihar organisation empowering Dalit, women's and children's communities since 1992

21,50,000+ (2.15 million+) total reach since inception

Dasra

Strategic philanthropy foundation accelerating social change and equity across India

$475 M+ funds influenced

Deepshikha Samiti

Delhi grassroots group running health, legal-aid and livelihood programmes for women and transgender communities since 1994

Provided legal aid to more than 1,500 women victims of domestic violence

Deshkal Society

Research and grassroots action advancing rights and dignity for Musahar Dalit and other marginalised communities

500+ Students Empowered

DigiPub News India Foundation

Supporting India's digital news ecosystem and press freedom

Divya Disha

Protecting the rights of children, young people and women since 1987

Drishti

Uses films, community video and radio to build awareness of human rights in India.

Starting from 1999, with one of the first community radio projects of India, and uptill now we have engaged wi

Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee

Sex workers' collective fighting trafficking and for rights

A collective of sex workers fighting for rights, dignity and equal treatment, based in Kolkata

Ebong Alap

Kolkata collective teaching and publishing on gender, society and citizenship.

Edith Wilkins Street Children Foundation, India

Care, shelter and protection for street children and trafficking survivors in Darjeeling

To date over 2500 children have come through our system in Darjeeling and presently there are over 500 childre

Ekta Parishad

Gandhian land-rights movement securing land for landless families since 1989

Active membership of 250,000 landless poor

EKTA Resource Centre For Women

Feminist resource centre working on women's rights and gender equality in Tamil Nadu.

Empower People

Anti-bride-trafficking NGO working across Delhi, Haryana and Assam since 2006

200K+ women linked to public entitlements

Enfold Proactive Health Trust

Child sexual abuse prevention, personal safety education and survivor support since 2001.

Reached 2,68,727 children and young adults

Equal Community Foundation

Raising gender-equitable boys through the Action for Equality behaviour-change programme

12,599 boys across India have participated in ECF programmes

Feminist Approach to Technology (FAT)

Girls in STEM and young women's leadership across four states

45 young women joined the bridge course of FAT's Level 3 Collectivisation Initiative in 2021-22, with 38 progr

Ford Foundation (India)

Grantmaker for social justice, in India since 1952

Foundation for Social Transformation

Indigenous philanthropic organisation enabling grassroots initiatives across Northeast India

103,552+ direct beneficiaries

Free Speech Collective

Documenting and defending freedom of expression and journalist safety in India

Gene Campaign

Research and advocacy on farmers' rights, agro-biodiversity and genetic resources policy

550 projects accomplished

Ghoghardiha Prakhand Swarajya Vikas Sangh

Gandhian rural organisation working on land rights and livelihoods in north Bihar

Supported 5,234 households across about 60 villages of north Bihar to establish health and nutrition gardens i

Global March Against Child Labour

Worldwide network against child labour, conceived and led by Kailash Satyarthi

The movement was born from a historic march across 103 countries

Goa Foundation

Goa's longest-running environmental watchdog, fighting illegal mining since 1986

GRAAM

Grassroots public policy research and advocacy organisation in Karnataka

11,000+ students reached in government schools

Gramya Resource Centre for Women

Works with tribal and Dalit women in Telangana on rights, livelihoods and legal aid since 1993

For the two programme years we have enrolled a total of 3395 girls and 3402 boys into local primary schools.

Grassroot

Indigenous rights and gender-focused community organising in Meghalaya since 2007

12 Completed Projects and 6 Ongoing Projects

Gulabi Gang

Pink-sari women protecting the powerless in Bundelkhand

Approximately 1.4 million women in iconic pink saris are associated with the movement

Haiyya

Youth-led community organising and campaign incubation.

HAQ: Centre for Child Rights

Mainstreaming children's rights into law, policy and direct support since 1998

568 referrals of child sexual abuse cases received between April 2024 and March 2025; HAQ's legal team represe

Hemophilia Federation (India)

Patient-led federation of hemophilia chapters advocating for treatment access

Works for more than 29,567 identified persons and children with haemophilia in India through a network of 100

Human Rights Law Network (HRLN)

Free legal aid and public-interest litigation for marginalised communities

Litigation (WPA 7252 of 2018) resulted in release of 33 terminally ill patients from prison overcrowded during

Imaara Survivor Support Foundation

Connects survivors of gender-based violence in Chennai with legal, medical and psychosocial support

428 allies trained in bystander intervention and 35 survivors supported one-on-one in 2024-25

India HIV/AIDS Alliance

Community-led HIV prevention, treatment and care partnerships across India since 1999

5m lives impacted to date

Indian Centre for Development and Rights (ICFDR)

Volunteer-driven NGO working on education, health, empowerment and environment across Delhi and Uttar Pradesh

Indus Action

Delhi nonprofit helping vulnerable citizens access welfare entitlements, winner of the 2026 Skoll Award for Social Innovation

Since 2013, Indus Action has supported approximately 7,94,170 individuals access over INR 750 crores worth of

International Justice Mission India

Working with police and government to end human trafficking and bonded labour

International Noble Work Development and Investigation Association (INDIA)

Ganjam organisation defending dalit, women's and child rights and social harmony

To-day, the Organization is working in 12 Blocks of Ganjam, 2 Blocks of Kandhamal, 2 Blocks of Ganjam of Puri,

iProbono India

A women-led network connecting pro bono lawyers to civil-society legal needs

35,000+ people impacted by its litigation work

Iswar Sankalpa

Community mental-health care and reintegration for Kolkata's homeless persons with psychosocial disabilities

2,64,780+ persons reached through awareness camps on mental health

IT for Change

Research and advocacy on digital technologies, data governance and social justice

Jabala Action Research Organisation

Preventing child marriage and trafficking of girls in West Bengal

67 trafficking victims rescued and 202 violence survivors socially restored in 2024-25

Jagori

Feminist research, training and advocacy for women's safety in Indian cities

Jagori Rural Charitable Trust

Grassroots gender-justice and livelihoods work in rural Himachal Pradesh

Jagrutha Mahila Sanghatane (JMS)

Autonomous collective of Dalit women agricultural labourers in Raichur district

Jan Mitra Nyas

Human rights organisation in Varanasi working on health equity and grassroots justice since 1999

In 2024-25 Jan Mitra Nyas provided psycho-legal rehabilitation to 142 survivors of torture through testimonial

Jan Sahas

Ending violence against women and children and securing safe migration for excluded communities

More than 5.8 million migrant households registered under Safe Migration and Workers Protection

Janvikas

Support organisation building community institutions and rights access in Gujarat

1,425 community leaders developed (five years to 31 March 2024)

Jeevan Rekha Parishad

Community empowerment and human rights organisation working across Odisha.

Karra Society for Rural Action

Rural action on women's rights, livelihoods and local governance in Jharkhand.

524+ villages

Khabar Lahariya

India's only women-run rural news network

Khabar Lahariya is run by 30 women and its video-first news channel has 100 million views and 300,000 subscrib

Koshish Charitable Trust

Education, legal aid and rehabilitation for displaced and marginalised communities in Kashmir

15,000+ Lives Touched

Kutch Mahila Vikas Sangathan (KMVS)

Mobilising rural women of Kutch for gender-just communities and governance since 1989

10,200 violence survivors directly supported

Law Power Association

Legal-aid association in Malerkotla safeguarding rights of vulnerable people.

Lha Charitable Trust

Social work institute serving Tibetan refugees and Himalayan communities.

14,505 students have received language instruction from Lha since its inception in Dharamsala

Madad Foundation

Gorakhpur trust working on child protection, welfare and inclusive community development.

Mahatma Gandhi Seva Ashram

Chambal-valley ashram that hosted the 1972 dacoit surrenders, now organising land rights for tribal and Dalit families

MGSA has set up more than 5000 community collectives all across Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Maharash

Mahila Abhivruddi Mattu Samrakshana Samsthe (MASS)

Membership association of ex-Devadasi women working for dalit women in Belgaum district

Mahila Dakshata Samiti

Pioneers of family counselling and women's law reform since 1977

Majlis

Legal and psychosocial support transforming survivors of gender violence since 1991

On the first day of February 2026, we received a new case from the Child Welfare Committee (Majlis gets an ave

Manipur Women Gun Survivors Network (MWGSN)

Supporting Manipur's women and families widowed and wounded by gun violence

Manthan Adhyayan Kendra

Independent research and analysis on India's water and energy policy

Margins to Access Project (MAP)

Legal aid for refugees, migrants and survivors of gender-based violence

90% success rate in cases represented, recognised by the UN HQ as a best-practice model replicated in Indonesi

Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS)

The grassroots movement that pioneered India's Right to Information Act

Men Against Violence and Abuse (MAVA)

Engages men and boys in Mumbai to prevent gender-based violence against women

Movement for Scavenger Community (MSC)

Works for the rights and empowerment of manual-scavenging communities across Haryana through education.

More than 50 students daily at MSC's Solan, Himachal Pradesh community resource centre, its biggest

MukkaMaar

Self-defence and violence prevention for adolescent girls in government schools

Digital programme has reached 35,000+ students

Multiple Action Research Group (MARG)

Legal literacy, aid and empowerment for marginalised communities across India

Mumbai Grahak Panchayat

Asia's largest voluntary consumer body, run on collective buying

Largest membership of more than 33,000 families, with over 120,000 consumers benefiting through its distributi

Muskaan

Bhopal-based nonprofit working with vulnerable children and youth on education, rights, and livelihoods.

Muskaan runs 24 Azad Jugnoo Clubs across 20 bastis, reaching 1,142 children.

MV Foundation (Mamidipudi Venkatarangaiya Foundation)

Ending child labour by getting every child aged 5-14 into school since 1981

Over a million children withdrawn from labour and enabled to join and complete full-time formal schools

My Choices Foundation

Operation PeaceMaker and Operation Red Alert — tackling domestic violence and sex trafficking since 2012

4,522,141 people educated on sex trafficking and its pathways

Nagrik Adhikar Manch

Advocacy and capacity building for the rights of displaced and marginalised urban communities in Madhya Pradesh

11,000 people reached across 2,500 families

Nari Gunjan

Empowering Musahar women and marginalised rural communities in Bihar since 1987

Active across 300+ villages through 48+ projects with 10+ partners

National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI)

Advocating for street vendors' rights and livelihoods since 1998

To date, a total of 11 National Street Food Festivals having been organized, it is a unique fest where street

National Association of the Deaf, India (NAD)

Empowering India's Deaf and hard-of-hearing community through rights and Indian Sign Language since 2005

28 states covered

National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR)

A coalition of Dalit rights activists working to end caste-based discrimination since 1998

1,043 successful projects

National Centre for Advocacy Studies (NCAS)

Building advocacy capacity for rights-based social justice since 1992

NCAS-coordinated workshops and consultations with youth and natural resource-dependent communities across Indi

National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP)

India's cross-disability advocacy voice on employment and access since 1996

125,600 people with disabilities reached through our disability inclusion programmes

National Domestic Workers' Movement (NDWM)

Organising and protecting domestic and migrant workers since 1985

National Domestic Workers' Movement... has spread over 16 States.

National Foundation for India (NFI)

Grantmaking and civil-society support for social justice since 1990

1.2 million marginalised lives impacted

National Network for Transgender Persons (NNTP)

India's only national network exclusively dedicated to transgender rights and welfare

80+ exclusively transgender community-based organisations (CBOs) as members, across 20 states of India

Navsarjan Trust

Grassroots Dalit rights organisation active in thousands of Gujarat villages

Active in more than 3,000 villages across Gujarat and major cities

Naya Sawera Vikas Kendra (NSVK)

Land rights, livelihood and women's empowerment for tribal and Dalit communities across Jharkhand since 1999

Operates people's rights, justice and development work across 180 villages in eight districts of Jharkhand

Neev - Foundation for Legal Aid

Free legal aid and access-to-justice support for Delhi's urban poor

Nethrodaya

Let's share the light

For the past 21 years, on an average every year Nethrodaya is able to provide assistance for around hundreds o

NIDAN

Organising informal-sector workers for economic security across India

29,500+ people empowered directly by Nidan in FY 2024-25

NIRMANA

Social security, health, education and legal aid for India's construction workers since 1988

3,325 migrant and construction workers outreached in 2024 through mass meetings, community meetings, help desk

North East Network

Women's rights organisation working across India's North-east

OfERR (Organisation for Eelam Refugees' Rehabilitation)

Run by and for Sri Lankan Tamil refugees, supporting camps across Tamil Nadu since 1984

Providing services to 1 lakh refugees since 1984

One Future Collective

Feminist leadership, mental health support and social justice advocacy

2,500+ emerging young leaders reached through early programs (2018)

PAJHRA

Promotion and Advancement of Justice, Harmony and Rights of Adivasis in Assam

Peaceful Society

A Gandhian voluntary organisation of Goa

The Save the Western Ghats March, which Peaceful Society was entrusted to organise, was carried out as a foot

People's Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR)

Varanasi-based human rights movement working with torture survivors, bonded labourers and Musahar communities

Membership 72000 as neo-Dalit communities comprising progressive people from upper caste, OBC, tribal and mino

People's Watch

Madurai-based human rights organisation monitoring violations and running human rights education since 1995

Post tsunami relief and rehabilitation activities providing relief to 20,000 families, mostly dalits affected

PHIA Foundation

Works with migrant workers and tribal communities on rights, livelihoods and WASH

Point of View

Mumbai nonprofit using media and advocacy to expand women's voice and disabled people's sexual rights

Population First

Fighting India's declining sex ratio through the Laadli campaign

AMCHI Programme addressing child malnutrition implemented in 56 villages, benefiting 2,500 children, 5,000 ado

Positive YUVA Network (PYN)

Jaipur-based network founded by young leaders with lived experience, creating safe spaces and health access for youth in Rajasthan.

1,800 youth supported

Praja Foundation

Data-driven accountability for urban governance

202 questions raised by elected representatives based on Praja reports, with 658 ER advisory consultations

Prajwala

Rescue, rehabilitation and reintegration of trafficking survivors

30 years combating sex trafficking \u2014 thousands of women and girls rescued from sex slavery since 1996

PRAYATN Sanstha

Education, gender equality and livelihood work across Rajasthan.

More than 1,800 villages, 1,300 schools, 900 anganwadis and health facilities, 250 brick kilns and 40 urban sl

Prerana

Protecting children from commercial sexual exploitation

15,000 children protected from intergenerational trafficking

Preshti

Prison reform and rehabilitation initiative of the Nyaya Foundation

PRIA (Society for Participatory Research in Asia)

Building citizen and institutional capacity for participatory governance since 1982

First and largest international programme of trainers and facilitators of participatory learning in 22 languag

Protsahan India Foundation

Healing and educating girls who survived abuse

Over 96,000 girls directly impacted between 2010 and 2025

PRS Legislative Research

Making India's legislatures better informed

PUKAR (Partners for Urban Knowledge, Action and Research)

Community-based participatory action research on urbanisation, run by barefoot researchers

75 local and global partnerships forged

Purnata

Ending human trafficking through prevention at source, transit and destination

Red Dot Foundation (Safecity)

Crowdsourced data and technology to make public spaces safer for women

2 million citizens impacted

Rights Education and Development Centre (READ)

Serves tribal, sanitary-worker and migrant communities in western Tamil Nadu since 2001

Rohingya Human Rights Initiative (ROHRIngya)

Refugee-led advocacy and direct support for the Rohingya community living in India

The entire important dimension of their work is the protection and development of Rohingya refugees in India.

Rubaroo

Hyderabad youth organisation nurturing leadership for gender and interfaith harmony

Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra (RLEK)

Legal advocacy and empowerment for marginalised communities in Uttarakhand

19,000 bonded labourers freed

Safai Karmachari Andolan (SKA)

A national movement to eradicate manual scavenging and rehabilitate safai karmacharis

6,350 volunteers

Safe In India

Reducing industrial injuries and securing compensation for factory workers

Safe in India Foundation brought together more than 1,200 workers across Gurgaon, Faridabad and Pune to launch

Sahabhagi Samaj Sevi Sanstha

Kanker-district NGO building farmer self-help groups and local governance capacity in rural Chhattisgarh

SAHAYOG

Sexual and reproductive health rights for women across Uttar Pradesh

40,000 women's lives impacted through interventions

Sahodari Foundation

Trans-led work on education, livelihoods and rights

12,564 transgender beneficiaries supported

Sahyog Care For You

Delhi NGO rescuing children from bonded labour and running education and empowerment programmes.

Instrumental in rescuing nearly 1,900 children from child labour

Sakhi Kendra

Counselling, legal aid and gender justice for women in Kanpur

1,088 women's rights defenders trained

Sakhi Women's Resource Centre

Gender justice, research and support for survivors of violence in Kerala since 1996

In collaboration with two partner NGO's (Rastha in Wayand and Centre for Rural Management (CRM) in Kottayam) a

Sakshi

Works to end sexual harassment, gender-based violence and child sexual abuse

Samraksha

HIV care, support and community resilience programmes in northern Karnataka

6,838 individuals who had discontinued ART successfully re-engaged in HIV treatment in 2024-25

Sangama

Bengaluru-based collective mobilising sexual minorities, sex workers and the urban poor since 1999

SANGRAM (Sampada Grameen Mahila Sanstha)

Collective rights and dignity for sex workers in rural Maharashtra

Mobilized over 4,000 sex workers across 7 states and 32 districts to petition against the 2018 Trafficking Bil

Satark Nagrik Sangathan (SNS)

A citizens' group promoting transparency and accountability in government

SATHI (Support for Advocacy and Training to Health Initiatives)

Action-research centre advancing public health rights and accountability

12 districts of geographical coverage across Maharashtra and Bihar

Sayodhya

Shelter and support for women and children escaping gender-based violence

616 individuals (beggars, destitute, physically disabled) rescued and rehabilitated in 2023–24 under the GHMC

Servants of the People Society

Training national missionaries for social service since 1921

Setu Mitra India

Lucknow trust working with young people on rights, health and livelihoods.

Shaheen Women's Resource and Welfare Association

Women-led grassroots organisation supporting survivors of violence in Hyderabad's Old City

Serving 39 communities, the centre reaches deep into urban spaces where domestic violence, neglect, and emotio

Shaishav Trust

Child rights organisation in Bhavnagar building children's collectives against child labour and child marriage

First Children's Convention hosted by Shaishav and Balsena with 2200 children from across Gujarat.

Shakti Shalini

Promoting gender equality, individual choice and dignity since 1987

15,000+ women supported over 36 years

Shakti Vahini

Fighting human trafficking and violence against women and children

7,299 human trafficking victims rescued since 2005, with over 17,305 investigations on referrals

Shanta Memorial Rehabilitation Centre

Disabled people's organisation working on disability rights, gender and inclusive disaster risk reduction in Odisha.

SMRC rehabilitated 335 severely disabled people in its transit home during 2015-16.

Shishu Sarothi

Rehabilitation and rights for children with disabilities in the Northeast

6,360 children reached through Early Intervention services since 2022, across Northeast India

Shoshit Seva Sangh

Free residential CBSE education for Musahar community children in Patna

Social Awareness and Voluntary Education (SAVE)

Works since 1993 against child labour and for garment workers' welfare in Tiruppur

Social Awareness Service Organisation (SASO)

Dignified, holistic support for drug users and people living with HIV

Society for Help Entire Lower and Rural People (HELP)

Anti-trafficking organisation working across Andhra Pradesh from Ongole

190 rescued survivors of trafficking and victims of Commercial Sexual Exploitation (CSE)/Sex Workers have acce

Society for Participatory Integrated Development (SPID)

Delhi NGO working with marginalised communities since 2004, FCRA and 80-G registered

2,320+ children supported through CCI (Child Care Institutions)

Society for Peoples Action in Rural Service and Health (SPARSH) Gadchiroli

Works to empower tribal, Dalit, women and children in Gadchiroli, Maharashtra since 2007

89,750 individuals empowered across rural and tribal communities

Society for the Promotion of Himalayan Indigenous Activities (SOPHIA)

Dehradun NGO securing forest rights and livelihoods for the nomadic Van Gujjar community since 1996

Of the Van Gujjars SOPHIA works with, 5,350 became registered to vote as of the end of 2014.

SPARC (Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centres)

Slum communities building their own housing, sanitation and infrastructure

6,837 housing units constructed

Sramika Chaitanya Kendram (SCK)

Works with rural poor in Telangana on education, health and human rights.

SRUTI (Society for Rural Urban and Tribal Initiative)

Fellowships for grassroots leaders since 1983

6.8 lakh families covered

Stree Mukti Sanghatana

Advancing gender justice and women's livelihoods, including waste-picker empowerment, in Mumbai since 1975

Works with 3,000 women wastepickers

Sukhaya Foundation

Women-led Amravati non-profit preventing gender-based violence since 2022

2,500+ beneficiaries reached under Quality Education (SDG Goal 4)

Sulabh International

Sanitation, dignity and the end of manual scavenging

Over 20 million people use Sulabh facilities every single day

Swabhiman

Odisha's disability information, resource and advocacy centre since 2001

1,370 youth volunteers trained in 2022-23, actively involved in Swabhiman's disability-inclusion programmes

SWAN Welfare Association

Pune community organisation for health, social inclusion and human rights since 2023

1,000+ people benefited

SWATI (Society for Women's Action and Training Initiatives)

Making gender equality a lived reality in rural Gujarat

Mahila Nyay Panchayats, functional since 2002, have handled over 2,500 cases of violence and exploitation

Swayam

Kolkata-based feminist organisation ending violence against women

1,478 women survivors of violence provided support services in 2019-20 (714 new cases and 764 continuing from

Terre des hommes - India

Child protection, health and restorative justice for children in conflict with the law

494,000 children, families and communities reached across eight Indian states since 2008

The Action Northeast Trust (the ant)

Community development across western Assam

900 village hamlets reached through work on education, child protection, women's empowerment, peace building a

The Community Library Project

Runs free, community-owned libraries in Delhi and Gurugram.

40000+ Books in Collection

The Concerned for Working Children (CWC)

Children organising for their own rights since the mid-1980s

In our more than thirty years of existence, we have touched the lives of more than 60,000 children.

The Humsafar Trust

India's oldest LGBTQ community organisation

India's oldest community-based organisation for queer health and well-being, working since 1994

Theruvoram

Rescuing the abandoned from Kerala's streets

Theruvu Velicham Rescues Reach 1,000

Thiru Trust

Advocate-led Madurai trust for human rights, gender equality and sustainability

Thozhamai

Chennai child rights and human rights organisation working in resettlement colonies.

COVID relief reached over 6,000 families; over 12,500 families supported since the 2015 floods

Tibetan Children's Village

Residential schools and welfare homes caring for and educating Tibetan refugee children in India

2,258 children supported under the outreach programme while living with their parents in Tibetan settlements i

Tibetan Refugee Self Help Centre

Rehabilitation and livelihood self-sufficiency for Tibetan refugees through traditional handicrafts since 1959

Exports traditional Tibetan carpets and handicrafts to 36 countries worldwide

Tiljala Society for Human and Educational Development

Kolkata organisation supporting rag-picker communities through education, livelihoods, and rights advocacy since 1987.

Provides a safe space and educational support for 600 children, 3 hours every day

Torang Trust

Child rights, women's empowerment and land rights in Jharkhand

Identified 2,000 Tribal Herbal Practitioners and Forest Rights Activists under its JAWA initiative

Transparency International India

India's chapter of the global anti-corruption movement, promoting good governance since 1997

TruIntel Reform

Citizen platform for anonymous crime reporting and whistleblower support

TWEET Foundation

Transgender-led crisis support, healthcare, and employment across Delhi and Mumbai since 2015

3,000+ transgender persons provided various services

United Sikhs

Disaster relief and humanitarian aid drawing on Sikh tradition of seva

Sikh Awareness Program Created for Over 70,000 First Responders in New Jersey. Trenton, NJ: UNITED SIKHS colla

Vanangana

Dalit women organising against gender violence in Bundelkhand

1,410 women are Sangathan members

Varta Trust

Promoting dialogue on gender, sexuality and queer-friendly services

Vicharta Samuday Samarthan Manch (VSSM)

Identity and dignity for nomadic and de-notified communities

At present, VSSM has a strong presence in all 26 districts of Gujarat, and from Financial Year 2025-26 is expa

Video Volunteers

Community journalism network amplifying voices from India's media-dark districts

1146 Impacts — 1 in 5 videos solves a problem

Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy

Independent legal research to draft better laws and strengthen governance

Vidya Dham Samiti

Bundelkhand organisation advancing rights and livelihoods in one of India's most economically disadvantaged regions since 2001.

Chingaari Sangthan community group grew to more than 5,000 members across 70 villages of Bundelkhand (2020)

Vikalp Sansthan

Ending child marriage and gender-based violence in rural Rajasthan

20,000+ child marriages prevented

Vikash

Odisha nonprofit working on rights-based, community-driven development across 14 districts since 1986.

50K+ lives impacted

Vimochana

Bengaluru women's collective supporting survivors of violence since 1979

30,000+ women empowered

Voluntary Action for Rehabilitation and Development (VARHAD)

Legal aid and rehabilitation for prisoners and their families in Vidarbha, Maharashtra

Over 18,000 home visits conducted across the Vidarbha region, Maharashtra, and still counting.

Voluntary Health Association of India (VHAI)

National federation of state voluntary health associations working on public health policy and advocacy

A federation of 27 State Voluntary Health Associations, linking together more than 4,500 health and developmen

Volunteers for Social Justice

Ending bonded labour and caste discrimination in Punjab since 1985

Since inception, identified and released over 30,000 bonded labourers (including child bonded labourers) in Pu

We, The People Abhiyan

Runs civic engagement and constitutional-literacy programmes for marginalised communities from Gurugram

10,000+ trainers trained since 2010

Where Are India's Children? (WAIC)

Registered as Child Welfare and Action Foundation, this NGO digitises and tracks children in shelter homes to speed up adoption and prevent them languishing in institutional care.

1,200 good Samaritans spent 20 minutes sending messages to Women and Child Development authorities on November

Youth for Social Development (YSD)

Odisha organisation connecting Dalit and Adivasi communities to governance, education, and climate-resilience services.

20,859+ children improved foundation skills

YUVA (Youth for Unity and Voluntary Action)

Rights, entitlements and habitat justice for the urban marginalised since 1984

₹1.23 Cr worth of social protection entitlements delivered under different schemes

Yuvsatta

Youth-for-peace organisation running civic and environmental campaigns in Chandigarh.

YWCA of India

National women's movement running hostels, training and advocacy since 1896

Rise Up! Phase IV plans to support over 6,000 women aged 18 to 30 to know and claim their human rights