Empowering underprivileged girls to build their own futures.
Our Mission
Our mission is to give every underprivileged girl and woman in India the same opportunity as anyone else — to change how society sees her, to give her the chance to learn, to earn a livelihood, and to feel empowered to do anything she wishes to do, regardless of the poverty or the gender bias she was born into.
Our Approach
A world where no girl's future is decided by her poverty or her gender — only by her own ambition.
That's the future Sneha Karma Foundation exists to build. Not through charity alone, but through education, skills training, and economic independence that girls and women carry with them for life — combined with the deeper work of changing how families and society see them in the first place.
Our Focus Areas
Three foundational initiatives — we change the mind, educate the girl, then build her livelihood.
Every girl we educate is not just one life transformed — she is a family, a village, and a generation uplifted.
Voices of our supporters
Donors and friends on why they give.
There are many people who are eager and willing to support a good cause, but hesitate because they do not know what happens to the money they donate. With Sneha Karma, I don't have to worry about this.
Children shouldn't have to suffer, yet there are so many out there who have no family, no home, no food, no clothes and no education. We need to do whatever we can to educate and empower them so they can build a better life.
Sneha Karma has taken up a commendable goal of nurturing and educating girls in a location which is not served by civic amenities — in the jungles of Assam, India. I am happy to contribute and be associated with the organization.
Get Involved
There are many ways to stand with our girls — donate, fundraise, volunteer or give in kind.
From our blog
Stories and updates from the field.
Our New Website – Designed, Built and Managed using AI
After fifteen years of sharing our work one page at a time, Sneha Karma Foundation has a new home on the web. It was…
Need for Scholarship Program
For more than fifteen years, our Support-A-Girl program has kept underprivileged girls in school. But staying in school is not the same as being…
Learn a Skill, Become Financially Independent
Education opens a mind. A skill opens a door. For an underprivileged woman, the distance between the two is often the distance between a…
Why transparency earns your trust
We are volunteer-led, our board is unpaid, and we keep overhead under 10% so the majority of every donation reaches programs. We publish our accounts not because it is required, but because donors deserve to know exactly what their generosity does. See where the money goes.
Where to go next
If you are here to understand our work, start with our focus areas and programs. If you want to help, donate, volunteer or raise funds. If you represent a company, explore partnership. And if you simply want to follow the journey, subscribe to our newsletter. Every path leads to the same place: a girl who gets the chance she deserves.
Our promise
We will keep overhead under 10%, publish our accounts, and report honestly — including when things do not go to plan. Trust is the most durable funding there is, and we intend to keep earning yours for as long as the work is needed.
Why our mission matters
- Two root causes: poverty and gender bias.
- Three focus areas: learn, earn and change.
- Under 10% overhead, unpaid board, published accounts.
Small, consistent support is what makes lasting change possible. Whether it is a monthly gift, an hour of your skills, or a fundraiser shared with friends, every contribution extends our reach to one more girl. Because we are volunteer-led and keep overhead under 10%, your involvement goes further than you might expect — and its effect shows in a real life, not a line item.
The change we are working toward
We are working toward a day when a girl's future no longer depends on where she was born. Every program — education, scholarships, wellbeing, skills, capital and markets — is a step along that path. It is slow, unglamorous, patient work, and it is the only kind that lasts. Each year more girls stay in school, more women earn, and more communities decide that their daughters matter.
Start here
If you would like to understand our work in a minute, here it is: we remove the barriers — money, distance, illness and belief — that keep girls in India out of school, and we stay with them from the classroom to a livelihood. If you would like to help, the three simplest paths are to give, to volunteer a skill, or to raise funds from your own circle. Whichever you choose, you become part of a chain of change that reaches a real girl and, through her, an entire generation.
Ways to Support
Frequently asked questions
Donate, volunteer, or raise funds — every act moves the mission.
To programs, with the overwhelming majority reaching the field.
To programs, directly. Overhead is kept under 10% and our accounts are published.
Each program is tested against a simple question: does it help a girl learn, a woman earn, or a community value its daughters?
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