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Our Journey · Since 2012
Standing beside girls and women, one milestone at a time
More than a decade ago, a first visit to a remote forest village set everything in motion. This is the story of what grew from it — and an invitation to be part of what comes next.
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Dear there,
Thank you for walking this path with us. When Sneha Karma Foundation began, we made a simple refusal: that a girl’s future should never be decided by the family she was born into. Since 2012, that refusal has grown — one deliberate step at a time — into an organisation that educates, trains and stands beside girls and women.
Here is the journey so far, with links to the stories behind each milestone. We hope you enjoy reading it as much as we enjoyed living it.
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The journey, year by year
Where a story lives on our blog, we have linked to it.
The beginning · 2012–2014
| 2012 |
My first visit to Garbhanga. The first encounter with the children of the forest villages — the true origin of the work. Read the story → |
| 2012 |
The state of female education in India. Early writing on why a girl's future should never be decided by her family's income. Read the story → |
| 2012 |
Society at stake: a take on child marriage. Confronting the practice that cuts short so many girls' futures. Read the story → |
| 2013 |
What the first village visits taught us. Years of listening in the villages convinced us that education alone would never be enough. Read the story → |
| 2014 |
The need for social change. The conviction that a girl's future should never be decided by her gender or her family's income became our foundation. Read the story → |
Building the foundation · 2015–2018
| 2015 |
Sneha Karma Foundation USA is born. Registered as a nonprofit in the United States on July 13, 2015 — turning years of intent into an organisation with a mission. Read the story → |
| 2015 |
Joined the GuideStar database. Listed in GuideStar (now Candid), opening our work to public accountability and building donor trust. Learn more → |
| 2016 |
The quiet years: building the structure. Between the founding and the programs lay years of building governance, financial discipline and trust. Read the story → |
| 2017 |
Transparency as a program, not a badge. The GuideStar Platinum Select seal — and why openness is a practice we renew every year. Read the story → |
| 2018 |
Designing programs that actually work. Learning to design for the whole journey: education, safety, nutrition, mentorship and livelihood. Read the story → |
From vision to village · 2019–2022
| 2019 |
Garbhanga Handloom & Handicraft Centre opens. Bringing a skill, and an income, into the home of women who could not leave it to work. Read the story → |
| 2019 |
When a vision comes to life. The work in the villages of Assam takes shape, and the promise of a fair start becomes something families can see. Read the story → |
| 2019 |
Assam flood relief. When floods displaced families across Assam, supporters helped re-settle the under-privileged. Read the story → |
| 2020 |
The year the world stopped. Through the pandemic, supporters helped keep families fed and girls connected to learning. Read the story → |
| 2021 |
Thank you, VMware. Corporate giving from the VMware community helped carry the mission through the pandemic. Read the story → |
| 2022 |
Sneha Karma Foundation India is registered. Officially registered in Assam on January 31, 2022, anchoring our work where it happens. Read the story → |
Measuring what matters · 2023–today
| 2023 |
80G certification. Granted 80G certification in India, enabling tax-exempt giving. Learn more → |
| 2025 |
How we measure impact, year over year. Tracking retention, completion and income outcomes — and reporting them in the open. Read the story → |
| 2026 |
Skills Development. Vocational training that turns an education into a livelihood. Read the story → |
| 2026 |
Scholarship program. Carrying girls beyond school into college and a career. Read the story → |
Where we are headed
| 2030 |
Independent and self-funded. Building toward a fully independent organisation by 2030, powered by our Social Enterprise, so the mission can continue and grow without depending on outside funding. Learn more → |
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What your support has built
| 600+Girls Supported |
80+Unprivileged Women Trained |
| 75+Women Artisans Supported |
15Years of Service |
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Three focus areas, one goal
Everything we do sits on one of these pillars.
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Social Change
Education camps for parents and communities that change how families see girls — the foundation the rest of our work is built on.
Explore this work → |
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Girls’ Education
Support-A-Girl keeps a girl in school end-to-end, and our Scholarship program carries her on to college and a career.
Explore this work → |
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Women’s Livelihood
Skills Development, Support-A-Artisan loans and the ArtisansDirect marketplace turn education into a real livelihood.
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“Every girl we educate is not just one life transformed — she is a family, a village, and a generation uplifted.”
Prashant P Godiwala · Founder & President, Sneha Karma Foundation
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Be part of the next chapter
Our Social Enterprise is building toward a fully self-funded future by 2030. Until then, every gift and every volunteered hour keeps a girl in school and a woman in work.
Prefer to give your time? There are virtual and onsite volunteering roles open right now.
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