It takes just ½ a day to create real change.

Parikrma Humanity Foundation is a non profit organization, made up of people from various walks of life, who believe that we can create fundamental change. If only we set our mind to it. We are committed to making sure children from slums get the same kind of educational exposure as a more privileged child. So that they can compete at the same level, and break out of their cycle of poverty.

We provide our children a 360° development program that covers their entire "Circle of Life" - Top-class ICSE English education, nutrition (3 meals a day), healthcare and even family care. At the moment we have 4 Centres for Learning where 997 children from 28 slums and 6 orphanages get this entire program free. We intend Parikrma to be an end-to-end solution. A child comes into Parikrma at 5, goes through school, pre-university Junior College professional college and is then placed into a job. That way, and only that way can he or she break their cycle of poverty.

With every passing year, Parikrma tries afresh to elicit support from thinking, working professionals who wish to make a lasting difference to under-served children's lives. As an organization, we have grappled with many issues, the most critical of them being the uncertain flow of economic support from organizations.

For a program like ours, which doesn't promote partial non formal education, or mere literacy, which in no way alleviates a child from poverty, consistent and long term support is vital. Our goal is to facilitate real change, beginning from top-class education being provided to slum children, starting from K.G. right through College. That is the only way we believe these children can sever the cycle of poverty.

• International Volunteers
• Indian Volunteers

International Volunteers

To experience urban India at the grassroots, there is nothing like volunteering with Parikrma. We work with 26 slum communities and 850 of the poorest of the poor children in Bangalore, India's most modern city, where more than 1.5 million people live in over 800 slum pockets.

Since we began in May 2003, we have had more than 100 international volunteers from across the globe. They have gone away enriched by their experiences and in many cases with vastly different perspectives of life.

We have a Volunteering Section that coordinates all efforts of the volunteers. Our endeavour is to make your experience as meaningful to you as possible and at the same time, beneficial to our children.

Please do download the info pack, which will provide you with a clear picture of what it is to volunteer with Parikrma in Bangalore. Our previous international volunteers have helped put this info pack together.

• Here is a sampling of what our Volunteers have to say
• List of activities that Volunteers can do
• Download Info pack (Zip file - 109 kb)

Indian Volunteers

Volunteering at Parikrma is ideal for Indians who feel disconnected with India at its grassroots and feel that they are equally responsible for the under-served population in the country. We work with 26 slum communities and 850 of the poorest of the poor children in Bangalore, India's most modern city, where more than 1.5 million people live in over 800 slum pockets.

Since we began in May 2003, we have had over 200 volunteers from Bangalore as well as other parts of the country. The volunteers have been aspiring students themselves, doctors, artists, software engineers but mostly those individuals who want to make a difference in their country. These volunteers continue to be great ambassadors and have gone away with entirely different ideas of their home country than they originally arrived with.

Our endeavour is to make your experience as meaningful to you as possible and at the same is beneficial to our children.

We would be delighted to hear from you. Do write to us at volunteer@parikrmafoundation.org

• Download a list of activities that Volunteers can do