Generational poverty is multidimensional
and demands multidimensional
intervention.

Poverty is not just financial. Poverty is a lack of access to resources, goods and services due to historical, social, cultural and institutional barriers. What we do at Parinaam Foundation is break these barriers by providing the ultra-poor access to institutions, education, healthcare, financial literacy and better infrastructure — the resources they need to lead a life of dignity.

50,00,000+ better lives

Our journey has transformed life for over 5 million people from ultra- poor communities. Some have an education, some have better homes, some have better communities, some have better healthcare. All have better lives.

15,29,362 literate women

Over 1.5 million women have graduated from our Financial Literacy Program. It helps to know that a financially literate woman almost always means a financially stable family. Write to us to see how you can conduct a financial literacy program for your ultra- poor community.

 

84,194 happier students

This is the overall number of children we have manages to support over the years. Every child we manage to enroll and retain in school is a step towards a family exiting poverty. Some are beneficiaries of our remedial education program. Once a child is literate, the generations that follow will never slip back into illiteracy.

46,00,000+ in a better space

Through renovations of schools, community health centres, orphanages, construction of community centres, bus- shelters, street lighting and other initiatives, our efforts have benefitted 4.6 million ultra-poor Indians.

Shaking The World, Gently

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Watch one school’s story

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We have adopted a 5-fold path to eliminate generational poverty!

1. Improved Living & Livelihood
2. Education: Enrollment & Retention
3. Financial Literacy & Empowerment
4. Healthcare & Sanitation
5. Community & Infrastructure Development

1. Improved Living & Livelihood

Our experience of the last 19 years has taught us that poverty is not just an economic condition. Poverty is a multidimensional lack of access and hence, our efforts to fight poverty have to be multidimensional as well. One of our first initiatives is our Graduation Program - to bring our focus population into the system, get their documentation in place to bring them access to the government’s schemes. The sum objective of all initiatives is to improve access, increase income and better livelihood. [Note: Not all communities have the same needs and we approach each community as unique.]

UUPP - Parinaam’s Urban Ultra-Poor Program

12,581 complete Graduation Program

In 2023-24, we were able to support the exit of 12,581 families from poverty. This included 11,7771 families who graduate from our Urban Ultra-Poor Program and 810 families whose children enrolled in our Academic Adoption Program.

63% income increase
29% have better jobs

Incomes of UUPP families up by an average of Rs.3300/m 4002 of our beneficiaries have moved on to better jobs

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120

229

4376

12% enrolled

12% enrolled

72% choose health

increase in community members attending health camps

2. Education: Enrollment & Retention

The most effective and powerful way to end poverty is education. Children who can be retained in school till graduation have a great opportunity for employment and with that, can provide their family a way out of poverty. Our efforts to educate the children in our communities are multi-pronged. We have remedial classes for all sch00lgoing children in the community. We also have a 15-year Academic Adoption Program that sends meritorious students to the city’s best schools. Our efforts in education extend across 3 phases: Early Childhood (5 to 11 yos, LKG to 5th grade), Adolescence (12 to 16 yos, 6th to 10th grade), Young Adulthood (17 to 21 yos, school-leaving to employment)

AAP - Parinaam’s Academic Adoption Program

74,563 have better infrastructure

8081 attend our remedial classes

1550 are in AAP, our long-term, 15-year adoption program

98% pass

high pass percentage among AAP students

Here is how you can transform a family forever by educating a child.

3. Financial Literacy & Empowerment

The percentage of Indian women who are financially literate is just above 21%. The 5-module Financial Literacy Program helps women in ultra-poor communities manage their finances better, save, and plan for the future, thereby reducing poverty. The program specifically targets women, empowering them with the knowledge and tools to take control of their financial well-being and facilitate their integration into the formal banking system, enhancing financial inclusion. FLP promotes economic self-reliance among participants and contributes to gender equality and women's empowerment. It has also been our experience that a financially literate woman contributes immensely to a financially stable family.

1,23,654

women using long-term financial products

31%

of beneficiaries transitioned to digital banking

00%

stable enough to repay loans on time.

1550

show an increase in average balance in savings accounts

4. Healthcare and Sanitation

Parinaam provides vocational training and employment linkage through the Urban Ultra Poor Program and the Academic Adoption Program. AAP’s Young Adult Program provides multi- dimensional support in the form of career counselling, job ready skills, industry orientation, peer engagement and scholarships to enable youth from our communities to be job ready. UUPP’s livelihood initiatives also contribute to ensuring our community members are employed and that those employed get better opportunities.

Living through Covid

In the beginning, our primary concern was the families in our Urban Ultra Poor Program. We took over the responsibility of 4600 families and provided them 8 rounds of dry ration kits. Through our Covid awareness program, we were able to reach 3,69,022 beneficiaries. But as the situation showed no signs of improvement, Samit Ghosh and Ravi Bahl reached out to Citi alumni on behalf of Parinaam to give birth to Together Again, an initiative to help improve healthcare infrastructure across the country. The initiative developed and followed a rapid assessment and execution process to ensure that healthcare facilities most used by urban-poor communities across India were provided their most urgent needs.

Parinaam’s during Covid times.

150

healthcare infrastructure projects

41 health camps

6793 participants

3764

vaccinations

5. Community & Infrastructure Development

The communities Parinaam works with need livelihood intervention and education to raise themselves from the clutches of penury. But they also need healthcare centres, community centres, maternity clinics, school buildings, recreational centres, safe water access and much, much more, to lift them out of poverty. These interventions go beyond brick and mortar infrastructure. They create a sense of dignity, self-worth and confidence among the beneficiaries. Only with these can we create a belief among the ultra-poor that they can build better lives for themselves.

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46,00,000

148

74,563

122 health-centre projects

34,12,338 healthier folks

33 public infrastructure projects

9,90,567 lives made easier

33 community development centers

1,14,198 engaged locals