Founding member Madhavi Polepalle was moved by the plight of the orphaned and abandoned children she found in India's poorest communities. Poverty, disease, natural disaster, violence - whatever the cause, she felt these children should not be left behind as the rest of society moves forward.
HELP Foundation was incorporated in New Jersey as a non-profit organization in 1994 and granted IRS tax exemption status in 1995, so the donations and help from all our friends and supporters are tax-deductible. As a result of your donations and support we now also support kids at Sarada Sakthi Peetham in Thambaram (near Chennai in Tamilnadu) and in Karaikkal (about 200 miles south of Chennai), Sarada Niketan near Bhubaneshwar (Orissa), Lovedale Foundation near Bangalore, and Balgram Samparc near Pune (Maharashtra)India We support programs in India's orphanages and ashrams that care for orphan and destitute children. These facilities clothe, educate and feed the children until they become responsible adults.
The Foundation raises funds in the U.S. and sponsors children in these facilities located across India. We seek to change the cycle of poverty that afflicts the poorest of Indian society at the grassroots level. Therefore, we focus on investing in the future of children through programs that equip them with the skills and tools needed to become productive members of society. We believe in the power of our mantra, Grassroots change - one child at a time.
