Get involved
Be a partner in change
Here is your chance to give an Adivasi child a leap into a wonderful future. Give, lend your skills for a season, or walk with us for the long road.
Volunteer
Learn and work alongside the community
We are looking for people who are passionate about working and learning together with Adivasi children, youth and adults across different areas of expertise.
How to take part
If you are interested, kindly go through Looking Inward, Looking Forward and write to us with a little about yourself, why you’d like to volunteer, and your experience, skills and qualifications. Questions are always welcome.
Write to usWhat we offer
- A room with a view, a five-minute walk from the school
- Healthy South Indian vegetarian meals from our kitchen
- Broadband internet and phone connection
- A genuine part to play in the life of the school
Donate
Where your gift goes
Every contribution flows directly into the life of a child, and into a community that decides, together, how best to use it.
A scholarship
Books, a school bag, an umbrella and the bus fare, the small costs that quietly decide whether a child stays in school.
A hostel place
Nourishing food, a safe place to sleep, and steady mentorship for a student who lives too far to study otherwise.
A learning centre
A village space where local youth mentor children after school, keeping learning close to home and to identity.
A teacher from within
Training a young person from the community to teach the next generation, in their own language.
Choose the way that suits you
See every way to give, with the options shown to suit Indian and international donors, and 80G and FCRA tax benefits.
Partner with us
For institutions, trusts & foundations
For over thirty years, partners across India and the world have stood with the children of the Nilgiris. We’d be glad to explore how your organisation can join them.
A proven, community-led model
Thirty years of education designed and run by the Adivasi community, with results to show for it.
Deep roots, real reach
Across 320 villages and four communities, with thousands of children supported each year.
Transparent and accountable
Registered for 12A, 80G, CSR-1 and FCRA, with annual and financial reports in the open.
Some of those who have walked with us, and many others
- Tata Trusts, India
- Adivasi TEE Project, Germany
- ASHA Zurich
- ASHA Colorado, USA
- Julian & Susie Knott Foundation, UK
- Spende Direkt, Switzerland
- Super Auto Forge Pvt Ltd, India
- Aid India — Bay Area Chapter
- Micromatic Machine Tools Pvt Ltd, India
- The Hiltons International Development Trust, UK
- Taegutec, India
- DASRA, USA
- IND-SPINX, India
- GNA Axle Limited, India
- Here to There, UK
- Kyowa Natesan, India