Kalam Foundation · Hyderabad · since 2023

Every child deserves a quality education.

We work in government and aided schools around Hyderabad — reading and mathematics in the primary years, subject teachers for science and English, computer rooms that are actually used, school kits for children who arrive without them, and a public thank-you to the teachers who make it work.

Santhosh Nagar, Hyderabad Six focus areas Working since 2023
Children sitting on the floor of a government school classroom
Photographs from our schools. More are on the activities page.
Who we are

Kalam Foundation is a non-profit established in 2023 at Santhosh Nagar, Hyderabad, working at the grassroots with underprivileged students — inspired by Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, and answerable to the schools we work with.

Quality education should not depend on which school a child can afford.

For most of the children we meet, the government school is the only institution that will ever be built for them. It is also where the smallest shortage does the most damage: a class three child who cannot read, forty children to one teacher, a computer room locked because nobody was trained to run it.

So we work on the things that decide whether a child learns: early childhood sessions, reading and number work in the primary years, subject teachers for science, mathematics and English, learning hubs with working computers, school kits for children who arrive without them, and recognition for the students and teachers who do well.

More about the foundation

This week

What we did, in the order we did it.

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On film

What we filmed, most weeks twice.

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Sketch portrait of Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
“Dream, dream, dream. Dreams transform into thoughts, and thoughts result in action.”
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam · 1931–2015 · 11th President of India

Follow the week

The same work, posted as it happens.

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Get involved

Three ways to be useful this month.

01

Volunteer with us

Teach an hour a week, run a health camp desk, drive a distribution round, or help a student fill a form. Your district is probably on our list.

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02

Adopt a government school

One school, one year: library, desks, a computer, sports kit and two health checks. We will send photographs and a simple account of what was bought.

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03

Start a local group

If you have ten people and a district, you have a chapter. We will help with registration, banking and the first programme.

How it works

On donations

Give by bank transfer — NEFT or IMPS — and we issue a receipt under Section 80G against your PAN. No card details, no payment gateway, nothing collected online. If you would rather give material, write to [email protected] and we will tell you exactly what the school has asked for.

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Give

A reading group for one term costs less than a phone.

Kalam Foundation holds the tax exemption certificates. Donations are eligible for deduction under Section 80G, and we send the receipt against your PAN.

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