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.
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.
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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What we do
Six focus areas, decided with the school rather than for it.

Foundational literacy & numeracy
Reading, writing and arithmetic in the primary years — small groups for the children who are three years behind their class.
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Learning hubs
A computer room that is actually used: machines repaired, a timetable, and two teachers trained to run it.
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Educational kits
School bag, slates, notebooks, geometry box and shoes — free, for single-parent and orphaned children, handed over in the classroom.
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Recognition & motivation
Awards for SSC toppers and public felicitation for the headmasters and teachers who made the result possible.
Read moreFocus areas
Six things, taken from what the schools actually ask for.
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Follow the week
The same work, posted as it happens.
Get involved
Three ways to be useful this month.
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.
Sign upAdopt 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.
Talk to usStart 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 worksOn 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.
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.