Social Work in Pushkar, India

Changing Lives

We are Vikas Project, a busy NGO providing education, medical, housing, food and art programs to families in tent camps in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. These communities face complex problems with housing, education, and health. Scroll down to learn more, check out our photo and artworks pages, and see us on Facebook. Thank you for your interest.

What We Do

+   Operate a free school providing high-quality education
+   Provide free after-school tuition
+   Assist with medical care
+   Build and repair housing for needy families
+   Help people with disabilities
+   Enable children and adults to create art
+   Feed and care for malnourished children
+   Help resolve domestic problems
+   Work to stop the use of tobacco by children
+   Provide families with lights, clothing and hygiene products

Our Story in Pictures

We are Vikas Project, a registered NGO in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
We are Vikas Project, a registered NGO in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
We work with families living in tent camps, in a harsh desert environment
We work with families living in tent camps, in a harsh desert environment
The families we work with are at the bottom of the Indian social hierarchy
The families we work with are at the bottom of the Indian social hierarchy
We have a school, and medical, art, housing, food and disability programs
We have a school, and medical, art, housing, food and disability programs
Our program is based on love and compassion and long-term relationships
Our program is based on love and compassion and long-term relationships
Let's meet some of our families, and see what we do!
Let's meet some of our families, and see what we do!
We helped Priya get kidney stone surgery and end years of misery
We helped Priya get kidney stone surgery and end years of misery
We've paid for Nitesh's (cerebral palsy) special needs school for 2 years
We've paid for Nitesh's (cerebral palsy) special needs school for 2 years
We have more than 150 artists and 10,000 archived artworks in our art program
We have more than 150 artists and 10,000 archived artworks in our art program
Helping Miss Pooja learn to walk with a walker we built
Helping Miss Pooja learn to walk with a walker we built
A tablet and custom stand for our friend Chanda, paralyzed by Diphtheria
A tablet and custom stand for our friend Chanda, paralyzed by Diphtheria
We built a house for our friend 6yo Babu, who has brain damage
We built a house for our friend 6yo Babu, who has brain damage
We also helped Babu with major kidney surgery, and we pay for his schooling
We also helped Babu with major kidney surgery, and we pay for his schooling
We pay for Mohit's expensive monthly medicine, for a rare genetic disorder
We pay for Mohit's expensive monthly medicine, for a rare genetic disorder
We have treated countless eye infections like Miss Tonu here
We have treated countless eye infections like Miss Tonu here
We saved miss Manju's hand from gangrene and contracture after a burn
We saved miss Manju's hand from gangrene and contracture after a burn
We helped our student Meenu with long-term care after a motorcycle accident
We helped our student Meenu with long-term care after a motorcycle accident
We counsel our students constantly about chewing tobacco, a major problem
We counsel our students constantly about chewing tobacco, a major problem
We provide free food for our students, many of whom are malnourished
We provide free food for our students, many of whom are malnourished
We've served more than 35,000 free meals!
We've served more than 35,000 free meals!
We helped Anita with a major dental abscess, and a new home
We helped Anita with a major dental abscess, and a new home
We do our best to provide dental care for our students, not an easy task
We do our best to provide dental care for our students, not an easy task
We spent 17 days in the hospital with Nogon after he contracted tetanus
We spent 17 days in the hospital with Nogon after he contracted tetanus
We provide chapati flour every month, enough for 100,000 servings so far!
We provide chapati flour every month, enough for 100,000 servings so far!
We've supported Chanda, who is paralyzed from Diphtheria, for three years
We've supported Chanda, who is paralyzed from Diphtheria, for three years
We facilitated surgery for our student Chand, whose hand was burned
We facilitated surgery for our student Chand, whose hand was burned
We helped Natu, paralyzed from polio and with no family, for 18 months
We helped Natu, paralyzed from polio and with no family, for 18 months
We perhaps take it for granted, but for our students Lego is a very big deal!
We perhaps take it for granted, but for our students Lego is a very big deal!
All of our older students have learned to use computers for the first time
All of our older students have learned to use computers for the first time
We employ several of our student's mothers, providing critical income
We employ several of our student's mothers, providing critical income
Many of our students have no parents, like Rakhi, who lives with her grandmother
Many of our students have no parents, like Rakhi, who lives with her grandmother
We helped Kanha with major surgery after he was run over by a tractor
We helped Kanha with major surgery after he was run over by a tractor
We installed water tanks at all of the Kalbelia camps that we serve
We installed water tanks at all of the Kalbelia camps that we serve
We have a lot of extracurricular activities, like juggling and rubik's cubes
We have a lot of extracurricular activities, like juggling and rubik's cubes
We treat infections like this on a regular basis, sometimes the entire family
We treat infections like this on a regular basis, sometimes the entire family
We helped Maya clear up a bacterial skin infection she had for months
We helped Maya clear up a bacterial skin infection she had for months
It took ten days of daily care to end a long period of suffering
It took ten days of daily care to end a long period of suffering
Every year during the monsoon we treat hundreds of infected wounds
Every year during the monsoon we treat hundreds of infected wounds
We gifted this sewing machine to one of our student's mothers, to earn income
We gifted this sewing machine to one of our student's mothers, to earn income
We said YES to this brother and sister after being turned down by other schools
We said YES to this brother and sister after being turned down by other schools
We got Khushi a sewing machine. She wants to be a fashion designer.
We got Khushi a sewing machine. She wants to be a fashion designer.
Anju speaks three languages and has learned to read on a 6th grade level!
Anju speaks three languages and has learned to read on a 6th grade level!
Anjali has learned to do long division in less than two years of school in her life!
Anjali has learned to do long division in less than two years of school in her life!
We helped Miss Saroj with major surgery (PSARP) and free schooling
We helped Miss Saroj with major surgery (PSARP) and free schooling
It's a big, difficult task to successfully facilitate a major surgery like Saroj's
It's a big, difficult task to successfully facilitate a major surgery like Saroj's
Every year we take our students to the carnival at the Pushkar Camel Fair
Every year we take our students to the carnival at the Pushkar Camel Fair
We help Seema, who was premature. with nutrition and medical care
We help Seema, who was premature. with nutrition and medical care
We have an ambitious math program and our students have made great progress
We have an ambitious math program and our students have made great progress
We cared for our student Arjun's hand for two months after an electrical burn
We cared for our student Arjun's hand for two months after an electrical burn
We've introduced many children to art for the first time in their lives
We've introduced many children to art for the first time in their lives