NavSahyog Foundation
Life skills · then livelihood

Life skills.
Then livelihood.

Across 350+ villages in India, we work with children aged 5–14 — daily, Monday through Saturday — through games, sport, story, and the soil of their own land.

NavSahyog children with the Foundation's logo — Life skills to Livelihood
Reach

350+

Villages across Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Nagaland

Children

10,000+

Engaged daily through sport, story and games

Mission

100,000

Children with life skills · target by 2030

Cadence

6/7

Days a week. Every week. All year.

High Jump · Cluster competition
High Jump · Cluster competition
Daily yoga · Inapura, Tumkur
Daily yoga · Inapura, Tumkur
Aadu Puli · Goat and Tiger
Aadu Puli · Goat and Tiger
Girls' Kabaddi
Girls' Kabaddi
Annual Impact Survey 2025–26
"Universal positive impact across children, parents and teachers — 74–75% rate the change as High to Very High across all 26 life-skill and non-life-skill parameters."
18,487
Stakeholder responses across children, parents & teachers
75%
High to Very High impact ratings overall
3
States — Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Nagaland
Linkages to Livelihood

From life skills
to livelihood.

We have added extensions to our core programme of life skills development to address better linkages of life skills to livelihood — culminating in food forests, financial literacy, and self-employment.

Explore our projects
Dhan Kaushal

Financial literacy for children and youth — accounts, budgets, and the basics of starting an enterprise.

Yuva Samriddhi

Self-employment training for rural youth in collaboration with CBD-RSETI at Haliyal, Karnataka.

Vanya Samriddhi

Food forests on one or more acres of barren farmer land — productivity, climate resilience, and rural livelihood opportunity.

Presence

Where we work.

18 village clusters. Three states. Each one chosen for its remoteness and the strength of its local champions.

Karnataka
8 clusters
Tamil Nadu
8 clusters
Nagaland
2 clusters
Districts
12+
See all clusters
NavSahyog Foundation presence map — Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Nagaland
Support our work

Daily engagement, every day.

Every contribution directly funds a child's daily session — sports, storytelling, learning, creativity — Monday to Saturday, throughout the year. 80G-eligible for Indian donors. FCRA-registered for international.

Mission · 2030
100,000 children

with life skills, plus 3,000 rural youth enabled for superior livelihood.

Jal Vriddhi · to date
280+ ponds · 20M L/yr

Farm ponds and bunds co-created with farmers; rainwater percolated annually.

Diversity
60% girls · 97% women

Of children in programme are girls — by intentional design. Of our team are women, almost all from the villages we serve.

UN SDG · NavSahyog Foundation

Aligned with select Sustainable Development Goals.

UN SDG 4 — Quality Education UN SDG 5 — Gender Equality UN SDG 8 — Decent Work and Economic Growth UN SDG 10 — Reduced Inequalities UN SDG 13 — Climate Action UN SDG 16 — Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Audited & Registered
Section 8 Company
80G tax-exempt
FCRA #094421912
Annual independent impact studies