India as a country provides many opportunities to its youth to come up and volunteer for various causes. It offers a wide range of volunteer programs in diverse fields be it healthy, education, sanitation etc.
Several of these programs come up in civil societies when government fails to address a particular cause. One of the most integral parts of these civil societies is the NGOs which work in the direction of humanitarian causes. These NGOs work in lieu of governments and offer largest number of volunteer programs.
Lakshyam is one such NGO which provides a diverse range of volunteer programs to people above 18 years of age. The volunteers are chosen on the basis of the knowledge they possess about these grass root societies as well as their tolerance towards poor living conditions and unhealthy slum surroundings. Also, a volunteer should be sensitive towards their economic conditions and abstain from any kind of discrimination.
Founded in 2004, Lakshyam aims to target the underprivileged sections of the society by socio-economic means and providing educational aid to these kids. It’s not only helping in human resource development but also tries to bring out the hidden realities of these metropolitan states where still a section of people is being marginalised and pushed backward because of lack of resources.
Being a volunteer at Lakshyam and having all the insights of how the organisation work, the efficiency and the pace at which it is helping these slums to grow is self evident. Lakshyam has also won many awards and has been able to consolidate itself as one of the most prestigious and well organised NGO. It also has certain celebrities associated with it who in turn are helping the organisation to work holistically. Some of its main efforts are in the direction of building a toy library, Rooh which is a women welfare programme and Butterfly which is a child welfare programme.
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