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Humankind, a voluntary organization deals in strengthening the exercise of Child Rights, with particular focus on the Right to Development. It primarily provides necessary support to the learning process of underprivileged children. It is mandatory for these children to attend a regular school. Humankind provides supplementary support to them after their regular school hours. The children are also educated in matters of health, hygiene, environment and sanitation. Further Humankind provides guidance for higher studies and vocational training to youth who have passed out of school as also to adults of the community. Under Saksham, Humankind provides vocational training, to begin with, in the trade of tailoring at a centre operating in a rented place in Gandhivas, a "basti" of hundereds of underprivileged families in Sabarmati area of Ahmedabad. Children are also introduced to preliminary financial literacy.

It is worth mentioning that Humankind does the above work with the help of volunteers working on honorary basis. When the children progress to the level of grade 9th and 10th, they are enrolled in regular formal coaching classes. 70% of their coaching fees are borne by Humankind and the balance 30% of the fees are paid by the students' contribution. However, the beneficiary students are expected to provide 2 hours voluntary service in Humankind for 6 days/ week to help other younger children from their own community, if feasible.

Humankind, a voluntary organization deals in strengthening the exercise of Child Rights, with particular focus on the Right to Development. It primarily provides necessary support to the learning process of underprivileged children. It is mandatory for these children to attend a regular school. Humankind provides supplementary support to them after their regular school hours. The children are also educated in matters of health, hygiene and sanitation. Efforts are afoot to create awareness of and concern for the environment. Further Humankind provides guidance for higher studies and vocational training to youth who have passed out of school as also to adults of the community. For vocational training, another initiative viz. “Saksham” is taken up. Under Saksham, Humankind provides vocational training, to begin with, in the trade of tailoring at a centre operating in a rented place in Gandhivas, a “basti” of hundereds of underprivileged families in Sabarmati area of Ahmedabad.

Humankind began its journey in 2009, with merely five school children of a Municipal school at Sabarmati, Ahmedabad. Initially the children were entertained with indoor and outdoor games/ sports on Sundays in the school premises. Gradually the children were taught to keep themselves hygienically clean with regular bath, washed clothes, cut nails, tidy hair etc. As the number of children grew, they were persuaded to study under the guidance of Humankind volunteers, if they wanted to play the games/sports.

It is worth mentioning that Humankind does the above work with the help of unpaid volunteers working on honorary basis. These volunteers are drawn from the retired or working concerned citizens, the students who passed out of school and were beneficiaries of the services rendered by Humankind and Interns from various colleges.

To help a child in her/his learning process so that she/he may grow into a confident, responsible and sensitive citizen with a world view devoid of gender, caste, religious, linguistic or regional biases.

To evolve into a worth emulating voluntary organization serving underprivileged children, which is sustained by the volunteers from the community and resourceful sections of society with the help of donors.