With projects in four states of North and Central India, we have identified the best opportunities for real change and improvement to the quality of life of the least privileged among us.

Children at the Bawana education program

Education Program, Bawana

Designed to deliver basic reading, writing and arithmetic skills to children of all ages in Bawana, a relocated slum north of New Delhi. The program plants the seeds of knowledge that allow young minds to grow and prosper.

A low-income community served by PAVE sanitation work

Low-Income Community Sanitation

Public sanitation is vital in creating an atmosphere where human dignity and empowerment can grow. PAVE has constructed over 4,000 public units in fourteen low-income communities, providing a healthier, safer and cleaner environment to more than 150,000 people.

A classroom at Lord Jesus Academy, Hapur

Lord Jesus Academy, Hapur

Established in May 2011, the academy educates over 50 children in the surrounding slum community of Hapur, with classes up to 4th grade growing alongside the children. Seven orphan children live at the school with the principal and his wife.

By the numbers

Real change, measured on the ground

4,000+

Public sanitation units built

150,000

People with safer sanitation

4

States of North and Central India

Community gathering at Empowered Life Community, Shamli
Community

Empowered Life Community, Shamli

In Shamli, families gather for teaching, life skills and support that strengthens the whole community. Our programs there follow the same holistic pattern: care for social, emotional and spiritual needs together.

“I arrived in New Delhi at the beginning of June 2011 for a six-week internship with PAVE. Over the following weeks Vinay (Managing Trustee) and myself would get more personally acquainted while he showed me the work that his organization was accomplishing with the support of its partners.”
Stefano Mazzilli-DaechselCanada