HT Parekh Foundation

The organisation focuses on promoting equality and full participation for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs). It collaborates with experienced partners to advocate for policy changes and create inclusive communities. Its initiatives include special education, healthcare, and rehabilitation, training professionals, and increasing access to healthcare services for PwDs. It also provides job-linked skilling to create livelihood opportunities. From FY 2019 to FY 2021, it directly impacted over 3,700 children, 4,400 adults, and 5,600 special education and caregivers, fostering a more inclusive society for PwDs.

The organisation addresses the pressing issue of environmental degradation resulting from rapid urbanization in Indian cities. It emphasizes the importance of empowering local communities and enhancing urban resilience through sustainable solutions. Its goal is to strike a balance between the economic and social development of human habitats while safeguarding the ecosystems within them. Its approach encompasses areas such as production, consumption, waste management, emissions reduction, and the responsible use of natural resources. The organisation's core focus lies in three key areas: promoting clean energy, ecological restoration, and improving solid waste management and sanitation. By concentrating efforts on these interconnected challenges, it aims to maximize its impact and support the environmental well-being of cities.

It focuses on improving access to quality healthcare services, particularly for vulnerable women and children. This includes ensuring quality healthcare for economically marginalized groups and enhancing maternal, child health, and nutrition services to reduce malnutrition among underserved children. The organisation also strives to improve cancer care through early detection, prevention, treatment, and support programmes, while transforming lives by addressing avoidable blindness through early detection and treatment. Over the period from FY 2019 to FY 2021, it directly reached over 708,000 adults and 370,000 children, making a significant impact in these areas.

It is dedicated to ensuring that all students aged 3-17 achieve literacy, realize their potential, and acquire the necessary skills before leaving school. Collaborating with organisations in under-resourced schools nationwide, it supports innovative projects prioritizing improved learning outcomes, pedagogical research, systemic Government education reforms, and exemplary educational institutions that can serve as models. The organisation also fosters collaborations aimed at fortifying India's education ecosystem. Recognizing that the consequences of inadequate education ripple through society, it focuses on key areas, including early childhood education, foundational learning, and life skills training for secondary schooling, aiming to empower youth and break the cycle of poverty. From FY 2019 to FY 2021, it directly impacted over 890,000 teachers, 89,000 children, and supported 28,300 schools, contributing to a brighter educational future.