Saaya Shadow of Hope

Our story starts in 2014 when a devastating flood resulted in the massive destruction of houses, educational institutions, infrastructure and lives i Read moren Kashmir valley. This led to the joining of hands of like-minded students and volunteers for rebuilding Kashmir. This small and un-named group later led to the formation of SAAYA – Shadow of Hope. Its main purpose included achieving literacy and to work for education, providing free legal aid, and providing a healthy standard of life. The other objectives included to work for maintaining social harmony; the overall development of society and development of tourism development in J&K; setting up and running training centres to uplift the educational and economic standards of deprived sections of society and eliminating the prevailing bad custom, illiteracy, fanaticism etc.; to run welfare centres for de-addiction; the welfare of senior citizens, physically and mentally handicapped person; to work for the development of traditional agricultural and social forestry; to impact training to socially and economically backward communities, tribes, women etc.; to make every possible effort to control/manage the situation arising out of any natural calamity etc. Today, SAAYA is the best foundation in Kashmir and one of the best social welfare service providers across the J&K running on a non-commercial, non-political, and non-communal basis, serving round-the-clock without any discrimination of colour, class, and creed.

The mission of Saaya Foundation is to inspire and empower people to embrace a culture of giving, aiming to change the lives of children and people in need.

The organization has expanded its operations from a single location in Maharashtra to 17 different locations across India.