United Way Of Hyderabad

Though UWH’s core focus is on education, income stability and health, it also considers the environment an important part of its efforts. Its wake the lake programme concentrates on saving lakes around Hyderabad from destruction by connecting with Government agencies and mobilizing community voluntary action in cleaning and maintaining these lakes to ensure their survival.

It undertakes to green tracts of land through the Miyawaki method of forestation. It partnered with CGI India under the latter's CSR initiative and the Hyderabad University, to plant saplings in dry and unused land rejuvenating the environment in the process.

UWH through its bornlearning initiative provides preschool preparation in Government preschools. It provides enabling infrastructure and learning materials to children aged three to six besides empowering pregnant mothers and strengthening Anganwadi’s. It promotes early detection of disabilities and paves way for appropriate interventions.

Its STEMtastic programme provisions for digital facilities and better teaching in Government schools to encourage students, especially girls, to take up STEM subjects as their chosen subjects.

The Equip initiative focuses on building the capacity of community institutions and encourages participation of people in school management committees, primary health centres, self-help groups, Anganwadi’s and Panchayati raj institutions.

UWH runs the Kreeda programme which facilitates Government school children to pursue physical fitness, through improving infrastructure. It supports the building of facilities like sports complexes, playgrounds, cricket and basketball courts and running tracks in Government schools besides organising competitions and sports events.

Its Adara initiative seeks to provide complete care to the elderly, children and injured and sick animals. It joins hands with NGO’s working in this space to run care homes providing shelter, nutrition, medical care and also educational support where required.

Hunar, UWH’s financial stability programme, aims to provide gainful livelihoods to marginalized people. Under this programme, UWH strives to identify and connect to poor people, coach them in employable skills, impart life skills and also especially focus on delivering technical skills to women to enable them to achieve a decent livelihood and income.