Hand In Hand India

Transforms communities in rural India through education, healthcare, and job creation

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  • 80G
  • 12A
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About

  • Headquarters

    Chennai, Tamil Nadu

  • Since

    2004

Hand-in-Hand India is an international NGO founded in 2002 to provide evening schools for children working as bonded labourers in the weaving industry Read more in Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. Over time, its focus expanded to include community health, skill development, and job creation, with a vision to lessen poverty by providing access to education, affordable healthcare, entrepreneurship, financial inclusion, and a clean environment. Its mission is to work with poor women, children, and communities to provide them with dignity, hope, and choice for sustainable development. It aims to create 10 million jobs by 2025 and has already created 6.3 million.

Programs

  • Child Labour Elimination Programme

    Its child labour elimination efforts began with conducting evening classes for children of silk weavers and later expanded to residential schools and facilitating secondary education. Its efforts further include organising the society, special residential and non-residential training centres, capacity building of schools, operating child lines and supporting the cause of higher education.

  • Job Creation & Women Empowerment Programme

    It brings together women to form them into self-help groups endowing them with a united voice, arranging for them to access finance and undergo skilling, empowering them to start businesses of their own. This effort leads to gender equality and facilitates increased acceptance of women in society and enterprises.

  • Skill Development Programme

    Through this programme, it seeks to reduce the gap between talent and job requirements in youth, women and farmers. In partnership with the National Skill Development Corporation, it provides training on 16 relevant occupations also additionally provides coaching in soft skills making the beneficiaries ready for the job market.

  • Healthcare Programme

    Its healthcare programme supplements existing Government health facilities. It has set-up cost-effective clinics and pharmacies and regularly conducts camps making the people aware of sanitation and hygiene, maternal and child health and improves infrastructure where applicable. It effectively helps the Government schemes to reach the benefactors so that it is taken advantage of by the needy.

  • Natural Resources Management Programme

    Its Natural Resources Management Programme focuses on the conservation and management of water, green farming, and climate change. It works closely with farmers to create more employment options and enable the use of natural resources responsibly.

Impact Metrics

  • Conducted Medical Camps

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 8088
    • 2020-21 8720
    • 2021-22 9833
  • Children Enrolled in Schools

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 332874
    • 2020-21 343192
    • 2021-22 35508

Leadership Team

  • Dr. Madhu Sharan

    President

  • Sahaana Shankar

    Chief Operating Officer

  • Radha Krishna Konda

    Chief Operating Officer

  • Srinivas Krishnaswamy

    President

  • N Ramaswamy

    Head - HR

Demographics & Structure

  • No. of Employees

    100+

M&E

  • Internal, External Assessors

    No

Policies

  • Ethics and Transparency Policies

    No

  • Formal CEO Oversight & Compensation Policy

    No

Political & Religious Declarations

  • On Affiliation if any

    No

  • On Deployment Bias if any

    No

Registration Details

  • PAN Card

    AAATH4236K

  • Registration ID

    515/2010

  • VO ID / Darpan ID

    TN/2017/0116662

  • 12A

    AAATH4236KE20214

  • 80G

    AAATH4236KF20210

  • FCRA

    75820308

  • CSR Registration Number

    Not Available

Location

  • Headquarters

    New No.33, Old No.14, 48th Street, 9th Avenue, Ashok Nagar, Chennai, 600083

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Other Details

  • Parent Organisation

    Hand in Hand International

  • Type & Sub Type

    Non-profit
    Trust

Financial Details

 Income / Expenses
  • 2019-20

    Income
    Rs.521,514,355
    Expenses
    Rs.529,750,596
    Admin Expenses
    Rs.78,037,508
    Program Expenses
    Rs.451,713,088
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  • 2020-21

    Income
    Rs.427,393,284
    Expenses
    Rs.436,023,736
    Admin Expenses
    Rs.45,800,251
    Program Expenses
    Rs.390,223,485
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  • 2021-22

    Income
    Rs.444,688,338
    Expenses
    Rs.471,308,722
    Admin Expenses
    Rs.22,675,454
    Program Expenses
    Rs.448,633,268
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