Aarti (under the legal entity Vijay Foundation Trust) is an NGO based in Kadapa in southern state of Andhra Pradesh, and operates in a region steeped in poverty and locked in practices that are inherently discriminatory towards women and girls. 

Aarti Home started in 1992 when Sandhya, the founder of Aarti Home, found Radhika, a three-year-old who was abandoned on the streets of Kadapa after her mother was killed in what would typically be called a case of domestic abuse and dowry harassment. A few friends came together and formed Aarti home to take care of children like Radhika. Radhika and Aarti Home were the humble start to Vijay Foundation Trust, which can be best described as a silent crusade against injustice to women and children, a crusade that has got stronger over the last twenty-one years and has impacted over 100,000 women and children across the district. Over the years Aarti has started Aarti Home, Aarti School, Aarti Education, Lalitha Women's Centre and Lalitha Advocacy under the aegis of Vijay Foundation Trust. In addition, Aarti has built tremendous external linkages with governmental and non- governmental agencies across the world to bring funds, focus and awareness for the issue of the girl child.

Aarti works to better the cause of the girl child in particular and as a result the community in general. We shelter abandoned girl children, run a school to offer good quality education for children who cannot afford fees, support financial independence of women through counseling and training courses that enhance their income-generating capacities, and strive hard to create awareness against gender discrimination and advocate the cause of the girl child.