Women & Community
Nirmaya Campaign
Community-focused awareness and empowerment initiative.
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KALAKUNJ FOUNDATION
Creating Opportunities.
Transforming Lives.
Building pathways for women, children, youth and vulnerable communities through skills, livelihoods, education, entrepreneurship and community-led development.
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WHO WE ARE
Local roots. Lasting opportunities.
Kalakunj Foundation is a community-driven organisation working to create meaningful opportunities for communities through education, skills, livelihoods and community development.
With roots in grassroots engagement, Kalakunj works with communities and partners to translate local needs into practical opportunities.
Our work brings together community participation, institutional partnerships and practical interventions designed around the needs of women, children, youth and vulnerable communities.
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WHAT WE DO
Creating pathways to
opportunity and participation.
Our work responds to community needs through focused interventions across learning, skills, livelihoods, wellbeing and development.
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Education
Creating learning opportunities for children, adolescents and communities.
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Skills & Employability
Building skills and pathways towards employment and economic participation.
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Women Empowerment
Supporting women through skills, livelihoods and enterprise opportunities.
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Livelihoods
Enabling community-led enterprise and sustainable income opportunities.
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Health & Wellbeing
Community-focused initiatives supporting health, wellbeing and awareness.
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Community Development
Working with communities to strengthen participation and local solutions.
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FLAGSHIP PROGRAMS
Initiatives creating meaningful change.
A selection of programmes through which Kalakunj engages with communities and partners.
Child Development
Adopt an Anganwadi
Supporting community institutions and child development.
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Girl Child • Environment
Anvi Campaign
Celebrating the birth of every girl child by planting a tree and creating a living symbol of hope and a greener future.
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Community Initiative
Karo Roshan Diwali
Community-led festive engagement and inclusion initiative.
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PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Experience that gives partners confidence.
Our experience includes programmes in employability, entrepreneurship, livelihoods, education and community development implemented with institutional and community partners.
These experiences have helped Kalakunj build practical capabilities in community mobilisation, implementation, training, partnerships and programme delivery.
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UNICEF
Youth employability & digital learning
GoodVision India Foundation
Community development collaboration
AVN Trust
Entrepreneurship development
CMS Foundation
Enterprise & livelihood promotion
Academic & Government Institutions
Awareness, education & community initiatives
OUR REACH
From local communities to a growing network.
Kalakunj's programmes have grown through community networks, partnerships and implementation centres across multiple geographies.
Our presence continues to evolve around programme requirements, community partnerships and opportunities to take proven models to new locations.
80+
Centres
9
States
65K+
Beneficiaries
WOMEN-LED LIVELIHOODS
Products with a purpose.
Community-made products created through women-led livelihood initiatives.
WOMEN-LED LIVELIHOODS
Products that create opportunity.
From herbal gulal and festive products to handcrafted and community-made creations, our livelihood initiatives connect skills with market opportunities.
The focus is on helping community producers move from skills and production towards better product presentation, market access and livelihood opportunities.
Community
skills transformed into products
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KALAKUNJ STUDIO
Where creativity becomes confidence.
Kalakunj Studio brings creative learning opportunities closer to students and communities through dance, music, craft and other creative activities.
The Studio encourages participation, expression, confidence, communication and learning through practical creative experiences.
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OUR ECOSYSTEM
Partnerships that create scale.
Working with corporates, foundations, institutions, government bodies and community partners.
A growing ecosystem of institutional collaborations
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LET'S CREATE IMPACT TOGETHER
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Let's explore how Kalakunj can work with your organisation on education, skilling, livelihoods, women empowerment, entrepreneurship or community development.