Believing that education is a catalyst for socio-economic change and progress, the Abhilasha (which in hindi means hope) project is a non-profit organization dedicated to change in India and throughout the developing world by focusing on education.

In keeping with this line of thought, our current project is focusing on building a new school for underprivileged, handicapped children in Rajnandgaon, India

From small and humble beginnings of caring for a group of underprivileged handicapped children, the current school has grown over the years and now is responsible for the education and welfare of around 80 boys and girls who have spectra of handicaps. With great perseverance through hardship and hard times, the founder and benefactor, Abdullah Yusuf has managed to board, clothe, feed, and educate these children at no cost to their families, who themselves live in quite destitute circumstances and in a number of cases he has taken the responsibility of arranging for their marriage. Recently 3 blind children were operated and their eyesight was miraculously restored and ten others underwent surgery for the deformities left to them from Polio.

The dwellings are basic and meager. There is a lot to be done. A plan has been drawn up to have a boarding school built, but the plans have been languishing in the bureaucratic alleys because of the lack of funds. Here is where we need your help and support.

So far we have been lucky enough to have had a generous donor who has donated 2.2 acres of land for the construction of the new school. To begin construction however, we need to raise 25, 000 $. Our hopes for the new school are that it will be a model of sustainable development including solar panels, rain water harvesting and a few crops enabling it to produce its own electricity and food.