Our story
Inception
In 2010, Hemkunt Foundation started it’s first project with 3 after-school facilities for children to study English, Mathematics and Information Technology. While running these programs, founder of Hemkunt Foundation, Irinder Singh Ahluwalia decided to work towards providing better employment opportunities for the earning members of the families of the children who were studying there and hence, started a drivers training institute offering training and licensing support.
In 2013, he and his family were stranded for a week at the base of Gurudwara Hemkunt Sahib as they saw nature’s fury unfold in front of them. Buildings and bridges collapsed, cars were engulfed and swept away by the torrents of rain, and helicopters that were tasked for carrying aid were washed away in front of their eyes. They had no food and shelter for a week and their belongings and all provisions were also destroyed.
“Frenzied, panic-stricken and with no glimmer of hope, death seemed inevitable in the moment. My tryst with the fragility of life reaffirmed my purpose. I avowed to give my life to serving humanity.
This incident marked the inception of the Hemkunt Foundation. Since then the Foundation has never looked back, and has only been successful because of its volunteers, who work relentlessly. Without them we are nowhere and we are nothing.”
Irinder Singh Ahluwalia
Founder & CEO, Hemkunt Foundation
Timeline
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2010-12
Inception of the Hemkunt Foundation
• Three after-school facilities in Delhi with access to 1,500 computers for students of marginalised backgrounds • Three driving schools for their parents to ensure access to livelihood -
2013-15
Establishment of Hemkunt Niwas
• A rehabilitation facility for people displaced by the flash floods in Uttarakhand • We also diverted the river and re-established roads to create access to villages • Aided in creating housing for the vulnerable and displaced
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2016
Launch of Heal Punjab
A project to aid families that lived below the poverty line through provision of rations and • sensitization of their children enabling them to pursue their education instead of taking up low-income labour intensive jobs for livelihood -
2017-18
Local goes Global in Madhya Pradesh
Set up a slipper factory to generate employment in MP Created access to ration kits and cooked meals The Foundation also provided sugarcane machines, metals and lock & key kits to create livelihood
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2019-20
Initiated the foundation of an education and skilling institute in Madhya Pradesh
The Foundation initiated a plan to provide free education and soft skill learning, and purchased 11 acres of land in Khandwa District with 40,000 sq. ft. built up area and boundary walls -
2020
The First Wave - Food for the most vulnerable
In light of the devastating outbreak of COVID-19, vulnerable populations living in urban slums and street-dwellers were left jobless and isolated. The Foundation provided cooked meals and ration kits to over 5 lakh individuals. We also launched the Dhabba Nahi campaign to ensure menstrual hygiene for 10,000 women every month in India
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2021
The Second Wave - Oxygen Relief
The failure of the healthcare infrastructure in the country led to an acute oxygen shortage. Hemkunt Foundation was the first to respond with oxygen cylinders, concentrators and free-of-cost transit camps and micro-centres in 21 states pan-India -
2021-2025
HFMobile100
The Foundation is in the process of setting up 100 Mobile Medical Units to provide medical aid in the most remote pockets of rural IndiaWe are also in the process of completing the school for vulnerable populations in Madhya Pradesh
We expanded our reach to 21 states across India
To address the crisis that arose from the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020 the Foundation took oneb giant leap from groundwork that had, until then spanned over a decade.
Vision
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Welfare for all
Meet the Board
Irinder Singh Ahluwalia
Founder and Managing Trustee
Harteerath Singh
Director
Natasha Ahluwalia
Trustee
Advisory Board
Ranveer Singh
Goodwill Ambassador
Taapsee Pannu
Advisor
Bhavin Pandya
Advisor (Co-Founder- Games 24x7)
How you can help
Merchandise
Hemkunt Foundation has recently introduced its own line of merchandise, comprising of t-shirts, mugs, sweatshirts, sippers, and diaries.
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CSR
Hemkunt Foundation, actively engages in collaborations with various corporates that share a common goal of making a positive impact through sewa.
csr@hemkuntfoundation.com
Donate
All individuals and corporates can donate money and do sewa with Hemkunt Foundation. All donations to Hemkunt Foundation are 50% exempted under section 80G of Income Tax.
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