Collage Sports Club

In India, the passion for cricket cuts across geographies, cultures and religions, every street or nukkad has a budding cricketer waiting for an opportunity to perform on a bigger stage. We believe that the right opportunity and process to unearth talent is the cornerstone of a successful cricketer and thus we encourage and nurture budding cricketing talent.

It started more than a decade ago, Latika Khaneja, Director of Collage Sports Management, spotted  Virender Sehwag, then Dinesh Mongia, Gyanendra Paney to name a few and believed in their talent and knew that they have it in them to break into the big league. And today they are among the best cricketers of the country.

CanSupport

CanSupport provides palliative care to cancer patients living in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) of India.

Palliative Care helps people facing a life limiting condition such as cancer to be free of avoidable pain and suffering, to maintain their personal dignity and independence and to be emotionally and socially comfortable. Palliative Care is not about helping someone to die, rather, it is helping them to live to the fullest despite their situation.

CanSupport's services include:

• Information and guidance as well as emotional support to patients and relatives faced with a diagnosis of cancer via a Telephone HELPLINE and this website
• One-on-one counselling and emotional support by trained and skilled counsellors
• Peer support groups for experience-sharing between patients and care-givers, moderated by skilled and experienced facilitators
• Home Care visits by professional, multi-disciplinary palliative care teams (each team has a doctor, nurse and counsellor), which provide medical, nursing and psycho-social support to patients and families
• Day Care programme for adults and children diagnosed with cancer, with their parents, to provide relief and relaxation, stimulation and entertainment
• Teaching family care-givers basic nursing skills and instilling self confidence in handling a difficult situation
• Training in holistic Palliative Care for medical professionals and counsellors and for in-house staff

Action For Autism

Action for Autism was started in 1991 to provide support and services to persons with autism and their families, and to create an environment in India in which people with Autism are able to grow to their full potential.

Action For Autism (AFA) is now the primary organization in South Asia specializing in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and related pervasive developmental disabilities. AFA is a non-profit organization whose mission is to:

• facilitate a barrier free environment - informational, attitudinal and physical – to create opportunities for education, employment and socialization for persons with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
• empower families of individuals with ASD
• act as a catalyst for change and build community responsibility for mainstreaming of all persons with ASD

AFA is engaged in a range of activities aimed at families affected by ASD, medical and educational professionals as well as the general community.

Shikhar Development Foundation

Shikhar Development Foundation (SDF) the not for profit Microfinance Institution registered as a Trust under the Indian Trust Act, 1882, came into existence with intent to develop and implement community focused development interventions. SDF envisages to leverage the benefits of micro-lending to the marginalized rural and urban communities through sequential lending providing both savings and loan facilities at various levels. SDF through its intervention envisions reaching to the ultra-poor, considering women as the nucleus of all its programs and thus aims to provide income generating solutions and investment opportunities to the grassroots for their overall social and economic development.

Shikhar provides a range of financial products and services covering – credit, insurance and savings. Micro-loans provide financial stability for the clients and the enterprise development helps reduces the gap between markets and producers while strengthening the value chain. Micro insurance products help reducing vulnerability to adverse occurrences and support an improved lifestyle.