Jan Kalyan Sewa Sansthan works alongside families in Uttar Pradesh's villages and urban bastis on education, healthcare, women's livelihoods and disaster relief — built on the belief that dignity, not dependency, is what welfare should deliver.
Jan Kalyan Sewa Sansthan began in 2011 with three volunteers running an evening study circle in a single Lucknow mohalla. Today our teams work across 146 villages and urban wards, but the method hasn't changed: show up consistently, listen to what a community says it needs, and stay long after the first project ends.
Every programme starts with a gram sabha or basti meeting — priorities are set by residents, not decided in Lucknow.
Audited annually under FCRA and the UP Trust Act; utilisation reports are shared with donors every quarter.
Over 70% of our field staff and trainers are drawn from the districts we work in.
Each vertical is run by a dedicated field team and reviewed twice a year against community-set targets.
After-school learning centres, bridge courses for out-of-school children, and scholarships for girls entering class 9.
6,200 children · 61 centresMobile health camps, maternal care referrals and a nutrition-tracking programme for children under five.
412 camps · 34 villages/quarterSelf-help groups, micro-savings circles, and stitching, food-processing and handicraft skill training with market linkage.
3,150 women · 210 SHGsClean drinking water access, sanitation units, and rapid relief kits during floods common to the Gomti and Ghaghara basins.
146 villages · 38 water pointsThe same four-stage cycle runs behind every programme, regardless of scale.
Gram sabha or basti meetings surface the community's own priority list.
Field teams design a programme with local volunteers and set measurable targets.
Local staff run the programme; progress is reviewed with the community every month.
Once a local committee can run it independently, we step back and stay on call.
My daughter is the first in our family to clear class 10. The evening centre gave her a table to study at — something our house never had.
The stitching group didn't just teach me a skill. It's the first income I've earned that nobody else in my house controls.
When the floods came in 2023, the relief kits reached us in two days. That kind of trust isn't built overnight.
₹1,200 sponsors one child's learning materials for a year. ₹5,000 funds a full-day health camp for a village. Tax-deductible under 80G.
Give NowJoin a weekend teaching circle, lend professional skills to our operations team, or help run a health camp in your home district.
Apply to VolunteerCSR teams and institutions can co-design a programme with us — from a single school to a multi-village water initiative.
Start a ConversationWrite in, call the office, or drop by — our field coordinators are usually the ones who pick up.