ABOUT THE ORGANISATION:

VISION: “To empower communities globally, bringing hope of a better tomorrow”

MISSION: The mission of the organization is three-fold

• Create opportunities through innovative strategies across our focus communities

• Connect with beneficiaries through life-transforming engagements

• Collaborate with like-minded partners across the globe to raise volunteers and resources

GENESIS AND GROWTH OF REACHING HAND:

A group of passionate professionals, who always believe in change, felt the need of doing something for the society and wanting to give back, put their heart, mind, and resources together and formed Reaching Hand. The organization was formed and registered as charitable trust vide registered no. 8546/95-96 in the year 1996 in Bangalore.

Initially the aim of Reaching Hand was to help the needy and deserving children by providing scholarship and support them in their higher education. Now it has broadened its vision and started focusing on providing holistic development to children, youth and women who are vulnerable in nature so that they can integrate themselves to the mainstream. Our programs are designed to contribute towards achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with reference to ending poverty and hunger, universal education, child health and maternal health. Reaching Hand is very much committed to its vision of transforming lives of children, youth and women thus impacting society at large.

Reaching Hand’s operations are managed out of the Head Office in Bangalore, with programs PAN India, especially in the state of Karnataka. The operational decisions are made by the Management Team with strategic oversight from the Board of Trustees Funding of Reaching Hand comes from a variety of sources including individuals through direct donations as well as funding agencies and corporates. Reaching Hand practices integrity and are unflinchingly and consistently honest and transparent in thoughts and actions.

Staff strength:

The organization has 51 fulltime and 2 part-time staffs who are passionate about bringing change and committed to make difference in the communities with their skills, experiences, exposure, and training.

• The programmatic activity of Reaching Hand aims at bringing about physical, mental and social development of children in a holistic manner through the participation of children, parents, families and community at large.
• Through our wide range of programs, we help children and families living in extreme poverty to meet their basic needs and find a restored sense of hope, self-worth, and human dignity.
• Founded in 1996, Reaching Hand has been working to transform the lives of underprivileged children and marginalized women by implementing various programs.
• Geographical Focus: Throughout India, currently focusing Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra  and New Delhi. 

Every corporate social responsibility (CSR) should reap the fruits of sustainable social transformation. CSR helps both improve various aspects of society as well as promote a positive brand image of companies. By partnering with us-

• Corporate will be able to share the outcomes of the community transformation and the CSR funds will be used to reach out to the most affected communities and govt schools.
• Its brings a great opportunity for the corporate partners to be visible in the society.
• Corporate will be recognised for their good deeds among the people in the community.
• It will open new avenues and new areas of change in the community and a continuous enhancement of a society builds the city.
• As an organization, our expertise is in the grass root level and worked with multiple sustainable development goals and made a remarkable difference in the infrastructure and the functioning of the schools, colleges, and community.
• Our organization is recognised among the Govt bodies and entities in Bengaluru since we are established in the year 1996.
• We are tested and proven by many corporates through long term partnerships and we are trusted among the community and govt entities.
• We design impactful programs to bring a long-lasting social transformation.
• All our programs are sustainable, and it changed the lives of many. We have wonderful success stories of such transformations.
• Especially our programs such as skill development, scholarship for underprivileged and shelter home for children from disturbed family background have been a great support in the area of education.
• Under health, we have built around 700+ toilets for govt schools and conducted 735 MHM & WaSH workshops to educate the hygiene practices among the students in Govt schools.
• Around 169050 Govt school student are benefitted through our Health and Education programs.
• Around 7000 + youths are benefitted through our skill training and placement program. Many of them got placed in a reputed organizations and some of them are business owners now.
• 22367 deserving students could continue their studies with the help of our Scholarship program.
• 2,60,228 individuals are benefitted through our Covid -19 screening, Covid-19 Vaccination, nutritious supplies, and dry ration provision for those who have lost their jobs during the lockdown.