My Nonprofit Reviews

We planned to volunteer at Shanti Bhavan once and then move on to other volunteer projects. We have now volunteered four times. Shanti Bhavan is the most sustainable volunteer project we have ever seen. They have serious long-term goals, to lift very poor children and their families out of poverty for good, through all-round education right through to tertiary level. The children never forget their roots and many will one day be in positions where they can do something to change the destiny of the very poor forever.

The school administration is as lean as it could be and they waste absolutely nothing. Everything is used and re-used in a way that would put western schools to shame.

These are all reasons we keep coming back but the biggest reason is 200 happy kids who, despite their horrific backgrounds, keep smiling. Shanti Bhavan means "haven of peace".

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