The Foundation
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”
– Mahatma Gandhi
About the Foundation
[Yashraj Research Foundation is a trust, registered under the Bombay Public Trust Act 1950, bearing registration number E-21608, dated 16th March 2004.]
VISION, MISSION AND VALUES
We at Yashraj Research Foundation firmly believe in the limitless potential that each and every citizen of our country possesses. We work to tap into the capabilities of the people of India, especially those living in rural and backward communities, and empower them with tools and skillsets to create a better future.
Our Vision
Our Mission
Our Values
Our Work
Since inception, Yashraj Research Foundation has continued to work tirelessly to make our people’s lives better in the underdeveloped parts of India.
Over the years YRF has focused towards Education, Health, and Livelihood by contributing educational grants and scholarships to students, financial grants to needy patients and hospitals as well as seed funds to poor women for strengthening livelihood.
As a response to the pandemic, YRF donated COVID-19 care equipment’s to Brother’s surgical for proper functioning of the COVID-19 care centres. We also supported many families to pay their children’s school/college fees as parent’s lost their jobs due to the impact of COVID-19.
New Initiative: Inclusive Village Development Program
The aforementioned quote from the Father of our nation has been one of our guiding principles. Our latest initiative is all about identifying the villages of rural India and working hand in hand with the village communities that includes men, women and children. Our approach is simple, we strengthen the existing education system, build the capacities of our people, facilitate them with the appropriate government schemes and provide them a platform where they can prosper. We aim and work towards implementing the Swadeshi Model in the villages where we work. Through creation of model villages, we hope to be able to demonstrate the power of rural India.
Take for instance our success story in a village called Anwir, a tribal community in Talasari Taluka in Palghar district of the state of Maharashtra. Merely 8km from the nearest city, Anwir had a lot of scope for development. Although this village enjoyed substantial rainfall, the villagers could only grow a single crop in a year and that too for their own consumption. They had no provisions to store water, no understanding of beneficial government schemes and little education. This had pushed the villagers into a vicious cycle of poverty and underdevelopment.
In Anwir, we rolled out several programs to empower our people, promote children’s education, impart employment-oriented training, and spread awareness about health and hygiene.
Phulpakhru
Our pioneering efforts to build a child-centric education ecosystem has come to fruition in the form of institutions that are as much focused on extra-curricular activities as basic education. We believe that holistic education is incomplete and impractical without activities such as handicraft, painting, dance, drama, science projects, and of course, sports. In order to instil our vision among the teachers, we routinely organise workshops for them.
From organising Youth Education and Skill Development Fairs, Youth Motivational Sessions, and preparing roadmaps for Skill Development Centres to Career Counselling Sessions, our foundation has been at the forefront of youth-focused activities in India. We endeavour to build better farmers for tomorrow because ultimately ours is an agriculture-based country. We have helped farmers build nutrition gardens, successfully harvest second crops, learn SRT rice cultivation, and fruit plantations.
Generating alternative sources of income is key to alleviating poverty in rural India. With this in mind, we have rolled out several programs that teach our rural folk how to make money from means other than farming. From training sessions on making incense sticks from cow dung to hands-on training on weaving mats from palm leaves, our foundation has promoted key programs designed to empower the downtrodden and reduce their dependency on a single source of income.
The Union Government as well as the State Governments has several schemes to help Indians in need of assistance. Since inception, Yashraj Research Foundation has endeavoured to take these schemes to the doorsteps of our people, who need them. Constructing toilets under the Swacch Bharat Abhiyan, affording villagers with employment under NREGA, and distributing caste certificates and job-cards among villagers are some of the activities we have partaken in.
Future Initiative To Be Undertaken
To work on water conservation as well as on existing water crisis through our Mission Jal, for all the farmers to take second crop in a year
To provide alternative livelihood to the farmers that will curb migration
Bridge school for village youth to complete school education
To upgrade vocational skills of village youth
Inclusive Village Development Program
This initiative is all about identifying the villages of rural India and working hand in hand with the village communities that includes men, women and children. Our approach is simple, we strengthen the existing education system, build the capacities of people, facilitate them with the government schemes and provide them a platform where they can prosper. We aim towards implementing the Swadeshi Model in the villages where we work to make them self –sufficient.
In the year 2021, we identified Anvir village, A tribal belt of Talasari Taluka of Palghar district in Maharashtra. Hardly 8 km away from the main city, Anvir has a lot of scope for development in all areas. With maximum rainfall in the region, they take only one crop for their own consumption. They are unable to store the water, tap the govt. schemes, and have rare awareness on the importance of education, pushing them towards a vicious poverty cycle that never ends.
YRF has designed missions and currently implementing the same based on the need analysis to make Anvir a model village.
Inclusive Village Development Program
This initiative is all about identifying the villages of rural India and working hand in hand with the village communities that includes men, women and children. Our approach is simple, we strengthen the existing education system, build the capacities of people, facilitate them with the government schemes and provide them a platform where they can prosper. We aim towards implementing the Swadeshi Model in the villages where we work to make them self –sufficient.
