Boys from Bal Ashram in India team cricket kits — India

Ramadan food distribution in Dubai labour camps — UAE

Children at Maheshwari School For All — India

Reading with schoolchildren in Bwindi — Uganda

Taal volcano eruption relief distribution — Philippines

Queen Savang Vadhana Memorial Hospital, Chon Buri — Thailand

A young student at the blackboard — India

Living is Giving.
Giving is Living.

Since 2010 we have worked across India, the UAE, the Philippines, Uganda, Thailand and the United Kingdom — addressing illiteracy, hunger and deprivation through programmes that empower the people who need them most.

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Who we are

A small charity with reach far beyond its size.

Health Hunger Literacy

Maheshwari Foundation was established in India in March 2010 and registered as a UK charity in 2011 (Charity No. 1145228). We work to address illiteracy, hunger and deprivation through initiatives that empower disadvantaged populations.

Our principle is simple: every individual can make a contribution, and it is incumbent upon each one of us who enjoys the licence to live in this world to make our own little contribution.

We have committed a minimum of INR 10 crore (approximately US$1.2 million) toward our objectives, and have delivered programmes across six countries since our first response — the 2001 Bhuj earthquake — through to today.

The numbers behind the work.

500+: children educated at Maheshwari School For All since 2008
6,000+: people fed across various labour camps
28: programmes delivered since 2001
6: continents reached

Figures reflect cumulative reach till 2026. Programmes continue to run year-round; full annual reporting is filed with the Charity Commission.

Blood programme

Saving lives, counted.

As on October 2026

1,000+: People donated blood
1,000+: Beneficiaries
1: Blood collection vehicle
1: Thalassemia centre

What we do

Four areas. One philosophy: stay close, stay long.

Most of our programmes are multi-year commitments — many running for more than a decade. We believe sustained presence does more good than one-off gestures.

Health & Wellbeing

6 programmes

Care for the vulnerable — from blood supply and thalassemia treatment to oxygen provision and inclusion of the differently abled.

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Education & Opportunity

11 programmes

Long-term scholarships and school support — from a village pre-school in Howrah to higher education in Kolkata, with stops in Sharjah, Delhi and beyond.

See programmes