Way back in 2000, I was driven by the extraordinary dream to see a day when no Indian child would be deprived of rights as basic as survival, participation, protection and development. Like many others, I was too upset when I saw disparities between privileged and underprivileged children. I want to do something about it. I started social service club and read to the blind, visited children in h
ospitals, held reading and writing classes for street children, and started a free dispensary at a slum the club adopted. To raise funds for these activities, I save 20% of my salary . These qualities of resourcefulness and determination came in handy. In 2010 I (Mr. E D Thou) started Kids Charity with Rs 50 around my short life. I felt that something needed to be done to improve the situation of the underprivileged Indian child. Uncharacteristically, given their backgrounds and motivations, I chose not to start a grassroots-level implementing organisation working directly with and for underprivileged children. I opted instead to make Kids Charity a link between the millions of Indians who could provide resources and thousands of dedicated people and organisations at the grassroots-level who are struggling to function for lack of them. This “link” or enabling position has determined Kids Charity strategic choices at every juncture – from the fundraising methods it employs, to the nature of its relationship with the NGOs it partners with. All through the early, difficult years, with my passion and conviction that drove Kids Charity . I was firmly convinced that each of us can, in our own small way, be the agents of change, and when enough of us become one, the impact is a lasting change for the better. All he asked of people was that they help Kids Charity by doing what I am good at. As I put it, “What I can do, I must do.”
“Numbers don’t count. Even if I can change one life, it means a great deal to us.”
