We empower women through our Training Centre to upcycle old textiles, run reuse pickups to rechannel items, and build climate literacy. In Banaras (Varanasi), Kashvi Foundation is a Sec 8 nonprofit (12A/80G) trying to make climate action feel normal, doable, and dignity-first, not performative. Through our women-led Upcycling Centre, old clothes and fabric waste get a second life as useful product
s. This is also our long-term pathway to build a full Textile Recovery Facility in the coming years, so textiles don’t end up as landfill or hidden dumping. On the community side, we run home pickups to collect and rechannel reusable items, so more things stay in circulation instead of becoming “garbage” too early. And because the real gap is climate literacy, we run Sustainability 101, our ongoing climate education programme for students from Class 6 to college (roughly ages 11–20). We keep it practical: daily-life habits, waste systems, and what action actually looks like beyond slogans. To keep our work financially sustainable, we also promote eco-products like bamboo alternatives, so people can switch without confusion or greenwashing. Our long-term goal is simple and ambitious: build an Eco School by 2035, with climate and sustainability embedded into the foundation. If you want to partner, host a session, support women-led upcycling, or help scale our reuse system, message us here.
