Q. Does Sewa Suraksha Foundation Work in India or Other Countries Too ?

Sewa Suraksha Foundation is a national level development organization with its welfare projects spread across India.

Q. What is the belief behind Sewa Suraksha Foundation ?

We believe that unless members of the civil society are involved proactively in the process of development, sustainable change will not happen. Believing in this principle of ‘Civic Driven Change’ Sewa Suraksha Foundation sensitises the civil society in order to make them partners in its mission.

 

Q. What is the scenario in India ,Presently ?

India has about 11 million children living on the streets and 14 million children working as labours. Only 60% of children have access to education despite having a national policy on compulsory elementary education. The time to take collective as well as individual responsibility to remedy the current situation is here. Right now!

Q. What is the mission of Sewa Suraksha Foundation ?

Sewa Suraksha Foundation’s mission is to empower underprivileged children, youth and their families and community through relevant education, innovative healthcare and market-focused livelihood programmes. We aim to deploy best possible methodology and technology for achieving ideal SROI (social return on investment), to practice and promote good governance, to link business competitiveness of the corporate with social development initiatives and to sensitize the privileged section of society to promote Civic Driven Change.

Q. Who are the people behind Sewa Suraksha Foundation ?

The realization of a group of young corporate professionals, that it was their Social Responsibility to give back to the society, laid the inception of Sewa Suraksha Foundation. Sewa Suraksha Foundation is managed professionally by a Board of Advisors, comprising individuals from diverse backgrounds and expertise, followed by an Executive Committee and a well defined professional workforce.

Q. Which area does Sewa Suraksha Foundation work in ?

Sewa Suraksha Foundation has been working in the thematic areas of education, healthcare, youth employability and empowerment of women and girls

Q. Why do you stress on education , when there are other equally pressing issues in the country ?

Education alone has the power to liberate people from the vicious cycle of poverty – not only in terms of earning a livelihood but also in becoming aware of the rights and freedoms that a citizen is endowed with. Thus empowering individuals and making them self-sufficient.

Q. What is the working model of Sewa Suraksha Foundation ?

Sewa Suraksha Foundation works under two models, namely Social Venture Philanthropy (SVP) and Outreach.

Q. What is Social Venture Philanthropy Model ?

SVP: Social Venture Philanthropy (SVP) is an innovative model based on the business concept of venture capital. Under SVP, Sewa Suraksha Foundation identifies, handholds and builds capacities of genuine grassroots NGOs. Smile focuses on achieving scalability and sustainability, creating a culture of leadership and excellence and inculcating a deep sense of accountability among its partners.

Q. What is the Outreach Model ?

While working in the remote rural areas, Sewa Suraksha Foundation realized that capacities of community based organisations (CBOs) were not adequate to meet expectations of social investors. Under outreach model, Sewa Suraksha Foundation implements the development interventions directly as it requires intensive and professional engagement for a wider and sustained outcome.

Sewa Suraksha Foundation gets a first-hand experience on the nuances of development at the grassroots through its Outreach model and then shares the same with partner organisations.

Q. What is the source of funding for the organization ?

Around 70-80% funding support of the organization comes from corporates; the rest comes from PSUs, individual donors and private institutions.

 

Q. How can an NGO apply for assistance ?

There is a user friendly application form available on our website that an NGO can fill. Apart from that we put notices in all our internal modes of communication like our website, mailers, etc. whenever there is a requirement for a partner in any particular geographical area under our various programmes.