Make A Difference (MAD)
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Mission Statement
Make A Difference works on empowering children living in orphanages and street shelter across India. Reaching out to over 3000 children, 3000 volunteers and 50 shelters, MAD is one of the largest youth volunteer network's in the country and works to improve the experiences and aspiration of the institutionalized children of the country.
About This Cause
Make A Difference mobilizes young leaders to achieve equitable outcomes for children in shelters across India. Our core programmes focus on empowering children through better emotional health, life skills,exposure, educational support, transition readiness and after care; changing the ecosystem around the child by driving better practices among the institutions that directly affect their lives, primarily shelters, schools, family, state and society; and enabling the sector through better data, sharing knowledge and building coalitions and networks. We start working with children at the age of 10 and continue supporting them well beyond their exit out of shelters at 18. Our long term aspirational goal is that all children in shelters across India are able to achieve a middle class outcome as adults. A key example of current impact is that we have successfully reversed dropout trends for those who have been through our programs, and more than 90% of the children we work with have continued into higher education (post 16) as compared with a more typical rate of 8%. As an important trajectory marker, this also has significant implications for successful longer term outcomes. Registered as a charitable society in 2006, Make A Difference annually reaches out to over 3,000 children in 50 shelters across 20 cities in India, through a highly efficient 3,000 strong volunteer network, including a City Management Fellowship of over 400 young leaders. We select the best from over 25,000 applications for volunteers who must commit a minimum of year and spend between 2 and 10 hours every week mentoring, teaching and working with children in order to ensure that they get the support and care they need during childhood. Make A Difference has won numerous awards over the past 10 years, and most recently was being recognized as one of the top 10 Non-Profit to work for in India in 2017.