Hamari Laado

A 9 year girl shows up late to the village government school, once again. The newly joined Physical Training Instructor (PTI) at the school asks her to take a run around the school grounds, as a form of punishment. While she is running, the PTI notices some sort of even pacing through-out her run. He puts her in the school Kho-Kho team. She starts excelling, and by the time she completes her 8th grade at the school, she has played at many state level competitions. Along with many girls of her village, she joins the high school in a nearby…

At Hamari Laado, we envision a world where every girl in rural India, regardless of her background, feels the joy and power to shape her own future. Our NEEV program empowers girls aged 9-12 during a critical time in their lives, helping them overcome limiting beliefs and practices. We believe in their boundless potential. Our 10-week NEEV© culminates with girls publicly running 5Kms in their villages, creating new social norms that foster confidence and empowerment in public spaces. Recognized by the Ministry of Women & Child Development in Rajasthan, NEEV© has been co-opted under the ‘Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao’ initiative. Believe,…

Hamari Laado invites donations for our MARG, NEEV, Giving Circle, and team programs that positively impact rural and low income girls. If you would like to take the NEEV program to a low income school in a village or in your neighborhood, become a sponsor by Adopting A School ! A sponsorship to first generation talented rural girls goes a long way in building confidence and new norms in their families and communities about what girls can achieve. Name * Please note: 1. We only accept donations in INR and foreign currency shall not be accepted. 2. All donors are requested to share…

If you could spare 5 minute from your daily life for a year, that's the number of hours it takes for you to transform the lives of 30 girls in your neighbourhood! We are looking for passionate volunteers who want to become coaches for our program NEEV! Name *

In 2006 a young mother of three, Kulveer Kaur, became a widow with her youngest daughter hardly a year old. With no education, no land, no other source of income, she chose to work at people’s farms just the way many others in her community did. During the busy days of cotton picking season, she would save the chai she would get at the farm and bring to her small hamlet for her kids. She sent all her kids to a nearby government school in hopes of them having a better life than she did. 17 years later, sitting in…

In June 2023, it was a usual summer day in Likhmisar village in Northern Rajasthan. Anju, the second of four siblings, took photos of her certificates and sent them to one of her teachers. Her parents, who never got to attend school, worked on people's farms and had left for their day's work. They had trusted Anju to pursue the right path. Sitting on the brick stairs of their quiet #PradhanMantriAwasYojana home, a realization set in "my time is over. I will never get to do what I wanted to do." Anju had been a sports-person. She knew the feeling of wins and losses. She…

We celebrated in style with 5Ks across 7 districts and 16 rural schools, running along the village ponds, farms, country lanes, and many beautiful roads. We couldn’t have been happier for the team, schools, sponsors, champions, and the amazing coaches who are bringing transformation to young girls in rural areas! 10 weeks of our NEEV program came to an end - with our hearts happy and a sense of achievement in some 400+ girls. 🏃‍♀️🌸 May the swing in their feet add flight to their wings. May the run along the country lanes pave way for a joyous life run.

A couple in their late thirties, doing what they see others around them doing - men working as farm laborers and women in MNREGA. A life of daily wages. But their life at home is different from most homes in that village of 250 homes. Raising three daughters and two sons, they try to build perseverance, hope, and hard-work in them. Even on the most difficult days, they ensure that kids go to the local government school, study at home, and are not pushed into daily wage work. It's not only the first generation getting education, it is the first…

How many steps does it take? On March 8th, we started a new tradition! And on October 11th, we solidified it! On International Day of the Girl Child, girls across six locations in Rajasthan completed their 10 week NEEV program! Surrounded and cheered on by their coaches, teachers, and champions, the girls ran through village roads, town lanes, campus tracks and much more. The common was the unprecedented joy in their hearts and the shine in their eyes! With their 5k, they collectively completed 1.25 crore steps in the program! Yes, you read it right - 12.5 Million steps. What…

A 9 year girl shows up late to the village government school, once again. The newly joined Physical Training Instructor (PTI) at the school asks her to take a run around the school grounds, as a form of punishment. While she is running, the PTI notices some sort of even pacing through-out her run. He puts her in the school Kho-Kho team. She starts excelling, and by the time she completes her 8th grade at the school, she has played at many state level competitions. Along with many girls of her village, she joins the high school in a nearby…

On March 8th 2022, when the world was celebrating ‘International Women’s Day’, a group of 26 young girls stepped on a small village road in Likhmewala 27PS, Rajasthan to complete their 5 kilometer run! It was the moment they had been preparing for the last 15 weeks. It was unprecedented, exhilarating, and festive! They had neither experienced the freedom of the road nor the thunderous clapping of the villagers upon return. But what they knew all along these 15 weeks is that they were learning new habits, getting stronger, making new friends, and enjoying running! Which is why we started…

Mentor - Pallavi Student - Aaina Aaina, like her older two sisters, studied at the local government school in her village Lakhahakam. The school, set up in the 1930s, has been witness to much; including creation of an international India-Pakistan border that now sits 3 km from the village. But the school probably hadn’t witnessed a student who scored impeccably perfect 100s in every subject, till Aaina came along. The teachers unanimously agreed that Aaina is the best student they had seen. It is those teachers who recommended Aaina to Hamari Laado. Aaina’s regret to date is that her 10th…

We close the year 2021 in an upbeat mood! What started as a career awareness event in collaboration with BSF in early October, turned into a 15 day preparatory training for students! All thanks to some exceptional individuals at BSF including the leadership at BSF Rajasthan, Sri Ganganagar and Sri Karanpur (77 Battalion!). In a first for the village and the school, a group of 38 students from 11th and 12th grade underwent training every morning from 8 am to 10 am. 24 Girls and 14 boys showed up on the school grounds amidst bitter cold, fog, and clouds. The…

On October 4 2021, in collaboration with BSF(Border Security Forces) Rajasthan, we hosted our first MARG event for 9th to 12th grade students! In our interaction with the girls during 'Giving Circle Kickoff', girls had shown an interest in careers in BSF and related fields. We reached out to the district BSF leadership and they obliged by sending a team of female and male leaders to talk to the students at the school. Here is what happened on that Monday! The whole school saw a flurry of excitement, with all students from 1st to 12th being excited to see various…

Sept 8th: Kickoff "Giving Circle" Sufali, recognized for excellence After almost a decade in the U.S., I moved back to Likhmewala - my village where I grew up. The village sits rather quietly on the India Pakistan border in Northern Rajasthan. It has one Government school. This is the school where I had learnt my first alphabets. The school has changed significantly over the last three decades, with many newly constructed classrooms! The school now teaches from 1st to 12th grade. It has an equal number of female and male students. As I envisioned three initiatives (NEEV, MARG, Giving Circle),…

Mentor - Aditi Student - Sufali Sufali cleared her 10th board exams, with highest marks in her school in her village. Most of her scores read in 90s, with Math being a 100 on 100. Her father who studied in the same village school till 8th and her mother, who studied in a nearby village till 5th, understood that this mark-sheet was not usual. Sufali had always talked about wanting to become a doctor, and they finally stopped to wonder if that could be a 'realistic' dream. Two years later, with Covid Pandemic impacting all aspects of life, Sufali did…