When you reserve a program with Sodha Travel, a percentage of the proceeds will be donated to organizations making a difference in local communities. Together, we can make our world a better place.
Here is a list of the organizations we support.
India: The Pad Project
A period should end a sentence, not a girl’s education. Millions of girls in developing countries cannot afford or access sanitary pads, which means that when they get their period, they have to turn to unhealthy alternatives like dirty rags, leaves, or ashes.
In addition to the high risk of infection, every time their period comes, they have to miss school - and the more school they miss, the more likely they will fall too far behind and have to drop out entirely.
A man named Arunachalam Muruganantham from Tamil Nadu, India, created a machine that makes affordable, biodegradable pads from locally sourced materials. The machine does more than just supply girls with pads; it supplies a steady income to the women in the area who want to work on it.
Muruganantham is credited for innovating grassroots mechanisms and generating awareness about traditional unhygienic practices around menstruation in rural India.
India: The Toy Bank
The Toy Bank envisions a society where underprivileged children have a right to play. By actively involving them in educative toys and story books, they gain an active and enriching life.
The Toy Bank hopes to bridge the socioeconomic gap by offering a holistic development and instilling values of sharing and caring among India’s youth.
Toys are collected at centers and through corporate and school drives. After being refurbished, they are repackaged into age-appropriate toy kits and distributed to villages in rural and tribal areas, creating toy libraries at orphanages, shelter homes, schools, and educational centers.
India: Elefantastic
Located in Jaipur, Elefantastic is anchored by the conviction that an elephant sanctuary provides a critical foundation for breaking the cycle of elephant tourism. The organization works with low-income, marginalized families to run the sanctuary, provide welfare services, and raise awareness for Asian elephants.
Since its inception in 2012, Elefantastic has touched the lives of over 6,050 people across the world through their Human-Elephant Interaction Program.
Financial support not only provides healthy food, veterinary care, and maintenance costs at the sanctuary, but also sustains the welfare and education of the caretaker’s family.
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