Everyone deserves to live with dignity, respect & equality.
Manthan Foundation works hand-in-hand with marginalised communities — across health, gender equity, education and the environment — to give voice to the voiceless.
Giving voice to the voiceless, for over a decade.
Manthan is a secular, apolitical non-profit that works directly with the community to address its most pressing concerns — rooted always in dignity and participation.
We strengthen health governance, capacitate grassroots practitioners and build community-centric models and knowledge products.
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Four pillars, one mission
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01Health Rights & Accountability
From awareness and education to service delivery and public advocacy.
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We work across the spectrum of health — awareness generation, education, service delivery and public advocacy — so that the most marginalised communities can claim their right to health and hold systems accountable.
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02Gender Equity
Standing with women and gender-diverse communities for dignity and equality.
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Manthan champions gender equity by empowering women and gender-diverse communities, building leadership at the grassroots and challenging the structures that keep people from living with dignity and equality.
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03Education
Complementing public education where the community is most deprived.
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Our education programmes complement and supplement government efforts, reaching children and young people in communities that have been historically deprived of meaningful participation in learning.
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04Environment
Bringing communities closer to nature for ecological restoration.
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We have built competencies on and around environment-related issues — bringing the community closer to nature for ecological restoration and nurturing an environment-conscious, sustainable society.
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From HIV/AIDS awareness among truckers and migrants to doorstep medicines and life-skill education — a glimpse of what your support makes possible.
Truckers & migrants educated on HIV/AIDS and STIs
Condoms distributed for safer communities
Grocery kits delivered during COVID-19
PLHIV received doorstep medicines
CLHIV received life-skill education
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“Manthan reached us when no one else would. They didn’t just bring medicine — they brought us back our dignity.”
A community member
Pune district programme
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