About Us
OUR VISION STATEMENT
Together we can create a better tomorrow.
OUR MISSION
“Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.”
— Vincent Van Gogh
Approach Helping Hands Foundation’s vision is based on similar grounds. Great Nations are not built upon the guidelines of a handful of intelligent men but are formed by the amalgamation of virtues and sacrifices of numerous common men. We call upon the youth of this country to join hands with us and participate in this “Yagnya” and the positive vibes of this Yagnya would create social security, bridge up the socio-economic gaps and contribute in creating a balanced society in various aspects.
Just as they say, “A single arrow is easily broken, but not 10 in a bundle”, Approach strongly desires to develop and nurture a society which would represent unity, giving us a feeling of security, much needed support and a sense of belonging with the participation of youth, who are ultimately the bright ‘Future’ of tomorrow’s shining India.
Our Story
WE STARTED SMALL, NO REALLY...
It all began when our founder, Payal Mujumdar (a class 9 student in 2007) and a few of her friends realised that there are so many poor children who are not able to afford to pay their school fees due to their financial circumstances. So they decided to pool in their pocket money and help these students in whatever way they could.
FIRST STEPS
This group of school kids started growing and they formed Approach Helping Hands — a social group of the youth. The idea was to help maximum people possible through whatever means were available as students.
GROWTH OVER THE YEARS
Starting 2011 we started doing different social events every month. Most of them continue to be followed even today like Blood donation camps, Clothes donation drive, Eco-Ganesh and distribution of Diwali Kits to needy families to name a few.
11 YEARS & APPROACH FOUNDATION
Today we are proud to have more than 100 volunteers (and counting) with several more in our extended family actively working on various issues. We have done more than 290 donations totalling to ₹2,80,000+ to various social causes. We registered as a formal non-governmental organisation on 16th November 2016.
Our Directors
Payal Mujumdar
Payal is the founder of Approach and our leader. She has finished her computer engineering from Marathwada Mitramandal College of Engineering and subsequently worked as a System Engineer at Infosys.
Prasad Dixit
Prasad Dixit is the second Founder Director of Approach, Director of Vijeta Switchgear and CEO of Yashada Consultants.