Ashray Charitable Trust

Founded in 2006, Ashray Charitable Trust is a charity based in Varanasi, India working on education, health, poverty & hunger +3 more.

Ashray Charitable Trust, also known as ACT, is a social organisation in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, founded in 2006. It works with roughly 3,000 people of the Dalit community in Varanasi and the surrounding area, focusing on empowerment through education. Its work at its centre in the Nagwa basti includes a school, evening coaching classes, a free walk-in health clinic, skills classes for women, music and dance classes, and cultural and educational events. It also aims to improve living conditions and to break the cycle of poverty in the community. The trust holds an FCRA account and can receive donations from within India and abroad.