Samta Foundation

Founded in 2012, Samta Foundation is a non-governmental organisation based in Mumbai, India working on health, education, community development +1 more.

Samta Foundation is a non-profit organisation working with rural and tribal communities in India to make them healthy, literate and self-reliant. Founded in 2012, it began with cataract care and expanded into education, computer and vocational training, community development, and prisoner transformation. Its health work includes free cataract surveys, camps and surgery, mother and child care, and sanitation awareness. Its education work includes setting up computer labs and STEM and vocational facilities in schools and institutes, with curricula designed with IIT Bombay. Its prisoner work includes regular camps with prison officers, health care for prisoners, and support for release and rehabilitation. Activities are concentrated in Maharashtra, with work in tribal areas such as Palghar, Melghat and Washim. The foundation works alongside government systems and local experts, and supports artisans, including Warli painters and paper mache craftspeople.