Volunteers

Lasting Leicester connections

As a hub for a large Indian community in the UK, including many natives of Ahilyanagar, our Snehalaya UK team has been actively promoting our work in the historic city. This is largely thanks to our trustees who live there, particularly Sarah who originally visited Snehalaya as a student volunteer, and whose commitment to our projects, especially our school, continues to make a lasting impact. Last year, our Founder Girish, Secretary, Priti and Executive Director, Anil, furth

Aug 103 min read

Family ties

: From Snehankur to the World... and Back Again July was a truly special month as three remarkable young people, all adopted through Snehankur Adoption Centre, returned to the place where their journeys first began. Sixteen-year-old Abhay, who was adopted in 2010, grew up in the United Kingdom after moving there with his family. Proudly describing himself as “half English and half Indian,” Abhay embraced every moment of his return to Snehalaya. During his visit, he spent joyf

Aug 103 min read

Malala Day 2026

We have been working to end prostitution since 1989 and as a direct result, there are no underage girls or second generation sex workers in our district brothels. This is due to our 20+ projects addressing the root causes that exploit women and children into the trade. In 2015, we received three years support from Malala Fund to promote girls education and believed in the cause so much as part of our core purpose we have continued to advocate for girls to stay in school. On w

Jul 182 min read

Storytelling through song

The amazing Snehalaya@OSU team We have enjoyed a partnership with students at Ohio State University, USA since 2018 when medical student Rashmi Rege got in touch to pitch the idea of a student society to support Snehalaya. Snehalaya@OSU was born. Since then we have seen a steady stream of passionate students engage with our children and projects. They have also organised spectacular Snehalaya cultural events, raising valuable funds and awareness for Snehalaya’s work. Earlier

Jul 172 min read

See you later...

Chances are if you have visited Snehalaya over the last 10 years we may have met. I have been living alongside the women, children and staff residents of our Rehab Center reporting for duty in the Fundraising and Marketing team on a daily basis since April 2016. It’s from there I have contributed to the development of the Snehalaya’s volunteering, social media, website and other communications while also managing Snehalaya UK in my role of CEO of the UK registered charity. My

Mar 74 min read

Snehalaya Scents

Launching Snehalaya Scents, a talc-free powder As part of her visits to India, our Snehalaya UK trustee, Caroline has always been concerned about the powder our women and children use. This is based on her personal experience of losing her friend Nicky to cancer which has been attributed to her lifelong use of talcum powder. Caroline explains why she is so passionate about finding alternatives for our residents and the wider Indian community. “Around May 2024, my good friend

Feb 153 min read

Global broadcast

We were honoured to welcome John Coster, founder of Documentary Media Center , based in Leicester, UK to our projects in India. John’s visit was planned to help celebrate our radio station's 15th anniversary and document our work to help promote our UK charity and Snehalaya in the UK through his many media connections. We already have an established relationship with John after he played a key role in helping us celebrate and promote Snehalaya UK’s 10 th birthday in Leice

Jan 274 min read

Volunteer(s) of the month

The Christmas holidays are a great time at Snehalaya as we welcome visitors and volunteers from across the globe to our Rehab Center. This year saw another full house as we welcomed the Modi family from Dallas, Texas, USA, - Apurva and Seema and their daughters, Krisha, Nidhi, and Aditi - and their friend, Nitiya and her daughter Sahana. They are connected through Arpan Foundation in the USA and are already planning their next visit! Snehalaya UK trustee and special education

Jan 62 min read