• 4,00,000+adults made literate
  • 3,500+supporters
  • 600makes one adult literate
  • 80Gtax exemption available

Unit economics

One light of empowerment

₹600

is the full cost of making one adult literate for the rest of their life.

  • Learner toolkit — two books, flash cards, writing sheets, test papers
  • Volunteer or Akshar Saathi orientation and support
  • Portal registration, monitoring and field verification
  • Assessment, examination and certification

No adult learner ever pays a rupee.

Return

You are not funding one literate adult.
You are funding a literate household.

Children stay in school

A literate parent values schooling. Drop-out rates fall and the pull towards child labour weakens — the single highest-leverage effect we see in the field.

Money becomes visible

Wage slips can be checked, bank forms filled, a signature replaces a thumbprint. Financial literacy is built into Book 2, not bolted on.

Dignity in public life

Bus routes, hospital signs, government notices, a mobile screen. Independence in a hundred ordinary transactions a month.

Women lead the gain

The majority of India's non-literate adults are women. Every centre we open shifts that ratio in the village it serves.

Partnership

Choose the size of your offering.

Your support builds stronger communities and brighter futures.

Centre

1 centre
40 adults

₹24,000

Cluster

10 centres
400 adults

₹2,40,000

Block

25 centres
1,000 adults

₹6,00,000

District

250 centres
10,000 adults

₹60,00,000

Indicative tiers at ₹600 per adult learner. Multi-year and multi-district commitments are structured to the partner's CSR cycle.

80G

Donations are eligible for tax exemption under Section 80G of the Income Tax Act, 1961.

12A

Registered under Section 12A of the Income Tax Act, 1961.

CSR-1

Registered with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs to receive CSR funds.

Questions

Before you give

₹600 is the full cost of making one adult literate: the learner toolkit (two books, flash cards, writing sheets, test papers), volunteer or Akshar Saathi orientation and support, portal registration, monitoring and field verification, and assessment, examination and certification. No adult learner ever pays a rupee.

Yes. Tick "I would like to receive an 80(G) certificate" and enter your PAN, address and pincode. Donations are eligible for tax exemption under Section 80G of the Income Tax Act, 1961.

Every learner is registered on our portal with a photograph, assessed at session 30 and 60, and certified at the end. Daily attendance and dated centre photographs are logged against every learner record.

Yes. Companies can sponsor a centre, a cluster, a block or a district. Partners receive named centres, a live login to the monitoring portal, quarterly impact reports for CSR disclosure, and more. See the partnership tiers.

Your contribution at work

One adult. ₹600. A lifetime of reading.

Light the lamp of literacy today — and help one more adult go from a thumbprint to a signature.

Donate now