KHEL Charities – KHEL gives future generations the necessary tools to change their lives

KHEL provides equal opportunity education, support and employment, regardless of ethnicity, gender, religion or sexual orientation. We believe that it is only through one’s own efforts that success is possible. KHEL gives future generations the necessary tools to change their lives.

Kindness

In Hindi, the language of North India, khel means “to play.” KHEL stands for kindness, health, education, and laughter. We consider these essentials of childhood. KHEL Charities is a non-profit, secular organization based in Dehradun, the state capital of Uttarakhand (previously called Uttaranchal) in northern India.

Health

Education isn’t just about academics. In order to be able to focus on their studies, children need to be healthy and learn how to stay that way. Their families need to be healthy, and they need a clean, safe environment in which to live.

Education

Fifteen years ago, some of KHEL’s teachers and managers of today volunteered as laborers, carrying bricks and fetching water with their own hands to help build what is now Lakshmi Devi Academy (LDA). At LDA we provide a healthy, safe and nurturing academic environment from kindergarten through 5th grade.

Laughter

There’s nothing like the sound of a child’s laughter: innocent, healthy and full of happiness. It is hard to laugh when you’re hungry and scared. We provide basic needs to children so they have the freedom to enjoy life, to laugh.

Meet our new (and returning) Adolescent Resource Centre Facilitators!

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Our Student ARC Facilitators learn how to help their peers and younger students. The Adolescent Resource Centre (ARC) is an Indian government-developed system for teaching adolescents and teenagers about issues that affect them in their growing years. During the past few years, we’ve had several ARC facilitators because it wasn’t a full time job, which made it not financially sustainable for them. Not having an ARC facilitator earlier this year gave us time [...]

2018 KHEL End of Year Video

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KHEL ANNUAL REPORT 2018

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Every year, the community around Lakshmi Devi Academy (LDA), KHEL’s school for underserved children in Dehradun, India, grows and changes. What remains constant is the need for education. Thirty-five years ago, we asked questions like, ‘how do we get our kids to sit still long enough to drink a cup of milk?’ Now we ask, ‘how do we give our kids an education that supports them academically, socially, and personally?’ And at the end of [...]