Across nearly two decades, ESAF Foundation has responded to disasters with speed, sensitivity, and staying power. This feature traces its evolving approach, from emergency relief to long-term recovery, through partnerships that reinforce resilience in India’s most vulnerable regions.
This feature explores how ESAF Foundation’s Urjabandhu programme transforms rural electricians into solar professionals. By linking skills, markets, and clean energy, it creates dignified livelihoods, reduces emissions, and anchors climate action in the hands of those once left behind.
ESAF Foundation’s work on accessible beaches in Kerala has improved physical access, participation, and visibility for people with disabilities. This piece outlines how simple, well-placed interventions can influence public infrastructure, policy, and everyday inclusion.
This feature explores ESAF Foundation’s work to reclaim streets as safe, inclusive spaces through community events, policy advocacy, and urban design. It traces the shift from public sentiment to street-level change in cities like Bengaluru, Thrissur, Nagpur, and Guwahati.
This feature explores ESAF Foundation’s integrated rural development model in Dumka, where bamboo craft, skill training, and community enterprise come together. It shows how local solutions can unlock lasting economic and social transformation in rural India.
This feature highlights ESAF Foundation’s work with Farmer Producer Organisations across nine states. It explores how collective strength, local entrepreneurship, and market integration are helping small and marginal farmers turn agriculture into a viable, resilient livelihood.
In villages across South India, ESAF Foundation’s Balajyothi programme helps children build confidence, empathy, and voice. Through clubs, workshops, and creative spaces, young minds are learning to lead, collaborate, and participate meaningfully.
This feature explores how ESAF Foundation’s Skill LEAP and support for DDU-GKY equip women and youth to lead change in their households and communities. It outlines the design, reach, and outcomes of enterprise training for women and sector-specific skilling for rural youth.