Ek Umeed Child Welfare Center was born from a simple belief — that geography and circumstance should not determine a child's destiny. Founded in Village Gudha, Jhajjar, we work on the ground to ensure that every child, especially those left behind by the system, gets a fair start.
Our model is simple: meet children where they are, build trust with communities, and deliver education, health, and nutrition services with dignity and care.
Founded in the heartland of Haryana, Ek Umeed is a grassroots child welfare organisation working to restore dignity and opportunity to India's most marginalised children.
In 2020, Nikita Dahiya witnessed a group of children near a construction site in Jhajjar — they were the children of migrant labourers, out of school, hungry, invisible to the system. That encounter became the founding moment of Ek Umeed.
Starting with a single tent-school and a handful of volunteers, Ek Umeed has grown into a multi-programme welfare centre serving over 1,200 children annually across five districts of Haryana.
We operate from the Ek Umeed Child Welfare Center at Village Gudha, Jhajjar — our base, our home, and the heart of everything we do.
Each initiative is designed to tackle a specific gap in child welfare — from mobile education to legal protection. Together, they form a safety net for India's most vulnerable children.
India has over 139 million internal migrants. A significant portion work in construction, brick kilns, and seasonal agriculture — and they take their children with them. These children fall out of school with every move, accumulating educational debt that often becomes permanent.
In Jhajjar, Rohtak, and Rewari districts alone, Ek Umeed identified over 3,000 such children in 2022 — unregistered, unschooled, and invisible to the government system.
Our answer: convert two buses into fully-equipped mobile classrooms, hire trained teachers, map every major migrant cluster, and run daily school sessions at the sites themselves.
Behind every statistic is a child who can now read, eat well, see a doctor, or simply feel seen. Here is what Ek Umeed has achieved — and what we're working toward.
From classroom sessions on buses to blood donation camps — these moments capture the heart of what we do every day.
Programme updates, event announcements, field stories, and press coverage from our work on the ground.
Whether you're a teacher, doctor, coder, or simply someone with two free hours a week — Ek Umeed has a role for you. Join 350+ volunteers already on the ground.
Every rupee you donate goes directly to programme delivery — education, nutrition, healthcare, and protection for children who have no other safety net. We publish full financial reports annually.
Whether you want to volunteer, donate, partner, or simply know more — we'd love to hear from you. Come visit us in Gudha, or reach out anytime.