Disha Educational and Social Welfare Society works alongside underserved communities to create pathways to skills, education, dignified livelihoods and sustainable development.
Disha Educational and Social Welfare Society (DESWS) is a registered, non-profit, non-political and non-religious organisation established in 2004. We work to empower vulnerable and underprivileged communities—especially women, youth, rural households, BPL families and SC/ST communities.
Through skills, education, livelihood opportunities, community participation and access to essential services, we help communities build more secure and sustainable futures. Our stated geographic mission spans Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, with activities also documented in Assam and other states.
Integrated community initiatives designed to strengthen skills, expand access and support resilient livelihoods.
Vocational training across apparel, IT/ITeS, healthcare, construction, automotive, beauty and wellness, electronics, retail, agriculture and handicrafts—alongside career counselling, placement and entrepreneurship support.
Awareness on rights and health, financial literacy, self-help group formation and strengthening, tailoring, handicrafts, entrepreneurship and income-generation support.
Adult and community literacy, foundational reading, writing and arithmetic, digital literacy, out-of-school learner support and community learning activities.
Community mobilisation for tap-water access, hygiene awareness, water committees, rainwater harvesting, gravity-fed systems, tree plantation and environmental awareness.
Local governance capacity building and farmer support, including FPO capacity building, improved farm practices, post-harvest management and market linkages through CBBO activities with NAFED.
Health camps, preventive-care awareness, drug-de-addiction awareness, counselling and rehabilitation linkage, and consumer rights and protection awareness.
Our implementation experience connects local needs with practical programmes and long-term community participation.
Solar installations and school support to help strengthen learning environments and community infrastructure.
Renovation and support for community infrastructure that serves families and rural neighbourhoods.
Training, exposure, institutional strengthening and market-oriented support for farmer producer organisations.
Agriculture, enterprise development and climate-focused initiatives that support more sustainable livelihoods.
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Experience working with government programmes and development institutions to deliver community initiatives.
We envision a society shaped by knowledge-driven action, equality, social justice and the socio-economic development of communities.
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Whether you represent a community, institution, donor or development partner, we welcome conversations that lead to practical, people-centred solutions.
Leadership: Mrs. Saraswati Kumari, Chairperson · Mr. Prabhat Pandey, Secretary · Mrs. Poonam Pandey, Member