Uplift Humanity India

Uplift Humanity India is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that operates rehabilitation programs throughout India to educate juveniles and orphans in life skills and technology training. Uplift Humanity India is headquartered in New York, with programs in New Delhi, Mumbai, Gujarat and Hyderabad. Each summer, Uplift Humanity India sends large groups of high school and college students selected from across the United States to one of its programs in India. Once there, the students learn the specifics of the curriculum and start teaching in small groups in observation homes for about one month. Lessons are not conducted in a lecture format - rather, teaching is done in a participative manner that emphasizes role playing, games, and video-based lessons. Uplift Humanity India works with American-Indian teachers in the United States to write its curriculum used for teaching children in India. The latest curriculum, titled "Learn. Lead. Educate" features lessons in life skills, self-esteem, honesty, and other values that have helped the juveniles secure steady jobs and futures. The organization also uses an older version of the curriculum titled "One Step Forward" in some of its locations. Students who previously committed minor crimes and participated in Uplift Humanity India's programs have gone on to earn steady incomes. Starting in 2012, family planning and women's rights were added to the curriculum.