Gayatri Memorial Foundation has taken its name in memory of an exceptional woman, Gayatri Devi. Gayatri was a simple woman full of love and compassion. She belonged to the lower middle class and has dedicated her life helping others in need. She has always been kind and generous not only to poor people but also to animals and thus she is a great inspiration for this foundation.

GMF strongly believes that in order to eradicate poverty, more attention should be paid to the various factors and processes that can enhance poor people’s ability to make a living in an economically, ecologically and socially sustainable manner. In other words, access to sustainable income earning opportunities should be given to the less privileged groups enriching in that way their livelihood. All citizens should be able to break free from their past, develop an alternative vision of their future and set achievable goals. Therefore, especially poor people should be equipped with the technical, organizational, negotiating, and networking skills that will facilitate the fulfillment of their goals. Our aim is to stimulate and support these people to have a better quality of life and stimulate their sense of agency as they endeavor to increase their income, to improve access to services or to claim rights and entitlements. The intention of the organization is to raise awareness about the importance of education, environment and health care among the less advantaged groups and to promote self-employment and organization of rural poor, concentrating on women empowerment programs and skill training courses. The basic idea behind our work is to organize the poor into SHG (Self Help Groups) groups and make them capable for self-employment.

Registration Information :-

Gayatri Memorial Foundation is registered under Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860.

Vision :-

We visualize a better India that empowers all of its citizens and offers basic health and educational opportunities for everyone. We are ready to work hard in order to provide a variety of empowerment programs and skill training courses to promote self-employment and organization of rural poor. Our vision is better quality of life for all Indian citizens.

Mission :-

Our mission is to

• Empower the poor and marginalized groups, especially women, by providing them sustainable livelihood options.
• Provide health awareness among the masses and prevent further transmission of HIV/AIDS.
• Enable access to education to every deprived and underprivileged child
To protect human health and environment through awareness and activism, research and dissemination to provide environment that encourages overall growth and development

What we do :-

The Foundation has undertaken a multi-faceted approach through its social initiatives. These approaches have been primarily focused on ‘community development’ in the states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. We are committed to undertake various programs and activities targeting the marginalized segments of the society irrespective of their caste, creed, age, sex, color and religion, in rural, urban and tribal areas. We aim for the social, economic and educational uplift of these groups. For that reason, we develop and conduct orientation activities. Our earnings are re-invested in building capacities for creating a firm foundation of including the critical mass within the broader socio-economic, local, national and global context.

Moreover, we coordinate and offer relevant training (including entrepreneurship) to artisans’ and farmers’ children. In that way we help them to set up self-employment ventures, to upgrade their current tools and techniques and to gain access to e-commerce.