Children of waste pickers often grow up surrounded by unsafe working environments, limited opportunities, and social stigma. Their parents, who contribute tirelessly to keeping cities clean and functional, face poverty, hazardous living conditions, and a lack of access to education and healthcare. As a result, many children drop out of school or never enroll at all, continuing a generational cycle of exclusion and hardship.
Through the Waste Picking to Classrooms initiative, Sparsha Trust works to break this cycle by transforming waste-picking settlements into communities of learning and opportunity. The program focuses on ensuring education, health, nutrition, and dignity for children and youth from waste-picker families, while also engaging parents to strengthen awareness and participation in their children’s growth.
Our work combines bridge education, early-childhood care, and life-skills training with infrastructure improvements in schools and Anganwadis. By collaborating with other social-impact partners under the Saamuhika Shakti initiative, we aim to create an ecosystem where every child from a waste-picking family can access quality education, good health, and a pathway toward a brighter future.
Direct beneficiaries
Indirect beneficiaries
A collaborative initiative improving education, health, and dignity for children from waste-picking communities. Sparsha supports early learning, school enrollment, and parental awareness to ensure no child is left behind in education.
Together, we can rebuild lives and restore dignity.
Donations made to Sparsha Trust are eligible for tax exemption under Section 80G.
Keeping your community clean and green, one pickup at a time for a healthier tomorrow for a clean earth & clear future.
