Harivilas Foundation is an established educational charity in Chennai, India, focused on helping students complete their primary and secondary schooling. We provide scholarships for qualified low-income kids towards their school fees, and medical aid for the family members when such medical expenses could impact the child's schooling.

According to UNESCO, close to 258 million children don't have access to primary education. For the majority of them, this is simply due to their parents' overwhelming poverty.

At Harivilas Foundation we believe that education is the best way to break the cycle of generational poverty, and we are committed to doing our bit, even if it is in only a small corner of the world.

Our focus is on the early education stages, viz., primary and secondary schooling:

• Primary schooling provides the basic reading, writing and arithmetic skills, besides promoting critical thinking, learning style, and character development.
• Secondary schooling provides foundational academic and practical skills to prepare students for either the workforce or further studies.

Using these skills to find gainful employment and/or to further their education, these boys and girls raise the standard of living for their entire family. Their achievement, in turn, shapes the educational goals and career aspirations of the next generation. With access to education, the entire family begins to see opportunities where none seemed to exist before.

Read more about our history and mission