Every city in India has a population that most people walk past without seeing. They sleep on pavements, under flyovers, outside railway stations, and in the narrow gaps between buildings. They are there in the morning when office workers walk by with their phones out, and they are there at night when the city quiets...
When a family starts searching for an old age home in Gurgaon, it is rarely a simple decision. It usually comes after months of trying to manage things at home, a health scare, or the quiet recognition that an elderly parent needs more consistent care than the family can provide on its own. The search...
India is getting older. That is not a metaphor. It is a demographic fact that the country has not yet fully reckoned with. According to the United Nations Population Fund, India’s elderly population, people aged 60 and above, is expected to reach 319 million by 2050. Right now, that number stands at around 140 million....
From inherited missions to independent movements – young social workers are reshaping care for India’s most vulnerable. A Quiet Shift in Who Shows Up Something is changing in Gurugram’s social service landscape – and it isn’t making headlines. For decades, the city’s charitable work was carried forward by a generation of founders – retired professionals,...
A practical guide for CSR heads, foundations, and companies looking to direct their social responsibility spending toward one of India’s most urgent – and most overlooked – causes. India’s corporate social responsibility landscape has matured significantly since the Companies Act, 2013 made CSR spending mandatory for qualifying companies. Billions of rupees now flow into social...
Most donation pages tell you how to give. This one tells you what happens after. When Ramesh arrived at The Earth Saviours Foundation’s shelter in Gurugram, he had been sleeping on a roadside median for eleven days. He was 74 years old, malnourished, and had a wound on his foot that had gone untreated for...
A plain-language guide to the law that protects India’s elderly – what it promises, how itworks, and where it falls short. Most people in India have never heard of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and SeniorCitizens Act, 2007. That includes many of the people the law was written to protect. At The Earth Saviours...
There is a version of social service that is transactional. A meal is prepared and handed over. A bed is provided. A medical need is attended to. The person receiving these things is grateful, or they are not. The person providing them feels useful, or they do not. And then tomorrow arrives and the cycle...
Behind the glass towers and the hustle, a quieter and harder reality – and the people trying to address it. If you search for Gurugram online, you will find a city defined by superlatives. The highest concentration of Fortune 500 offices outside Delhi. One of the fastest-growing real estate markets in North India. A city...
Years of running a free shelter home teach you things no classroom ever could. Numbers tell part of the story. Over the years that The Earth Saviours Foundation has been operating its free shelter homes in Gurugram, more than ten thousand abandoned and destitute individuals have passed through our doors. They came from different states,...
