Child Education & Vision
Foundation · Est. 2013
India · 2026 · The reality we refuse to accept
This is not a fundraising line. It is the arithmetic of where a child is born. Before we tell you about our programs, you should know exactly what they are up against.
See the scale ↓The Scale of It
India is home to more children than any nation on earth. It is also home to the largest population of malnourished children in the world. These are not edge cases. This is the centre of the picture.
That is nearly the entire population of South Korea — children, today, with no classroom to walk into. (UNESCO, 2022)
More than one in three Indian children are permanently shorter and weaker than they should be — a body marked for life by early hunger. (NFHS-5)
A third of the youngest children carry too little weight on their frames to fight off illness. (NFHS-5)
More than a quarter never finish primary schooling — most because the next year simply costs too much. (ASER 2023)
Ten million childhoods traded for a daily wage their families could not do without. (ILO estimates)
Nearly one in four girls is married as a child — her education, her health, and her choices closed early. (NFHS-5)
In tribal belts like Palghar, anaemia is not the exception — it is the childhood norm.
Every single day in India, 600 families hear the word no parent can prepare for. (ICMR)
India spends just 2.9% of its GDP on education — among the lowest of any major economy. The gap these numbers describe is not an accident. It is a budget.
Where We Work
Carved out of Thane in 2014, Palghar district sits on the coast of Maharashtra — close enough to see the towers of one of the world's richest cities, far enough that its tribal hamlets in Jawhar, Mokhada and Vikramgad live a different reality entirely.
More than 40% of the district is tribal — Warli, Katkari, Malhar Koli families who farm rain-fed land, migrate for brick-kiln work, and watch their youngest children pay the price. For decades, Palghar has carried one of the highest infant mortality rates in the state, with malnutrition deaths returning to the headlines season after season.
We chose to work here because this is where the gap is widest — and where a single, well-placed rupee changes the most. Since 2013, CEVF has built its programs village by village, on foot, on trust, and on proof.
The Answer
A hungry child cannot learn. A sick child cannot sit in class. A child whose father is bankrupted by cancer treatment drops out within weeks. Solve one problem in isolation and the others swallow it whole. So we built six programs that hand a child from one to the next — a single, continuous net under a childhood.
A hot meal is where every other intervention becomes possible.
A fed child, kept in school, becomes the first graduate in the family.
We catch illness early, before it pulls a child out of the classroom.
When the worst happens, no family should face it alone or broke.
Therapy and dignity for the children the system overlooks.
When disaster strikes, we hold the floor steady for children.
Six doors into the same promise: that no child in our care falls through a gap we could have closed.
Every night, millions of children in India go to sleep hungry. A child who has not eaten cannot sit through a lesson, cannot grow, cannot dream.
So we serve a hot, nutritious meal — not as charity, but as the first brick of a childhood.
Daily nutritious meals for children and adults in need. No child goes hungry when we are present. 50,000+ meals and counting.
In India, 27% of children drop out before completing Class 8 — most because their families simply cannot afford the next year.
So we remove every barrier to the classroom — fees, books, uniforms, the bus fare — one child at a time.
Fees, books, uniforms, and coaching for students who have ability but not means.
In tribal Palghar, a fever can become a funeral. The nearest doctor is often hours away, and ₹200 is a fortune.
So we bring primary care to the doorstep: screenings, medicines, and a referral when it counts.
Free health camps, treatment funding, and specialist referrals across Maharashtra.
600 children are diagnosed with cancer every single day in India — and for a daily-wage family, treatment is unthinkable without help.
So we walk beside these families through every scan, every chemotherapy cycle, every impossible week.
Treatment funding, emotional support, and specialist care for young cancer patients.
Only 1 in 5 differently-abled children in rural India ever receives therapy. The other four are left invisible.
So we fund therapy, mobility, and the patient daily work that turns a label into a future.
Therapy, assistive devices, and inclusion programs for children with special needs.
When a flood, fire, or cyclone tears through a tribal village, children are the first to lose everything — and the last to be counted.
So we move fast — dry rations, clean water, shelter, and a steady hand when the ground gives way.
Rapid response food, shelter, and care during natural disasters across India.
The Proof
Anyone can promise. We publish. Here is exactly where your rupee goes, and here are the registrations that hold us to it — verifiable with the government, line by line, in our audited annual report.
81 paise of every rupee reaches a child. The rest is what it honestly costs to do this work properly — and to prove it. We would rather show you a real 81% than promise an impossible 100%.
Read the annual report →| Founded | 2013 · Palghar, Maharashtra |
|---|---|
| 80G Tax Exemption | Active — instant certificate on every gift |
| CSR-1 (MCA) | Registered — CSR partnership eligible |
| Accounts | Independently audited & published every year |
Every registration above can be verified on the relevant government portal. If a number doesn't check out, don't give us a rupee.
Human Stories
“My daughter is the first in our family — ever — to finish Class 12. The scholarship paid her fees, but it did something bigger: it told her she was worth investing in. She wants to be a teacher now.”
“When CEVF first weighed my son, the worker went quiet. He was severely underweight; I thought we would lose him. Eight months of hot meals and check-ups later, he runs to me when I come home. He is healthy. He is loud. He is here.”
“I started as a volunteer, just to sit with families during treatment. I have now walked three children through cancer — the scans, the chemo, the nights no one tells you about. Two are in remission. That is the whole reason I get up.”
What Your Money Does
Slide through. Every figure is what it genuinely costs us in the field — not a marketing round-number.
feeds 50 children one hot, nutritious meal
covers a child's school supplies for an entire year
funds one month of therapy for a differently-abled child
covers emergency medical consultation + diagnostics for one child
sponsors a child's full year of schooling — fees, books, uniform, transport
funds one week of cancer treatment support for a critically ill child
Give any amount you like — the figures above are simply what each band buys in real life.
Give Today
Your donation flows into the program where it is needed most that month — tracked, reported, and receipted. Your 80G tax-exemption certificate is issued the moment your payment clears.
Other Ways To Help
Not everyone can give a cheque this month — and not every gift is a cheque. These three paths move children forward just as surely.
Join a field visit to Jawhar or Mokhada. Run a skill-training session. Help with document drives that get tribal children their first Aadhaar, school admission, or disability certificate. We will train you and pair you with someone who knows the ground.
Become a volunteer →We are MCA-registered and CSR-1 eligible, which means your company's CSR spend can flow to us cleanly, with audited reporting and impact dashboards your board can stand behind. Sponsor a program, a village, or a cohort of children for the year.
Start a CSR conversation →Share one of these stories. Start a birthday or festival fundraiser. Tell the one person in your circle who has been looking for a small, verifiable nonprofit to back. Attention is a resource — and ours is in short supply.
Get sharing tools →Before You Give
Yes. We are registered under Section 80G, so your donation is eligible for tax exemption. An 80G certificate is generated automatically and emailed to you the moment your payment is confirmed.
81 paise of every rupee goes directly into our programs — food, fees, medicine, therapy, relief. The remainder covers the unavoidable cost of running them well: trained field staff, independent audits, and the transparency that lets you check us. The full breakdown is in our annual report.
Absolutely. Open any of the six program pages and donate there, or give to the general Programs Fund and we will direct it to the area of greatest need that month — usually nutrition or an active cancer case.
Because the need is among the most acute and the most overlooked in Maharashtra. More than 40% tribal population, one of the highest infant mortality rates in the state, and tribal villages where the majority of children are underweight. Two hours from Mumbai, and largely off the philanthropic map.
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Yes. We are MCA-registered and CSR-1 eligible. Reach out and we will share programme proposals, audited reports, and an impact-reporting plan built for your board.
Yes — choose “Give Monthly” on the donation card. A small, steady gift is the most powerful thing you can do, because it lets us plan a child’s year, not just a day.
Be the reason a child eats, learns, heals, and dreams — starting today.
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