Kadam Foundation

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Kadam SOS Foundation · Established March 2020 · Incorporated April 2025

Young Steps
Towards the Nation

A youth-led foundation working alongside communities through education, women's empowerment, and youth development.

What we do

Work rooted in people.

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Children gathered for a Project Shiksha learning session

Project Shiksha

Education

Learning support and youth mentorship for children in underserved communities.

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Women attending a Kadam Foundation empowerment session

Women Empowerment

Women Empowerment

Skills, financial literacy, and community learning for women.

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Youth leaders conducting a classroom session with school students

Project Samanvay

Youth Development

Young people connect with communities through learning and local action.

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Kadam volunteers and children gathered at a community learning sessionBhopal · March 2020

About Kadam

It began in a veranda.

On 20 March 2020, Ms. Prachi Dwivedi met children near her home who were hungry and not going to school. The next day, she began teaching 10 children in her veranda. That small classroom became Kadam's first step.

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Leadership

A beginning carried forward.

FounderMs. Prachi Dwivedi
DirectorDr. Pradeep Dwivedi
DirectorMrs. Shachi Dwivedi
AdvisorCA Gautam JainAdvisorCA Shreya Jain
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Stories in motion

From our community.

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A nationwide movement

Local action, across India.

Kadam works through local volunteers and city teams in 15+ cities.

BhopalIndoreSehoreRewaUjjainand more
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Map showing Kadam Foundation's operational cities across India

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