OUR STORY

The core members of SIF are just the people like you and me working their day jobs and with young families who made this possible by their determination to start the mission and to save the ‘plight of farmers in dire need’.  The founding members of the organization, Mr. Jitendra Karkera, Mr. Parag Deshpande, Mr. Gaurav Kumar, Mr. Hemant Joshi, Mr. Rahul Kulkarni, Mr. Subodh Salwekar, and Mr. Shashikant Dalal are truly passionate because they have either no or minimal farming background, but an tremendous urge to uplift the life of an important section of our community, farmers. Looking to make a real lasting difference in this part of the world, a strong community with a high quality of life means safer, healthier lives for you and those around you.

Our first fundraiser in January 2012 was a huge success and we could fund our first project by helping four widows in need by starting a sustainable home-based business for all of them. Every year with much more successful fundraisers and donations, we are able to fund more and more sustainable projects.

To ensure transparency and authenticity, we have multiple monitoring organizations in India that help us monitor the work and they also frequently visit the project site to get updates and progress of the ongoing or past projects done.

We receive updates about these families from time to time, and we monitor their progress to keep our donors updated about how their one-time donations have benefited these families.

Please visit the Projects page for the projects SIF have accomplished and future projects that we are excited about!