In association with Panah Foundation, CybageAsha started its Good Governance Drive in its adopted communities in Gandhinagar. One of our beneficiaries speaks about her experience: “My name is Dakshaben. I lost my husband in 2012. I live with my three children and without support from anyone, I handle all the responsibilities. I work as a maid in some houses close to the Community and earn a mere Rs. 2000 to 3000 per month. Due to my financial...

CybageAsha beneficiary Ajay Karlakot narrates his story of how CybageAsha’s desilting initiatives not only provided the village with safe drinking water but also increased their watermelon production.

Dinnapur is a small village located in the Aurangabad district and it is deprived of basic facilities. My elder brother, Nandkumar Patil, who works at Cybage also hails from the same village. Our journey with CybageAsha started when he suggested the name of Dinnapur village by filling the CybageAsha Trust online form. CybageAsha visited our village in March 2016. The senior officials who inspected our village suggested the desilting of the riv...

CybageAsha was really a boon for our village. CybageAsha helped us in our efforts to make our village 100% free of open defecation. Therefore, we were successful in implementing the ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ initiative propagated by the government. CybageAsha also helped us build toilets for people who couldn’t afford it in their houses to promote personal hygiene. Additionally, CybageKhushboo provided full-time scholarships to economically back...

With the rapid increase in urban development, the employment opportunities in villages are depreciating dangerously. The agricultural activities are getting affected because of various factors like climate change, govt. policies etc. The educational scenario is also quite weak in rural areas. A vast majority of the rural population are migrating to the urban areas to create a sustainable livelihood. Amidst all this, the help provided by Cybage...

CybageAsha beneficiary Avinash Jairmod narrates his story of how CybageAsha’s desilting initiatives not only provided the village with safe drinking water, but also increased their watermelon production.

As we look forward to beginning a new decade of awarding scholarships, empowering communities, bringing about a sustainable change and positive impact, let’s take a look at the journey of Cybage’s two philanthropic arms CybageAsha and CybageKhushboo. The Journey of ‘Spreading Smiles Across Miles’ and of ‘Spreading The Fragrance Of Literacy’

We are proud to announce that Udachiwadi village, Purandar taluka, has received the first prize in Maharashtra for the ‘Satyamev Jayate Water Cup Contest 2019’. The credit for this goes to all of us. The prize consists of a water cup, a certificate, and Rs. 10 lakhs in cash. This award from the Paani Foundation is the third instance when Udachiwadi water conservation efforts have been acknowledged. The first time we won an award was when Cybag...

Vimal Uttam Gaikwad, a resident of Sanjay Park, Pune lives with her family of nine members. To support her family, she works as a maid, and her husband works as a watchman. It is difficult to run a joint family of nine on a meagre income. They can hardly manage their daily expenses, or expenses to educate their grandchildren. Her family couldn’t afford an expensive cataract surgery. “Seven months ago, a visit to the hospital showed I needed ca...

Sumanbai, 52, is a Sanjay Park slum resident and belongs to an economically challenged background. Her son remained uneducated due to the family's financial situation, and after the death of her husband, they had to make ends meet on the meager salary of her son. Talking about her situation, she said, “My husband was sick, and the doctor had advised him bedrest; we tried to save his life, but we were unable to do so. I was a cataract patient....

CybageAsha Classroom Painting Initiatives - Rashmi English Medium School

This CybageAsha beneficiary shared his experience on how CybageAsha with the help of BAIF has helped him enhance his livelihood through their agricultural interventions.

Shivaji Gyanba Shinde, a CybageAsha beneficiary, related how the CybageAsha and BAIF association gave him the confidence to do farming.

Nitin Dhondiba Kinhale, a CybageAsha beneficiary, narrated how CybageAsha’s collaboration with BAIF has helped him start a dairy business and become an entrepreneur.

I feel fortunate to have been a volunteer at CybageAsha for past 6 years. It has given me a number of opportunities to carry out my responsibility towards society. I have enjoyed working as a teacher, guide, instructor, Santa, and so on. The activity at Anandvan Vyasanmukti Kendra was a different, memorable, and challenging one. I had to take a drug addict from Ambedkar community to the center. Due to the man's behaviour I was initially very s...

I have been a community leader in Ambedkar Nagar for over 3 years now and have worked with CybageAsha on a number of projects. Seeing a company of this magnitude care for us and our needs like a family warms my heart. Cybage Asha has catered to all age groups to provide sanitation, good health, skills, literacy and recreation. They have truly used an approach that allows us a chance at holistic development. Their efforts towards women’s empowe...

“Coming from a middle class family, there were many financial challenges in my life, but CybageKhushboo worked as a miracle, and I am now proud to be a part of the Cybage family. I remember the time when I was sitting on the other side of the table as a CybageKhushboo student and now as a Cybage CSR volunteer, I get opportunities to give back. I have participated in various activities like iTeach and health checkup camps. It gives me lot of ha...

I thank CybageAsha for their focus on rural upliftment. After nominating my village (Dinnapur – Marathwada region) for the village adoption initiative, CybageAsha immediately visited my village and initiated the river deepening project. This project helped in eradicating the drought-like situation in my village. Such projects impact the lives of many. CybageAsha’s dedicated CSR team connects with the villagers with their onsite visits and also...

Since its inception on August 15, 2009, Anandvan De-addiction Center has been working tirelessly for victims of drug abuse. Our association with CybageAsha goes back to more than a year. With their support, we conducted two 10-day residential de-addiction camps for addicts from low-income groups—one in April and one in August 2016. Twenty-five addicts benefited from these free camps. CybageAsha also helped us financially by providing Diwali do...

CybageAsha has always had a long-lasting impact on backward regions, and it’s looked up to by every village for development purposes. I, Chandrakant Dnyanoba Bhame, Upsarpanch of Mavadi Kade Pathar, am thankful to CybageAsha for the great work teamed with proper planning they have done in my village! Within a span of just two years, CybageAsha has completely transformed the underground drainage line, organizes a health camp to improve the heal...

Mavadi is a small village in Purandar taluka with a population of 1,500. CybageAsha carried out the first desilting work in Mavadi in a very economical way. It also helped 38 families in the village to construct toilets. CybageAsha also helped the villagers the construction of a CybageAsha took the initiative along with the villagers in the construction of a community hall and organized health camps and tree plantation drives. Cybage has also...

I, Prakash Mohanrao Patil, belong to Bhatkudgaon village in Ahmednagar district, Shevgaon taluka, where CybageAsha has helped construct a hygienic drainage system. My fellow villagers and I came to know about CybageAsha when my younger brother, Sanjay Vadane, joined Cybage Software Pvt. Ltd. in Pune. My brother had praised CybageAsha a lot and explained how it works for the welfare of a number of villages and aids their sustainable development...

“Cochlea Pune is overwhelmed by CybageAsha’s support for its rural initiatives. The support has enabled us to add Manchar village of Ambegaon taluka under our umbrella. CybageAsha has also helped us with a school van, hearing aids, and school uniforms for children. This gesture has provided children from rural areas such as Khed taluka and Dapoli access to formal education. We look forward to their continual support in the long run.”

The school bus donated by CybageAsha will help in transporting more than 40 differently-abled students for regular schooling at the Rivka Sahil Akshar Institute. These students belong to poor families and hail from 10 remote villages. Hence, this bus is nothing less than a boon for the students.