OUR VISION
To empower future generations by facilitating models of change that significantly enhance a child’s development and strengthen the communities in which they live.
OUR FOCUS
Our work is centered around two key areas:
Education & Community Development
EDUCATION
We believe that education is a means to create a stable foundation, through which a child can establish a strong sense of self and unlock possibilities. To achieve our goal of holistic child development, we support educational ventures that are rooted in:
HEALTH
Mental, emotional and physical health being an integral part of education
LIFE SKILLS
Learning essential life skills during the early development phase to help a child succeed later in life, both personally and professionally.
We also ensure that the following pillars are integrated in the programs and organisations that we support:
HUMAN VALUES
Equality • Compassion • Integrity • Resilience • Conscious consumption
CULTURE
Art • Aesthetics • Music • Sport
DIGITAL INNOVATION
Curiosity • Critical thinking • Problem solving
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Through community centres we engage and support parents, the local community and leadership, in order to create a favourable environment to enhance a child’s development, learning, health and well-being.
OUR VALUES
INTEGRITY
Honesty
Transparency
Harmony of word & action
Openness
EQUALITY
Fairness
Dignity
Access & opportunity
Respect
CULTURE
Exposure to art, music & sport
Character development
Aesthetics & beauty
Creativity
INNOVATION &
EXCELLENCE
Continuous improvement
Raising the benchmark
Doing things differently
Redefining the standards
ENVIRONMENTAL
SUSTAINABILITY
Resource awareness
Conscious consumption
Waste management
Circularity
THE IDEAL
Inspired and guided by the words and wisdom of
Rabindranath Tagore
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high
Where knowledge is free
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments
By narrow domestic walls
Where words come out from the depth of truth
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way
Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit
Where the mind is led forward by thee
Into ever-widening thought and action
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.
OUR JOURNEY
The foundation was setup in 2006 by the Rai family as a philanthropic endeavour to contribute to our community and country. The work centred around providing financial and emotional support to individuals and institutions tackling pressing social issues.
When CSR was made mandatory in India in 2014, funding in this sector increased, enabling us to focus and broaden the reach of our work. Projects were undertaken across multiple sectors like education, rural development, health and sanitation and capacity building.
Over the years, Bansuri evolved into a foundation that brings a unique blend of developmental and business expertise to the projects, thereby being able to support organisations at an early stage in their journey. Partner organisations benefit from being mentored, and are able to improve their models and efficiency leading to better social impact.
In line with our ideal, we consolidated our efforts in 2020 to focus on two fundamental areas that we believe can truly catalyse and sustain meaningful change in our country – education and community development.
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