Impact

Our Impactआमचा प्रभाव

What five years of work adds up to, and the dated records behind it.

Impact at a Glance

Our Impact at a Glance

31DistrictsCommunity presence across Maharashtra
1,000+VillagesGrassroots outreach and community engagement
2,000+ActivitiesCamps, awareness programmes, drives and youth initiatives
1,00,000+People ReachedAcross our different programme areas
2,000+VolunteersYoung people contributing time, skills and energy
7Core AreasEducation · Healthcare · Women & Child · Environment · Agriculture · Sports & Youth · Skills

Figures as recorded by SARA Foundation, 2021–2026.

Evidence, not estimates

Every figure below traces to a dated post, a photograph or a newspaper clipping in the foundation's own archive.

40units of blood14 Aug 2026collected at the Adivasi Gaurav Divas camp, Laling
200+essays receivedMar 2025जागर नारीशक्तीचा — the district essay competition
10,000seeds sown15 Aug 2021at Laling–Landor, with SDRF Dhule and the forest department
13,739accounts reachedJun–Aug 2026in 90 days on Instagram — 98% beyond our own followers
91free X-ray screeningsFeb 2024at Veer village, with ICMR-NARI Pune
10,761viewsAug 2026on the Laling Fort trip — the most-watched post

Impact Stories

Healthcare · Feb 2024

Challenge: Early detection of TB depends on chest X-rays, which villagers often cannot get close to home.
Intervention: SARA Foundation organised a free X-ray camp at Veer with ICMR-NARI Pune and the District TB Centre, Pune.
Result: 91 citizens screened, reported by Maharashtra Majha on 2 February 2024.

Healthcare · Aug 2026

Challenge: District blood banks depend on a steady supply of voluntary donors.
Intervention: A blood-donation camp at Laling on Adivasi Gaurav Divas, run with the villagers and the district blood bank.
Result: 40 units of blood collected on 14 August 2026.

Women & Child Development · Mar 2025

Challenge: Conversations about women's power rarely include young people's own voices.
Intervention: A district-level essay competition on women's power, with topics unveiled by the Dhule DySP.
Result: 200+ essays received; prizes distributed in March 2025.

Environment Conservation · Aug 2021

Challenge: Green cover is declining in North Maharashtra.
Intervention: On Independence Day 2021, with rainfall low, volunteers sowed seeds instead of planting saplings at Laling–Landor, with SDRF Dhule and the forest department.
Result: 10,000 seeds sown.

Education · Oct 2024

Challenge: Students need clear, early information about the dangers of drug abuse.
Intervention: A drug-awareness programme with MY Bharat at Jo.Ra. City High School, under the Central Ministry's campaign.
Result: 100 students reached, reported by Dhule Dawandi on 8 October 2024.