KHEL Charities – KHEL gives future generations the necessary tools to change their lives

KHEL provides equal opportunity education, support and employment, regardless of ethnicity, gender, religion or sexual orientation. We believe that it is only through one’s own efforts that success is possible. KHEL gives future generations the necessary tools to change their lives.

Kindness

In Hindi, the language of North India, khel means “to play.” KHEL stands for kindness, health, education, and laughter. We consider these essentials of childhood. KHEL Charities is a non-profit, secular organization based in Dehradun, the state capital of Uttarakhand (previously called Uttaranchal) in northern India.

Health

Education isn’t just about academics. In order to be able to focus on their studies, children need to be healthy and learn how to stay that way. Their families need to be healthy, and they need a clean, safe environment in which to live.

Education

Fifteen years ago, some of KHEL’s teachers and managers of today volunteered as laborers, carrying bricks and fetching water with their own hands to help build what is now Lakshmi Devi Academy (LDA). At LDA we provide a healthy, safe and nurturing academic environment from kindergarten through 5th grade.

Laughter

There’s nothing like the sound of a child’s laughter: innocent, healthy and full of happiness. It is hard to laugh when you’re hungry and scared. We provide basic needs to children so they have the freedom to enjoy life, to laugh.

KHEL Annual Report 2024

Stomya Persaud2025-03-10T09:04:31-04:00February 25, 2025|Comments Off on KHEL Annual Report 2024

Dear friends, Before you read our exciting report, I have some news to share with you. Swami Veda Bharati (Pandit Dr. Usharbudh Arya), KHEL’s Co-founder with my mother, Lalita Arya, has been gone for almost a decade, and his memory lives on every day in the work we do. He was brought up in Dehradun where KHEL’s school is located; he and his family were very poor and his childhood was one of deep deprivations. [...]

KHEL ANNUAL REPORT 2023

Urban2024-02-28T10:24:06-05:00February 28, 2024|Comments Off on KHEL ANNUAL REPORT 2023

KINDNESS Use of Funds: KHEL has 24 employees and 4 professional consultants. We support 305 children from preschool through 8th grade with free and fee-subsidized tuition. The average tuition paid by parents per child is INR1,500 per year (US$18.14/€16.93). Most parents don’t pay anything. INR US$@82 €@89 38,26,039 46,659.01 42,989.20 Financial/legal/travel/office/regulatory/taxes 32,51,809 39,656.21 36,537.18 Salary & other compensation 8,47,237 10,332.16 9,519.52 Government required retirement fund 1,88,393 2,297.48 2,116.78 Government required medical insurance 5,59,816 6,827.02 [...]

KHEL Annual Report 2022

Stomya Persaud2023-02-09T10:48:59-05:00February 9, 2023|Comments Off on KHEL Annual Report 2022

KHEL ANNUAL REPORT 2022 KINDNESS Use of Funds: KHEL has 24 employees and 4 professional consultants. We support 288 children from preschool through 8th grade with free and fee-subsidized tuition. The average tuition paid by parents per child is INR1,500 per year (US$18.14/€16.93). Most parents don’t pay anything. Staff Events: Bhagwat was promoted to LDA Manager, Ankita resigned to get married, Varun got married, and Pragya and Suman joined LDA as teachers. Renovations, Repairs, Required [...]