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VF1981Varaiya FoundationSince 1981
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A family trust · Mumbai · Since 1981

13,500 children started this school year with new notebooks.

Every June and July, Varaiya Foundation gives free exercise books and school stationery to children in the interior and tribal parts of Gujarat.

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We believe education breaks the cycle of poverty. For a child in a tribal village, it can begin with something as small as a notebook of their own.

For many families in rural and tribal Gujarat, even the cost of exercise books is hard to meet. So every year, at the start of the school year, we take that cost away.

Our work

One promise, kept every June.

Two schoolgirls writing in their exercise books
i.

Every June and July

The distribution happens as the new school year begins, when a child needs books the most.

A girl writing carefully in her notebook
ii.

Exercise books and stationery

Everything is given free of charge, so no family has to choose between books and other needs.

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iii.

Interior and tribal Gujarat

We reach schools in the interior and tribal parts of the state, far from the cities.

Children sitting together on the floor of a village classroom
A village classroom at the start of the school year

The record

From 5,000 children to 13,500.

92,000students reached across ten distributions since 2016

Approximate figures from the trust’s own records. No figure is recorded for 2020.

  1. 20165,000
  2. 20176,000
  3. 20188,000
  4. 20197,000
  5. 2020—
  6. 20217,000
  7. 202210,000
  8. 202312,000
  9. 202412,000
  10. 202511,500
  11. 202613,500

In the classroom

What a new notebook makes possible.

Two boys writing at their desks
A smiling boy
Children raising their hands in class
A boy writing on a slate
A boy studying outdoors

Photographs from the June distribution will go here.

1981The year it began

Our founder

Founded by Late Shri Gopalji Valji Varaiya.

He set up the Foundation in Mumbai in 1981 for educational and medical relief. Today three trustees carry his work forward, and its heart is the yearly gift of notebooks to children in Gujarat.

  • Rajeev VaraiyaTrustee
  • Harsha VaraiyaTrustee
  • Neha GandhiTrustee

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Help us reach more children next June.

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As an individual

Every donation is tax-deductible under Section 133 of the Income-tax Act, 2025 (earlier Section 80G).

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As a company

We are registered for CSR activities (CSR00014995) and will gladly share our 12AB, 80G and CSR papers with your committee.

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Public trustCharity Commissioner, Maharashtra
12ABRegistered 17 February 2026
80GNow Section 133 · registered 17 February 2026
CSRRegistration CSR00014995

With thanks to

  • Chanakya Group of Companies
  • Ansons Group of Companies
  • Sarvottam Polymers Pvt. Ltd.
  • Vaidheesh
  • Bulchi Group of Companies
  • Infinity Interiors

and many individual donors

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Every June, a new school year. Help a child begin it ready.

Your gift becomes exercise books and stationery for a child in Gujarat, given free at the start of the year.

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