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Every June and July
The distribution happens as the new school year begins, when a child needs books the most.
A family trust 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.
- 92,000students since 2016
- 45 yearssince 1981
- Freealways
Since 1981a family trust
Small things 
keep children 
in school.
We believe education breaks the cycle of poverty. For many families in rural and tribal Gujarat, even the cost of exercise books is hard to meet. So every year, as school begins, we take that cost away.
Our work
One promise, kept every June.
Simple on purpose: the same gift, to the same kind of school, at the moment it matters most.
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Books and stationery, free
Exercise books and school stationery, given free of charge to every child we reach.
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Interior and tribal Gujarat
We reach schools in the interior and tribal parts of the state, far from the cities.
The record
From 5,000 children to 13,500.
- 92,000students across ten distributions
- 2.7×more children than in 2016
Approximate figures from the trust’s own records. No figure is recorded for 2020.
Why a kite?
Paper that rises.
Every January, Gujarat’s sky fills with paper kites. Every June, its classrooms fill with paper notebooks. Our mark joins the two: a patang, made of paper, built to rise. Look again and its lower half is a V, for Varaiya.
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
Give
Help us reach more children next June.
As an individual
Every donation is tax-deductible under Section 133 of the Income-tax Act, 2025 (earlier Section 80G).
DonateAs a company
We are registered for CSR activities (CSR00014995) and will gladly share our 12AB, 80G and CSR papers with your committee.
Talk to us about CSR- Public charitable trust, Charity Commissioner, Maharashtra
- 12AB registered
- 80G (now Section 133)
- 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
Help a child rise this June.
Your gift becomes exercise books and stationery for a child in Gujarat, given free at the start of the school year.
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