KOSHISH is a grassroots non-profit working with children, adolescents, women and vulnerable communities across Jammu & Kashmir — in education, health, protection, inclusion, humanitarian response and sustainable development.
Community Learning Centre — Enrolment Drive
KOSHISH is a grassroots non-profit organization established in 2006, registered as a trust committed to improving the lives of vulnerable and marginalized communities. Through community participation, partnerships, and innovative programmes, we work to ensure that every individual has the opportunity to learn, grow, stay healthy, and live with dignity.
Integrated initiatives running across 10 districts in Jammu & Kashmir.
Learning Today, Leading Tomorrow
Every Child Deserves Safety, Care and Opportunity
Empowering Young People to Shape Their Future
Promoting Healthier Communities
Healthy Communities Begin with Safe Water and Good Hygiene
Advancing Equality and Inclusion
15,656+
Children Reached
2,655+
Adolescents Engaged
117+
Communities Covered
242+
Teachers Trained
10+
Districts Reached
We believe lasting change happens when communities are empowered to lead their own development. Our work is guided by participation, inclusion, accountability, collaboration, and evidence-based action.
Communities identify the problem and shape the response. Village Development Committees and local child protection committees hold real decision-making power rather than advisory status.
Programmes are built to reach the children most easily missed — girls, children with disabilities, out-of-school children, and families at the margins of existing services.
We work with government schools, health institutions and departments to strengthen what already exists, so improvements outlast any single project cycle.
Baseline and endline assessments, community surveys and learning assessments tell us what changed. Research feeds advocacy, and advocacy carries community voices into policy.
Teachers, peer leaders, volunteers and community institutions are trained so that the capability to continue the work stays in the community when a programme ends.
Social accountability practices, documentation and public review keep us answerable to the communities we work with, not only to the people funding the work.
We envision communities where every child is protected, every adolescent is empowered, every woman is respected, and every family has the opportunity to live a healthy and dignified life.
Read stories of resilience, community action, and field initiatives across Kashmir.
KOSHISH teams conducted village-level enrolment drives across rural districts, engaging parents and local councils to ensure every child gets quality schooling.
Open-air and indoor community spaces equipped with learning kits enable peer interaction and foundational literacy for young learners.
Young boys and girls train as peer leaders to raise awareness on child safety, hygiene, and community rights across ten districts of Jammu & Kashmir.
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Every contribution directly fuels learning centres, enrolment drives, and child protection programmes across 10 districts in Jammu & Kashmir.
Write to us at info@koshish.org.in for direct bank transfer details.