{"id":3385,"date":"2020-12-04T09:29:45","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T09:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/doerlife.com\/?p=3171"},"modified":"2020-12-04T10:20:43","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T10:20:43","slug":"make-a-difference-mad-top-ngo-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebglory.com\/doerlife.com\/make-a-difference-mad-top-ngo-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Make A Difference (MAD) \u2013 Top NGO in India"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

India has over 35 million children who need care and protection. It may sound like a herculean task to offer any help to them but 6 visionaries from Cochin, Kerala stepped forward in 2006 to transform outcomes for these children. Jithin Nedumala, Sujith Varkey, Kavin KK, Santosh Babu, Jithin John, and Varghese Gloria Benny laid the foundation for the NGO Make A Difference (MAD) a Guide Star India Certified foundation. Today the NGO works in 60 shelters spread over 23 cities across India to provide better futures for 3500 children. It is one of India’s largest millennial-driven, non-profit organizations<\/a> working to transform outcomes for children in need of care and protection. The NGO\u2019s work has been recognized by none other than Michelle Obama and Google.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The MAD model and values<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The operating model is almost entirely volunteer driven with an overall workforce size of 4000 in a flat, distributed structure that runs on virtual infrastructure. Today MAD has 4,250 volunteers who strongly believe they can contribute to building a community around the children to change their future. MAD\u2019s model is based on three values, which are,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Cause above self<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Leadership through ownership<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Sense of family<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 2006, Jithin, Sujith, and Kavin started to ask friends in Cochin if they could volunteer to teach children. 20 persons who would \u2018Make A Difference\u2019 signed up and the story began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MAD\u2019s idea was to lend a hand to all children in shelters across India so that they can realize equitable outcomes at par with any other middle-class child. By mobilizing the community, empowering the child, enabling the sector, and changing the ecosystem the NGO decided to work with children in an age-transitional way, from young childhood into adulthood, from ages 10 to 28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From 2006 to 2010, the volunteers grew exponentially and so did the NGO\u2019s initiatives. After that Make A Difference, decided to hire a full-time workforce in Bangalore to provide strategic and operational support for city teams around the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2010, Michelle Obama chose Make A Difference to be one of the four non-profit NGO\u2019s she visited on her trip to India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Children in Need of Care and Protection (CNCP)<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The following are some of the Vulnerable Groups that comprise the CNCP whom MAD Care for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n