Deep Jyoti Charitable Trust - New Delhi

In English, ‘Deep Jyoti’ translates to ‘ray of light’, and as such, DJCT aims to be a ray of light for those who need us most.Our objective is to improve the quality of life of the underprivileged and marginalized people in society. DJCT is a Non-Governmental and non-profit organization, registered under the Indian Trust registration Act of 1882, which works on a no profit, no loss basis.

We started out in 2010 as just a group of likeminded individuals with varied backgrounds in education, health care, environmental protection, rural development, unorganized worker’s welfare, and women’s empowerment. We were a group of community activists who were concerned with the number of children we saw going to work with their parents everyday instead of attending school. We banded together and took the first steps towards establishing DJCT by surveying parents in the community of Sukhpur (located in the Supaul District of Bihar). We wanted to find out how many children were not attending school, the reasons why they weren’t attending, and the feasibility of getting these children into an education program. Soon after, DJCT was founded with the intention of providing education, life skills training, and supplementary nutrition programs for needy children and their families.

We are located in the rural village of Sukhpur, in the Supaul District of Bihar,India.Our initial goal was to provide non-formal education to the disadvantaged children in Sukhpur, and while that undertaking was a success, the community needed help in other areas as well. We soon started working on sanitation improvement, women empowerment, improved nutrition, and vocational training in order to improve their quality of life.Work in some of these areas started because the people in the community asked for our help, and the improvements were necessary in order to improve the health and wellbeing of the community as a whole. Limited funding sources have hampered our efforts somewhat, but we make do with what we have in order to help an impoverished community.