Kites Foundation

our Vision

Organisational Goal

Build a unique functional model of the organization that can create scalable social impact in national and international levels.

Community Goal

To channelise the power of productive youth engagement on various fronts to facilitate a ‘Youth-Led development' through community-driven solutions.

our Mission

To incubate and celebrate transformative individual ideas through collective effort to build leaders of tomorrow, capable of responding to the new challenges.
To identify and resolve community-based problems with desirable solutions by joining hands with various stakeholders including industry, academia, civil society and the Government.
To engage in quality knowledge generation through research to facilitate informed actions.
To explore the potential of youth networking within and outside the nation.

Awards & Acknowledgements

to fly boundless, to gift wings to the needy, to brighten the sky with the lights of change, to be the luminary for generations to come.

Best Youth NGO - 2023

𝐊𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐒 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐀 was honoured with Best Youth NGO 2023 in Kerala by Kerala Conclave 2023.

The award was received from T P Sreenivasan (Former Indian Diplomat & Head of the Council for Higher Education)

Munnar VIBGYOR Tourism Project

Award of Appreciation from Honourable Minister of Power, Shri. M. M Mani on completion of Munnar VIBGYOR Tourism Project in the year 2021.

GMI Women in Leadership Award 2021

‘Claire C John’ , conferred with GMI Women in Leadership Award 2021 for contributions made in the social sector.

Eco restoration Idea Contest

Perunthodu-Valiyathodu Eco Restoration Project won ‘CareLa - State level Eco restoration Idea Contest’ by the Sustera Foundation.

Best Upcoming NGO 2021

Best Upcoming NGO for Education and Skill 2021 by Centre for Education Growth and Research, New Delhi.

our Initiatives

TREK FOR A CAUSE!

The urge of youngsters to travel and explore the world can be utilized for a social cause.

Trek for a Cause is an initiative by Kites to promote social volunteering through traveling.
It involves a volunteer call, registration, trekking along with solving a cause.

A youth collective is using its passion for traveling to create a social impact, bring change, and ensure responsible tourism through Trek for a Cause.

Tree of life - there is hope!

KITES India joins hands with Aster DM Healthcare and DQF to launch Tree of Life, a noble initiative for children from underprivileged sections of our society

The project will assure quality healthcare, accessible to children by providing life-saving surgeries and necessary interventional procedures free of cost across Kerala.
To help their families from the vicious cycle of poverty that could arise from mounting medical costs.

Tree of Life caters to Pediatrics Surgeries exclusively for underprivileged children. The initiative secures the beneficiaries advanced treatments and post-operative care.

BOOKFARM!

We intend to rebuild and set up well-functioning libraries across Kerala by collaborating with the Library Council, various NGOs, and reading clubs in the stat

Bookfarm is an initiative to rescue libraries that are struggling for proper funds and maintenance and to build new ones for reviving the passion of reading among all sections.
It is to tackle the divide in the accessibility of libraries and learning opportunities between the privileged and weaker sections.

Book Farm plans to rebuild and set up well-functioning libraries in every district of Kerala in two years.

Munnar VIBGYOR Tourism

Kites Foundation in association with District Administration, Idukki has initiated a Tourism development project in Munnar.

The tourism project was launched by Shri.M.M Mani and Shri.C Ravindranath Honorable Ministers of Power and Education respectively.
Hello Munnar, a progressive web app designed for the ease of information access was also launched in the ceremony.

The project seeks to improve the discoverability of Munnar by providing necessary route based informations to the tourists. For an enhanced tourism experience, Seven routes have been identified in Munnar which are aptly described by the seven rainbow colours, The VIBGYOR.

Umeed - Hands of hope

Amidst covid 19 pandemic kites Foundation initiated project meet encouraging people to donate towards the educational support of children.

Umeed lends a helping hand for the underprivileged children to fulfill the need for a better education.
Around a thousand children from 10 states were benefited from project Umeed.

Kites Foundation has undertaken the initiative to fulfill the dreams and hopes of underprivileged children

Summer Pots - Feed the voiceless !

The searing heat due to harsh summers is making the lives of these innocent creatures more vulnerable.

The Summer Pots campaign is a Kites Initiative to protect animals from summer strokes.
It involves placing a pot of water in our surroundings. The campaign witnessed a participation of more than a thousand people across India and abroad.

Kites Foundation has undertaken this initiative so as to make sure that these voiceless animals stay hydrated.

Sumedha - Library and Reading Room

The objective of Sumedha, our higher education Project is to expose participating individuals to better higher education possibilities.

An open, full-fledged and integrated reading room facility was opened in Kerala for students who are preparing for Competitive Exams.
It was inaugurated by Honourable Minister for Education, Kerala Shri. C. Raveendranath.

Kites foundation believe that socio-economic background of a student must not be a barrier for their career.

We Reached !

Our Presence

Assam
Delhi
Goa
Haryana
Jammu & Kashmir
Karnataka
Kerala
Maharashtra
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Utharakhand
Uttar Pradesh
West Bengal

our Campaigns

Campaigns of Kites serve to reinforce our ideas and aspirations for the community. Here are some of our live campaigns with the participation of masses through volunteerism.

Out of the BOX

A creativity enhancement programme to bring happiness and perspective building in children through film making workshops and similar engaging tools. The campaign helps in exploring the limitless potential within each child and brings out the best versions of themselves in their own areas of interest.Towards the end of this outcome oriented campaign, the final product of the creativity workshop will be presented by children which will be a manifestation of their team spirit and togetherness.

Smile

To protect ourselves and others from COVID-19, face coverings serve as an essential commodity. SMILE is a nation-wide campaign running successfully to procure and distribute masks. Our team has pledged to distribute 1 million reusable cloth masks and disposable masks for the needy across India. Along the way, we plan to provide employment to many in need of it too. The programme also aims at helping less privileged communities that have no access to sanitary face masks in this crisis times.

Path Finder

A comprehensive, developmental program designed to assist individuals in making and implementing informed educational and occupational choices. A career guidance and counseling program develops an individual's competencies in self-knowledge, educational and occupational exploration, and career planning. Path Finder will provide students with exceptional support of our career counsellors and will help in a step-by-step plan for their career progression.

Impacts

States

5000+

Volunteers

25+

Projects

384600+

Beneficiaries

500+

Leaders Created

864000+

Volunteering Hours

Glimpses of Towering Together

"So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth."

Latest News

August 25

On a mission to revive libraries

August 10

Project launched to encourage youths to take up farming

June 9

Sumedha Website And Mobile Application Launch by Hon. Chief Minister Sri Pinarayi Vijayan

Featured In

Pinarayi Vijayan

Hon. Chief Minister, Kerala

I am happy to note that the Kites Foundation has organised Rang, a virtual youth festival.
It is heartening that thousands of participants showcased their talents in literature, performing arts and visual arts on a single digital platform. The fact that school and college students as well as seniors participated in this festival echoes the wide acceptance that Rang had.

Adv. V S Sunil Kumar

Hon. Minister for Agriculture, Kerala

I have full faith in the initiative 'Punarjjani' by KITES foundation to be as the name states a revival of the spirit of agriculture within our society. To see well informed youngsters taking up such an initiative is both inspiring and motivating.

A M Ariff MP

Hon. Member of Parliament

Kites Foundation is indeed a youth collective that is immensely driven by the noble tenets of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, which is to stay awake, dream big and achieve it through true hardwork , as he says, "Dream is not that which you see while sleeping it is something that does not let you sleep.”

Hibi Eden MP

Hon. Member of Parliament

It's my immense pleasure to be a part of Voice of India by Kites Foundation, where I believe the young voices of India are heard. I, as a member of parliament from extreme south, gets an opportunity to speak on this platform indeed is the inclusiveness India always has.

Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan MLA

Kottaym Constituency, Kerala

Knowledge becomes valuable, only when we apply it in real-life. Mere theoretical knowledge from books, can neither make a better leader nor a better society. Kites Foundation and its activities are highly effective in building leaders of tomorrow as it brings knowledge acquired by the youth into practice.

E T Taison Master MLA

Kaipamangalam Constituency, Kerala

In today's world where quality education becomes a privilege and youth are trained to be self centred, it is endearing to see a group of promising youngsters striving for uplifting the society and ensuring and enhancing quality education. My heartfelt wishes for KITES foundation to fly high to the sky and beyond!

H Dineshan IAS

District Collector, Idukki

It is a very unique step for an NGO to take an initiative in studying the problems of a place, and presenting it as a project to the district administration with a goal towards resolving it. Also, it is quite appreciable that Kites has been the lead in every stage of execution of the MUNNAR VIBGYOR TOURISM project, which is an aid for the tourism development of our country.

Medha Patkar

Social Reformer & Activist

You have to take people along , you can't just be yourself and just be career oriented. You have to rise above yourself . You have to be the one with larger society and select the section of population who needs you , your contribution , your support and commitment.