About Us
An Initiative Touch Your Soul (AITYS) was founded by Madhu Chowdhry in 2012. We are an all-volunteer charitable trust that aims to help the underprivileged access a better life.
Poverty is a phenomenon that is complexly woven into the socio-economic fabric in Uttarakhand. Our goal is to provide education sponsorship for children, infrastructure support for schools, and free medical camps for villagers.
Since its inception,
AITYS has conducted 68 medical camps across 337 villages, treated more than 15788 people in the region
(no medical camps were conducted in 2020-2021 due to the Covid-19 Pandemic) and completed 5,160
annual education sponsorships for students.
Our work is primarily focussed in the area of Pauri Garhwal of Uttarakhand State. The
epicentre is in the region between Devprayag and Pauri. At present, AITYS today supports 40% of higher secondary
schools in this region.
Vision
Mission
Ms. Madhu Chowdhry, a J.J. School of Art graduate who has lived in both the US and India, first visited Uttarakhand in 2008. What she witnessed there profoundly changed her life. The remote mountain villages were home to some of the most underserved communities in the country; children walking miles to school without basic facilities, families without access to healthcare, and entire communities limited simply by the distance from major towns and resources.
Passionate and deeply committed, Ms. Chowdhry remains involved in every aspect of AITYS’s work from fundraising and planning to multiple field visits ensuring that every project is executed with care, transparency, and integrity.
Over the years, volunteers from diverse backgrounds have joined her, strengthening AITYS’s culture of compassion, service, and community partnership. Guided by humility and sincerity, Madhu often sums up her philosophy in simple words:
“Someone helped me get somewhere in life; now it’s my turn to do the same for others.”
- To Promote the completion of secondary education for all school children.
- To upgrade school infrastructure with modern amenities and help bridge the gap between urban and rural education opportunities
- Providing sanitary pads and essential undergarments to students to support basic health and hygiene.
- To help students access higher education and undergraduate programs through vocational training and education.
Progress Snapshot
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Villages reached
Located partly in the Gangetic plain and partly in the northern Himalayas, Pauri Garhwal district encompasses an area of 5,230 square kilometers in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India. Our work is centred in Pauri Garhwal and extends to Haridwar and Uttarkashi.
Media Coverage
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