Empower Neurodivergent Adults In India to Live, Learn & Earn

Meet Rita
At 24, Rita is smart, determined, and a hard worker. Speaking to strangers used to overwhelm her, causing her to freeze up. Like many neurodivergent adults, Rita didn’t lack talent; she just lacked an inclusive environment that recognized her unique strengths. After training at Café Arpan, Yash Charitable Trust's own café and with tailored, step-by-step support, Rita is now thriving in her very first paid internship. She is living proof that with the right community, true independence is possible.

The Barriers
Stories like Rita’s are far too rare. Across India, neurodivergent adults face invisible barriers to employment, community connection, and independent living. Not because of a lack of ability but a lack of pathways built to include them. Without tailored resources and inclusive workplaces, immense talent goes unrealized and capable individuals are left isolated and behind.

Our Approach: An Inclusive Pathway
Since 2014, Yash Charitable Trust has worked to help neurodivergent adults build the capability to live independently, the livelihood to sustain themselves with dignity, and a place in a community ready to include them. Our Employability Skills Development Program (ESDP) trains neurodivergent adults for real, paid work, and our Adult Support Kendra (ASK) provides the counselling, therapies, and holistic support that makes that work sustainable. At the same time, we prepare families, employers, and society to open the door, so that independence, income, and belonging grow together.

Your support helps us grow this pathway.

Our $50,000 fundraising goal will directly fund: 

•        Job Readiness: Tailored vocational training and structured internship programs through ESDP.
•       Placement Support: Dedicated job placement and ongoing workplace transition coaching.
•        Life Skills: Hands-on training in budgeting, cooking, commuting, and daily independent living.
•        Social Well-being: Counselling, peer connection clubs, and specialized mental health support through ASK to fight isolation, along with community sensitization sessions that prepare families and employers to include neurodivergent adults, not just accommodate them.    

 Why a US Gift Matters Here

Yash Charitable Trust is a registered Indian public trust (Bombay Public Trust Act, 1950) and is FCRA-registered to receive foreign contributions. Through our partnership with Myriad USA, US donors can support this work with confidence that funds reach India and are used exactly as intended. Domestic funding for adult neurodivergent services in India remains scarce. Your gift helps build real pathways to independence, employment, and dignity—where they're needed most.

What Your Donation Supports:
• $100 funds a community social connection event- building lifelong friendships and peer networks to reduce isolation    
• $250 provides one week of intensive, tailored independent life-skills training.
• $500 fully sponsors a local, supportive internship placement like the one that gave Rita her first job. 

Every dollar helps write a different future. One where neurodivergent adults work, belong, and thrive on their own terms. Not because they need to be included as an afterthought, but because they have real value to add, given the chance.

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