Women Empowerment

The Dalal Family Foundation is committed to helping women with limited resources or who have disabilities. We believe that empowering women brings new energy, ideas, jobs and positive change to their families and communities. If you change a woman's life, she can share her knowledge with her sisters, daughters and friends to become a force for positive change in the community around her.

Jyoti Dalal College of Commerce and Management, Vanita Vishram, Surat, Gujarat

Jyoti Dalal College of Commerce and Management at the Vanita Vishram Women’s University (VVWU) has been set up in the memory of Smt. Jyotiben Pravinchandra Dalal, mother of the founder, Shri Nayan Dalal. The University consisting of four colleges and schools imparts education to more than 4,000 girls in the campus at Surat.

Jyotiben Dalal Disabled Women Empowerment Project, Bhavnagar, India

Disabled women in rural areas face many difficulties when it comes to education, professional training, and earning a livelihood. They are considered a liability to society and live in miserable conditions.

In an effort to improve their precarious conditions, develop confidence and make them economically independent, The Dalal Family Foundation is supporting the Disabled Women Empowerment Project (Jyotiben Dalal Viklang Mahila Sashaktikaran Yojna) under which these women get trained in sewing, beauty parlor treatments and computers. Financing is given to these women for the purchase of sewing machines and beauty parlor kits, thereby making it convenient to start a small business.

The Swarachna School and girls’ hostel – Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh

Swarachna School, situated in  Kaintain village of Sitapur district in Uttar Pradesh, is the first senior secondary school for the surrounding 13 villages. With the collective efforts of Milaan and the community, the school provides holistic and value-based education to children with an emphasis on girls’ empowerment and education.

Girls on The Run of Central Jersey

Girls on the Run offers fun, evidence-based programs that inspire all girls to build their confidence, kindness and decision-making skills. The program culminates with a 5K race. Our eight-year partnership has made a major impact – we have been able to provide scholarships to more than 300 girls in Camden, Middlesex and Somerset counties, thereby affording opportunities for girls in low-income communities to participate in the program.

Ayati Charity

Ayati’s charity mission is to educate girls in rural India about optimal hygiene practices and to provide the proper materials to help them lead better lives through the Girl Icon program. The foundation has supported the Ayati Charity since their inception 10 years ago and has impacted a few hundred girls in villages of North Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Members of the Dalal family (Foundation CEO Nayan’s daughter Anushka and wife Bindu) visited a few villages of north India and experienced the impact of the Girl Icon program.