MUMBAI · INDIA · EST. 2020

We Empower You.
You Empower Two.

The original WEY promise: empower one person, build their agency, and let that impact travel through the community.

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We Empower YouYou Empower Two.
2020Foundation established
5Connected focus areas
4Regions documented online
HUNGER HEALTH HYGIENE HOMES EDUCATION COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

REGISTERED FOUNDATIONCIN publicly stated

DIRECT CONVERSATIONConnect with the founder

GROUND-LED ACTIONNeeds observed locally

INTERACTIVE FIELD VIEW

Five needs.
One connected community.

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Community scenes representing hunger, health, hygiene, homes and education
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Hunger

Food and ration support that helps families navigate urgent periods with dignity.

A visual interpretation of empowerment multiplying through a communityTHE EMPOWERMENT RIPPLE

WHY WEY

WEY means
We Empower You.

WEY began with one clear belief: every person can grow—and help another person grow in the process. Empowerment becomes lasting when opportunity turns into local leadership.

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THE WEY PROMISE

Empowerment is not a hand-off.
It is a multiplier.

Select each step to explore how the original WEY promise moves from individual opportunity to community-led change.

WEY

Change begins with listening to what people and communities actually need.

01 / WHY WEY

Change becomes lasting when it travels through people.

WEY stands for We Empower You. The Foundation’s model is built on a simple progression: create opportunity, recognise ability, close skill gaps and support each person to empower others in their community.

Its programmes bring this idea to life across five connected priorities—hunger, health, hygiene, homes and education—with action informed by needs observed on the ground.

OUR DIRECTION

Local ability.
Lasting leadership.

MISSION

Find potential close to the ground.

Identify local talent, bridge skill gaps and support people to become ambassadors of development within their own communities.

VISION

Self-sustaining communities.

A cleaner, healthier and better-educated society where people have the confidence and opportunity to lead change.

COLLABORATION

Progress works in partnership.

WEY’s previously published network includes Live to Give India, Rotary International and Habitat for Humanity.

02 / WHAT WE WORK ON

Five priorities.
One connected mission.

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Hunger

Rapid-response food and ration support for vulnerable families and communities.

02

Health

Medical assistance, health camps and access support for families facing urgent needs.

03

Hygiene

Community awareness, cleaning initiatives and essentials that improve everyday wellbeing.

04

Homes

Sustainable community-development thinking, including WEY’s planned Smart Village model.

05

Education

School support, learning opportunities and essentials that help children stay engaged.

03 / WORK DOCUMENTED ONLINE

MAHARASHTRA

451 students supported in Nashik

Sweater and footwear distribution documented for students at a Zilla Parishad school in Gowardhan village.

Education · Essentials
MUMBAI & RATNAGIRI

Community response during Covid

Ration support, medical needs, field assistance and participation in the setup of three free Covid hospitals in Ratnagiri.

Hunger · Health
SAHARSA, BIHAR

Water access for farmers

Hand pumps installed to improve access to clean water and reduce the time and effort required during field work.

Water · Livelihood
GUJARAT

Smart Village vision

A planned model connecting housing, livelihood, schooling and sustainable community development for nomadic communities.

Homes · Opportunity

Project descriptions are based on WEY Foundation’s previously published material. Current status and verified impact figures should be confirmed by the Foundation before fundraising use.

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THE JOURNEY
BEHIND WEY

04 / FOUNDER STORY

From immediate relief to systems of empowerment.

Shirin Udhas Aggarwal

Founder Director · Social Entrepreneur

Shirin formalised WEY after extensive field work during the Covid lockdown. Previously published accounts describe support ranging from ration assistance and medical response to community camps, police-station outreach and longer-term village-development planning.

Her approach is practical and people-led: listen first, reach the ground quickly, and build the confidence and capability that allow communities to move forward together.

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05 / COMMUNITY VOICES

Trust, described
by the people around WEY.

“Committed to every cause it takes up—and honest and transparent in the work.”

Sheela Darbar · Public review, 2022

“Their dealings are transparent and donors are kept informed at every stage.”

Naresh Karmalker · Public review, 2022

“Helping lost children, providing essentials, or supporting medical treatment—you name it, the team does it.”

Vishal Sharma · Public review, 2022

06 / TAKE PART

Your next step can
start someone else’s.

VOLUNTEER

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CSR & PARTNERSHIPS

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