Guides

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Why IDF's Youth Camp teaches civic responsibility and votingAcross Bangalore's working-class neighbourhoods, young women are learning to stitch garments, operate screen-printing presses, and run their own tailoring…
A Day of Recognition How IDF's Honours Event Connects Volunteers with Corporate PartnersIn communities across Bangalore and beyond, the work of grassroots nonprofits often goes unseen for years before anyone stops to say thank you. Recognition…
Reworking fashion: How IDF teaches mending and upcyclingIn a long workshop hall on the outskirts of Bangalore, rows of women bend over industrial sewing machines, fingers guiding fabric under steady needles. The…
The healing impact of IDF's screen-printing and art therapy initiativeFor Australian audiences interested in ethical craft, women's empowerment, and creative wellbeing, the work of the India Development Foundation offers a…
Monitoring Progress Inside IDF's Child Education Fund ProgrammeThe India Development Foundation (IDF), a Bangalore-registered nonprofit working with women and children in disadvantaged communities, runs a Child Education…
Bringing young people together: planning rural youth campsFor organisations like the India Development Foundation, a well-run residential camp can be a turning point for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.…
IDF newsletter brings trainee sustainability tips to Australian readersTucked away in Bangalore, the India Development Foundation has spent decades lifting up women through vocational training, yet its quieter project, a community…
How Digital Banking Becomes a Lifeline for Women Trained by IDFWhen the India Development Foundation began placing sewing machines and screen-printing screens in the hands of women from Bangalore's most under-resourced…
A Melbourne Teacher Integrates IDF Trainees into Uniform ProductionIn a leafy suburb east of Melbourne, a primary school teacher named Priya noticed that the replacement uniforms her students wore each year told a quiet story…
How IDF's dress-making program adapts to local market feedbackTucked into the bustling neighbourhoods of Bangalore, the India Development Foundation runs a dress-making program that has trained hundreds of participants in…