From the parched land of Beed, which finds its name in the hundred most backward districts of India, comes a heartwarming story of an activist. Santosh Garje, who at the age of 18, single-handedly set up the Aai Foundation and an orphanage Balgram, in the hope of providing shelter to destitute children in a small village called Govindwadi, in Beed district. Garje, now 29 years old, has managed to acquire a three-acre campus in Shivaji Nagar, Georai. He is currently able to provide free shelter and private school education to 40 students.

Children at the Balgram orphanage in Govindwadi, Beed district