SAVE-UK was registered in 1994 by the members of the Indian Diaspora settled in the UK as a non political, non religious, voluntary, charitable organization with the sole purpose of working amongst the poor, particularly those who are living below the poverty line, initially in India but ultimately in all the South Asian countries included in the SAARC group, i.e. Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and in Myanmar.
The 27th June 2015 saw the launch of SAVE’s Scottish Government funded (£17,000 per year for three years) project being run by the Centre for Health and Resource Management (CHARM).
SAVE has been funding for four years the operative and logistical costs for children from Kabul, Afghanistan suffering from congenital heart disease.
WTMY is an NGO established by an Australian couple in Kathmandu, provides practical and vocational training support to more than 300 children and young people, who are homeless or on the verge of being homeless.
Violence against women is widespread, particularly related to the dowry system in India. Early marriage, female foeticide, lifelong economic dependance of women, all are related to dowry system.
