Director’s Desk
Celebrating 20 Years of Community Transformation
Dear Friends, Partners, Staff and Stakeholders,
On 7 January 2026, Shalom Global Foundation (SGF) completes two decades of service and steps into a new decade of mission. We thank God for His faithfulness and for every person who has journeyed with us in prayer, partnership and commitment.
Our Beginnings
The vision of SGF was birthed in a modest 10 × 10 ft. drawing room during a family conversation in December 2004. What began as a simple discussion soon unfolded into a divine calling — a whisper of God’s purpose that became a mission to transform lives. SGF was formally registered on 7 January 2005. Soon after, a small group of family and friends gathered at the foothills of a mountain, prayed together and dedicated ourselves to a God-given vision: to transform communities through capacity building, fostering self-reliance and resilience.
Our Journey of Growth and Expansion
Our work began with tuition centres, self‑help groups, support for widows, family counselling, legal aid, and youth training — initiatives that first took root in South India. During the initial three years, these community‑based programs laid a strong foundation of trust and transformation. As the vision grew, we extended our reach to North India, broadening our impact and deepening our commitment to holistic development. This expansion enabled us to serve diverse communities with greater breadth and resilience, while remaining true to our calling of empowering the underserved.
In time, our services in North India grew to include structured systems in finance, compliance, and governance, along with professional accounting and financial management support for grassroots organisations. This phase of growth was marked not only by strengthening our core interventions but also by equipping partner organisations with the tools and systems needed to operate with accountability and transparency. Delivered with professional rigor, these services empowered grassroots leaders to sustain and scale their missions, building resilience and ensuring long‑term impact.
Today, SGF stands as a multi‑state development organisation, serving some of the most underserved and remote communities across India. What began as a small initiative has grown into a movement of hope and transformation, touching lives and building resilience where it is needed most.
Our Reach and Impact (2005–2025)
- 12 States served through community‑led development initiatives
- 110,000+ people gained access to safe drinking water
- 1,500+ hand pumps installed across Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and Odisha
- 200+ communities (over 3,000 families) engaged in savings, livelihoods, and rural enterprise development
For two decades, these milestones reflect more than numbers — they represent lives transformed, dignity restored, women empowered with time and opportunity, families building secure futures and communities strengthened to walk together in resilience and hope.
Key Areas of Intervention
- Safe Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH): Improved health outcomes and hygiene practices in villages where women once walked long distances for unsafe water.
- Livelihoods & Economic Resilience: Strengthened household incomes through self-help groups, savings, tailoring centres, skill development and rural enterprises—reducing distress migration.
- Youth Skill Development & Employment: Equipped rural youth with computer skills, accountancy and office management, enabling placements in NGOs and local institutions.
- Child Care & Community Protection: Operated a day-care centre in an elephant-affected region of Jharkhand, ensuring safety and early care for children while enabling parents to sustain livelihoods.
- Capacity Building of Grassroots Organisations: Designed and delivered the Management Improvement Program (MIP) to strengthen governance, compliance, financial systems and policy understanding among grassroots leaders.
Looking Ahead: Partnering for Greater Impact
As we enter this new decade, our focus is on deepening impact, strengthening sustainability and reaching the unreached through accountable, community-owned solutions. We envision establishing community-led institutions and social enterprises such as cooperatives, Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) and agri-business ventures for processing, value addition and supply chain development.
Our guiding tagline for this decade is: “Mazdoor to Malik” — empowering communities to move from dependency to interdependence, becoming agents of support and transformation for others in need.
Gratitude and Invitation
SGF’s work is possible only because of the generous support of donors, friends, partners, the hard work of our staff team, the strategic direction of our board members and the collaboration of government departments. Your partnership enables us to turn resources into safe water, skills into livelihoods and communities into resilient, self-reliant agents of change.
We warmly invite you to continue this journey with us in 2026 — through partnership, collaboration and shared vision.
With gratitude and New Year blessings,
Antony Samy
Executive Director
Shalom Global Foundation