About us – Connecting Dreams Foundation – SRCC
Connecting-Dreams Foundation SRCC (CDF) is a non-profit foundation registered and licensed under section 8 of the Companies Act, 1956, Government of India, which creates social entrepreneurship models and empowers underprivileged women. CDF-SRCC is a student-based initiative committed to initiating the development of rural India.
CDF-SRCC is a branch of the umbrella organization- ‘Connecting Dreams Foundation’, which has been functional since 2014 in the college and has contributed to elevating numerous lives. Our team, having 60 dedicated and enthusiastic individuals, are quite willing to create an impact in society. It has been ranked the number 1 college chapter in India for the past 6 years.
Moreover, our projects have been represented at numerous national podiums and international platforms such as the United Nations and Hult Prize, and have won numerous prizes. Our initiatives have been recognized and covered by various media platforms such as 104.8 Ishq FM and newspaper reports including the coverage by Hindustan Times, Times of India and others.
Cabinet Members of Connecting Dreams Foundation – SRCC
| Designation | Name |
| President | Aniket Jhunjhunwala |
| President | Sachi Jagwan |
| Organizational Development Director | Kritika Bharti |
| Organizational Development Director | Anshika Shruti |
| Organizational Development Director | Ayush Raj |
| Organizational Development Director | Lisika Agarwal |
| Project Director, Aarogya | Jatin Gulati |
| Project Director, Aarogya | Ishita Bindra |
| Project Director, Aarogya | Shubhra Jain |
| Project Director, Arpan | Latika Agarwal |
| Project Director, Arpan | Sparsh Akar |
| Project Director, Arpan | Khushi Singh |
| Project Director, Rivaayat | Stuti Banka |
| Project Director, Rivaayat | Rohan Punhani |
| Project Director, Rivaayat | Radhika Singhania |
| Project Director, Rivaayat | Venkatesh Modi |
Projects
Project Aarogya
Works in the healthcare sector of the country in order to address the issue of menstrual hygiene and lack of accessibility of sanitary pads in urban slums of Delhi-NCR. After extensive research on this issue, the following 3 problems were found: Unawareness, Unavailability and Unaffordability of proper menstrual hygiene. CDF-SRCC combats this momentous issue by providing good quality sanitary pads at low rates to the underprivileged in urban slums and villages of Delhi-NCR.
3 A’s of Aarogya
- Affordability:
We provide good-quality semi-biodegradable sanitary napkins to the underprivileged at low cost via our Women Entrepreneurs.
- Availability:
Our Women Entrepreneurs go door-to-door to provide the communities with sanitary napkins, hence making it readily available at their doorsteps.
- Awareness:
We make the community aware of basic hygiene practices via community & health camps, street plays, print media & personal interactions.
Project Arpan
About 80 lakh metric tonnes of flowers are disposed of in Ganga every year and when these generous offerings turn into colossal waste, it creates a problem that is severely detrimental to the environment. Esscent by Arpan offers a solution to the said problem.
KEY FEATURES
- Eco-Friendly Solution
Flower-based charcoal-free Incense sticks act as an innovative and Eco-friendly solution to the problems associated with the use of Regular Incense Sticks.
- Generates Livelihood
Project Arpan helps its user group, rural women, to become self-dependent and self-sufficient.
- 3Ps of Arpan
Empowering People, Conserving Planet, Promising Purity
Project Rivaayat
The existence of 20,000 years old art, Terracotta Pottery, is slowly fading away. As we started our project, we realized the community suffered multiple challenges: outdated designs and lack of market access being the biggest of them. In order to revive this dying art form and to improve the plight of these potters, we came up with our model, Rivaayat. Rivaayat is an initiative to revive the art of Terracotta pottery by creating direct market linkages for the potters, thereby eliminating the middlemen while connecting them with professional designers in order to modernize their existing designs.
Uttam Nagar-Largest Potters Colony
The journey began in the lanes of Kumhar colony in Uttam Nagar, the largest potters hub, providing shelter to over 600+ families. During our surveys, we understood the problems of middlemen exploitation, outdated designs and lack of technical knowledge that the artisans were facing. In the new technologically advanced marketing world, most of the artisans were struggling with a lack of demand and recognition. This made us come up with Rivaayat, an initiative by CDF SRCC to revive such art forms that need our help and make the artisans sustainable.
KEY FEATURES
- Reviving
Project Rivaayat aims to revive the livelihood of numerous potters.
- Re-establishing
Project Rivaayat re-establishes the culture of using earthen utensils and decor.
- Re-discovering
Project Rivaayat aims to re-discover the fading art form of pottery.
Project Dream Library
Dream Library is an initiative to set up libraries in schools for underprivileged students who do not have access to even the basic amenities such as books and stationery. To re-establish their faith in their dreams, there is a note at the end of each book where the students who read the book can write their dreams and this note comes back to us. Our aim is to impart the habit of reading and teach the importance of books and reading to the students by not only providing them with Academics-related books but also other fiction and non-fiction books.
KEY FEATURES
Imparting Reading Habit
By providing books ranging from Academic to Fiction and Non-Fiction Genre, Dream Library imparts the very essential habit of reading in students.
Wish Card
The Wish Card attached at the end of each book allows underprivileged students to put forward their dreams and aspirations.
