Borderless World Foundation

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Borderless World Foundation
Formation2002 (2002)
FounderBipin Takwale, Yogesh Pawar, Satish Kandhare, Adhik Kadam, Bharti Mamani, Gaurav Kaul, Tanvir Mir
Founded at Pune, Maharashtra
TypeThe Societies Registration Act, 1860, 80G, non-profit organization
PurposeProviding Human Touch To The Border Areas
Headquarters Pune, Srinagar
Location
Region
India
ServicesGirls Education, Emergency Medicines, Women Empowerment, Orphanages,
President
Adhik Kadam
Founder, Director
 Adhik Kadam
Vice President
Yogesh Pawar
Secretary
Gaurav Kaul
Key people
Nitin Upadhye, Shahnawaz Sheikh Zahoor, Nighat Qureshi, Manisha Palaskar Suhail Masoodi, Jaywant Nigade, Dushyant Ashtekar
Staff
30
Volunteers
500+
Website www.borderlessworldfoundation.org

Borderless World Foundation (BWF) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization registered under India's Societies Registration Act, 1860. Working in Jammu and Kashmir, along the conflict-riven border region in between India, Pakistan & China, BWF has rescued hundreds of girls [1] orphaned in the conflict along the India-Pakistan border. BWF carries out a variety of activities, including disaster relief and emergency medical support for the community and rescuing children left orphaned by the ongoing conflict. [2] [3]

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History

BWF was founded in 2002 by Adhik Kadam and Bharati Mamani in Pune, India.

Programs

BWF works in education , health care, emergency medicine, and women's empowerment. [4] The organization runs four homes for girls who have lost their parents in the armed conflict in Kashmir Valley, during Kargil War and 2005 Kashmir earthquake. BWF support girls' education, vocational training and mentoring for the purposeful life. [5]

Awards and recognition

In 2010, BWF was presented the Harmony Foundation's "Mother Teresa Award" in the field of Social Justice and Peace by the Dalai Lama. [25] Adhik Kadam and BWF were recognized in 2016 for their work by Indians for Collective Action. [26]

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