Jeevan Dhara has its inception in one man’s struggle to alleviate the pain and suffering of the poor. Gene D’Silva founder of Jeevan Dhara started his outreach work in 1998 in Asia’s second largest slum community namely Chita Camp, Trombay, Mumbai. For the first two years the goal was to get the HIV +ve patients accepted socially by the community. Identifying the needy by going door to door he provided food ration to 350 widows, school fees for children between the ages of 3 to 6 years of HIV +ve widows and providing medical assistance to the HIV +ve patients. Simultaneously from the 3rd year Balwadis and Study classes were started to help the children cope better with their studies and improve their academic performance. Jeevan Dhara means “Lifeline”. 1998 Jeevan Dhara was started to provide “Lifeline” to a better tomorrow and on 25th may 2005 with its small band of volunteers the operation was registered as a society and public charitable trust. The organization was able to conduct study classes for school going children, adult literacy classes, and vocational training classes. Also we rehabilitate individuals affected by HIV/AID’s and Drugs/Alcohol abusers in at our De-addiction centre. Since then · 1108 children benefitted from the Balwadis (1998-2015) · 8749 children benefitted from the Study classes (1998-2015), · 437 adults benefitted from the adult literacy classes (1998-2006) · 767 teachers and dropouts have benefitted from the capacity building sessions (1998-2015).