Aspire to Inspire

Here’s the thing – children outgrow stuff, almost faster than you can buy them – getting rid of stuff is never as quick as you accumulate.  What doesn’t occur to most people (mainly the ones who can actually read this) is that there’s a huge, huge portion of humanity in our country alone who have none of the comforts or the ease of living that is prevalent in middle-class India today.

The Ashoka Tree, however, exists purely because of this – the ever-widening gap between those of us who ‘have’ clothes, books and toys and those who ‘have-not’.  At The Ashoka Tree, we connect two sides of the multifaceted Indian community to ensure that people who have ‘more than enough’ are willing to donate for others can reach a stage where they could actually ‘have enough’.  We want to connect people who want to help, with those who really need it.

What we really do, is collect donations of ‘gently-used’ or unused clothes, books and toys and distribute them in institutions and homes around rural India where, most often, this is the first set of alternate clothes these children will then own.


We aspire to inspire.  At The Ashoka Tree, we hope our actions ultimately inspire greater reactions across the country.  Whether a part of our team at The Ashoka Tree or just a happy human – let your actions today 'aspire to inspire'.

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