We did it!

50 staff, volunteers and friends of Dream A Dream travelled to Mumbai to take part in the Mumbai Marathon.

Check out the photo journal below :-)

Together the Dream A Dream team ran in all race categories including the full marathon, half marathon and, of course, the Dream Run (7km leg). In all the team had a wonderful experience raising awareness about Dream A Dream and running as a team.

To-date the team has raised 10 Lakhs for Dream A Dream's programs! Will you help us to get to our overall goal of 15 lakhs?

CLICK HERE to donate online in support of the team, or send your cheque payable to Dream A Dream at: No.73, 1st Floor, Lashker, Hosur Rd, Adugodi, Bangalore 560 030

Thank you for supporting our RUN FOR A DREAM!!

Running for a Dream - Photo Journal

Take a trip with us through our photo journal...and experience the joy of running for a dream!

Dream A Dream was one of many organizations represented at this year's marathon as thousands of runners had chosen to run for a cause...

The Dream A Dream runners participating in the Dream Run (7km leg) finally made it to the starting line after an additional 3km walk from our hostel and slwoly but surely working our way through the crowds....The actual starting line....One of the elite athletes completing the final stretch of the full marathon just as the Dream Run was getting started...A view of the sheet number of people taking part...taken as we completed the route along the waterfront and climbed a flyover to complete the final 2kms...The Dream A Dream Team runners proudly carrying placards to raise awareness about our cause...also thoroughly enjoying themselves!We also sported matching t-shirts...

Runners also got to enjoy entertainment along the way...The Dream Run group finally made it to the finish line...a few hours behind the the many runners who had represented us in the full and half marathons...Planting our dreams in Mumbai.....

We hope you will run with us next year!

Dream A Dream - About Us!

Founded in 1999, Dream A Dream empowers vulnerable children by developing life skills while at the same time sensitizing the community through active volunteering leading to a non-discriminatory society where unique differences are appreciated.

Children at Dream A Dream are deemed vulnerable becuase they may be orphans, former street children and other children from Bangalore slum communities. They are children whose basic needs (such as food, shelter and basic eduction) are being met by Dream A Dream partner NGOs - but who run a high risk of falling back into cycles of poverty or life on the streets.

Through Dream A Dream's life skills programs, including team sports, creative arts, adventure camps and civic awareness, children learn the communication skills, confidence, teamwork, problem-solving and initiative that they need to succeed in overcoming discrimination and other barriers to success.

Dream A Dream is a professional NGO currently reaching out to 1,000 vulnerable children in Bangalore with the support of nearly 700 volunteers.

All Dream A Dream programs are run from a small office in Bangalore with programming and operational decsions amde by a highly experienced management team with oversight from the Board of Trustees. Dream A Dream also has a three-year strategic plan in place which outlines strategies for program scaling, volunteer management and financial sustainability until 2010.

Funding for Dream A Dream's programs comes from a variety of sources including individuals who support donation appeals and annual fundraising events (such as the Mumbai Marathon) as well as from funding institutions incluing Youth Reach and The Global Fund for Children and corpotae partners such as Nortel, Logica and Convergys.

Dream A Dream is accredited by the Credibility Alliance as complying with national accountability, transparency and reporting standards and is also one of only 100 NGOs in India that meet the credibility norms set-up by GiveIndia. Dream A Dream was alos the Regional Winner (small category) at the 2007 NGO Awards hosted by the Resource Alliance and The Nand and Khemka Foundation.