A non-profit organization founded in 2015

The Small Wish International Foundation, commonly known as smallwish.org, is a non-profit organization founded in India in 2015 by Arif Lemani. The organization was established with the initial goal of addressing pressing social and economic challenges in India, including poverty, inequality, unemployment, and limited access to quality education.

11 Years of Work and 9+ Ongoing Projects in India

We have worked at the grassroots level in some of the most challenging environments in Northeast India. We provided quality education to 372 children. We delivered social entrepreneurship skills training to 192 students, more than 50% of whom were women. We also revived habitats by planting 442 trees using the Miyawaki method to restore green cover and conducted cleanup drives that removed 122kgs of trash, plastic, and debris from lakes, and wetlands, helping to protect the environment and wildlife.

16,000+ Hours invested in Policy Research

We invested 16,000+ hours in policy research in the first four years to help Govt. formulate policies and develop grassroots models that responded to the cultural, economic, and environmental realities of developing countries.

Ran Pilot Projects at One-Third the Cost

We implemented a series of pilot projects using our grassroots models and approach. These projects achieved their project outcomes at approximately one-third of the cost of conventional development programs.

We Deliver Projects at Scale, Cost-Effectively

We invested years in building the systems and processes needed to deliver projects at scale while keeping costs low. We worked on optimising processes, refining workflows, and integrating AI to handle data-heavy tasks and large volumes of information. We have digitised 95% of our work processes, with daily operations now running on the cloud, allowing us to track operations across multiple locations and monitor impact in real time.