A new school bag, and the smile that followed
Field notes from this year's back-to-school drive — and why the smallest gestures often matter the most.
Hi, I’m Ajay Choudhary. For over fifteen years I’ve organised education support, health camps, cleanliness drives and relief work for the people of Kathua — because small acts, done together, build a kinder district.
Every programme I run is built on trust earned the hard way — by showing up, every time, for the people who need it most.
School kits, tuition support and stationery for children who cannot afford them.
Learn more →Free medical check-up camps, blood donation drives and winter relief in Kathua villages.
Learn more →Swachhata drives along the Ravi, clean-water awareness and tree plantation drives.
Learn more →Monthly ration, clothing and companionship for families often left unseen.
Learn more →Honest, first-person notes from camps, drives and homes — written as they happen.
Field notes from this year's back-to-school drive — and why the smallest gestures often matter the most.
What a free check-up camp looks like from the inside — the queues, the volunteers, the doctor with 200 kids in front of him, and the cases that stay with you.
Photographs can't show the smell or the sweat, but they show the change — students, shopkeepers and volunteers making the riverbank a place to be proud of again.
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”
— A principle I live by, in Kathua and beyond
Whether you can volunteer a day, donate a kit, or simply share a post — there is a place for you in this work.