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Sense Of Nature Foundation

From a Hillside
Conversation— Our Story

How ordinary people from Uttarakhand built a registered Section 8 foundation to protect nature, educate children, heal communities, and empower women.

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We didn't wait for someone else to save Uttarakhand's forests.
We decided we were the someone else.

— Founding Team · Sense Of Nature Foundation

Sense Of Nature — Our Story 🌲
2022
Founded
Where It Began

A Conversation That Changed Everything

It started not in an office, but on a hillside in Uttarakhand — where a small group looked at shrinking forests, struggling schools, and unreached villages and asked: why is no one doing anything about this?

Sense Of Nature Foundation was incorporated under Section 8 of the Companies Act 2013 — not for profit, not for prestige, but for purpose. Our Memorandum of Association (Form INC-13) formally defines six core objectives that guide every program we run.

The People Behind It

Eight Dreamers, One Mission

They came from different backgrounds — a forester, a schoolteacher, a doctor, a woman entrepreneur. What united them was not profession but purpose: the unwillingness to let Uttarakhand's forests and communities fade into silence.

Environment Lead 🌲
Environment Lead
Aryan Negi
"I grew up climbing these trees. Watching them disappear felt like losing family. This foundation is my way of saying — not on my watch."
Medical Lead 🏥
Medical Lead
Dr. Dinesh Pandey
"Healthcare is a right. In rural Uttarakhand, I saw what happens when it's treated as a luxury. I came here to change that."
Women's Lead 👩‍🌾
Women's Lead
Kamla Devi
"I was a beneficiary before I became a builder. That path — from receiving to giving — is what this foundation is truly about."
What We Stand For

Our Core Values

Every decision we make flows from these six principles — planted at our founding, growing every day.

🌱01
Rootedness

We are of Uttarakhand, not merely in it. Every program is designed by and for the communities we serve.

🏔️ Local First
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Transparency

Every rupee is tracked. Accounts are audited annually by qualified auditors as mandated by our MoA.

📊 Fully Audited
🤝03
Community

We don't work for communities — we work with them. Their voices shape our strategy and priorities.

👥 People-led
🌿Our Core
🌿04
Sustainability

Short-term fixes don't interest us. Every initiative is designed for lasting impact across generations.

♻️ Long-term
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Equity

We reach the unreached — rural, tribal, elderly, disabled. Those furthest from help are closest to our mission.

🏘️ Inclusion
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Evidence

We measure what we do. Every program has defined outcomes, tracked beneficiaries, and reported results.

📈 Data-driven
💡
Value 06
Courage to Begin

We started with no budget, no office, and no guarantee. We believe the hardest step is the first — and the second is simply showing up again tomorrow. This is the value that made all others possible.

 The foundation of all
The Chapters

Three Years of Growing

Every year added a new dimension to our work — and proved that small beginnings lead to extraordinary outcomes.

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2022
The Year We Dared to Start

Sense Of Nature Foundation was formally registered. Our founding team met in Pauri Garhwal and drafted our first program plan. We planted our first 1,000 trees. We held our first health camp. We made our first scholarship disbursement.

1,000+
Trees Planted
3
Programs Launched
2023
The Year We Scaled

Our scholarship programme reached 200+ students. Health camps expanded to 50+ in a single year. We opened our first women's vocational training centre in Almora — 30 women completed the first batch.

200+
Students
50+
Health Camps
2024–25
The Year of Depth

We stopped counting only beneficiaries and started measuring transformation. 15+ small businesses launched by women graduates. Wildlife corridors created. 247 donors. 5,000 lives touched.

5,000+
Lives Touched
247
Donors

Numbers That Matter

Three years. Six programs. One unwavering commitment.

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Trees Planted
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Students Supported
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Patients Treated
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Women Trained
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"This foundation was built on the belief that ordinary people, given a structure and a purpose, can do extraordinary things for the land and the people they love."

Aryan Negi
Co-Founder · Environment
Dr. Dinesh Pandey
Co-Founder · Medical
Kamla Devi
Co-Founder · Women
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