Volunteers, students and guests on stage at the Helping Bihar Foundation Teachers' Honour Ceremony in Saharsa

मानवता, पर्यावरण, शिक्षा, स्वास्थ्य, राष्ट्र और संस्कृति के लिए समर्पित…

Helping Bihar Foundation Trust

Empowering Lives, Building a Better Bihar

जागरूक नागरिक – सशक्त समाज

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Reg. No. 9156/22 80G & 12A Saharsa, Bihar

Ashish Singh, Founder and Chairman of Helping Bihar Foundation

Ashish Singh Founder & Chairman, Helping Bihar Foundation

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परिचय

A Saharsa trust for citizens who show up

Helping Bihar Foundation Trust is a non-profit social organisation in Saharsa. Its own words dedicate the work to humanity, the environment, education, health, the nation and culture.

Registration number 9156/22. Donations are eligible for tax exemption under Section 80G and 12A. Membership is free.

साथ हमारा, विकास तुम्हारा

Children in colourful traditional dress on stage at the 2024 ceremony — Cultural programme, Teachers' Honour Ceremony, Saharsa, 2024.

Vision

To build an aware, empowered and inclusive society where every individual has equal opportunities to grow and contribute towards a better Bihar.

Mission

To work actively in the fields of education, healthcare, social welfare, environment protection and women empowerment for the holistic development of the community through awareness, service and collaboration.

Core values

Integrity
Compassion
Teamwork
Innovation
Commitment
Impact

Ashish Singh, Founder and Chairman of Helping Bihar Foundation, in the foundation polo and black beret

संस्थापक

Meet our founder

Ashish Singh

Founder & Chairman, Helping Bihar Foundation

Ashish Singh is Founder and Chairman of Helping Bihar Foundation Trust in Saharsa. He leads the annual Teachers' Honour Ceremony, road-safety drives with the police, plantation with the Bihar environment department, and winter blanket distribution.

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हमारा काम

Where the work happens

Education, healthcare, social welfare, environment and women's empowerment. The photographs are from the foundation's own programmes.

Children and young people holding certificates on a flower-decorated stage

शिक्षा

Education

The annual Teachers' Honour Ceremony recognises teachers from Bihar and Nepal. Certificates and cultural programmes bring students onto the same stage.

Police officers and Helping Bihar Foundation volunteers planting a sapling under the plantation-drive banner

पर्यावरण

Environment

Plantation drives with the Environment, Forest and Climate Change Department, Government of Bihar, including a Van Mahotsav planting at Saharsa Sadar police station reported in Prabhat Khabar.

Volunteers in white caps offering roses to riders beside traffic police on a Saharsa street

सड़क सुरक्षा जीवन रक्षा

Road safety

On Bihar Diwas and in other drives, volunteers and children ask riders to wear helmets and drivers to use seatbelts — with roses, not fines — alongside Saharsa traffic police.

शिक्षक सम्मान समारोह

Teachers' honour

Held in Saharsa each year. In 2025, 80 teachers from about 10 districts and Nepal were honoured at Dev Resort. In 2026 the gathering drew teachers from about 13 districts and Nepal.

स्वास्थ्य

Healthcare

The foundation supports blood donation, along with its work on the environment and road safety.

समाज और महिला सशक्तिकरण

Social welfare & women

On Makar Sankranti, 15 January 2022, the foundation distributed blankets to people who needed them across urban and rural Saharsa. Women empowerment is a stated focus; girls have also led the street awareness drives.

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शिक्षक सम्मान समारोह

Honouring teachers, every year

Helping Bihar Foundation presents the Teachers' Honour Ceremony in Saharsa. It has been held every year for the past five years.

2023

3 September, Saharsa. Guests were honoured on a stage dressed for शिक्षक सम्मान समारोह.

2024

3 September at Dev Resort. 160 teachers from 4 districts, government and private, were honoured. Founder and Chairman Ashish Singh coordinated the programme.

2025

Sunday 7 September, Dev Resort, Saharsa. 80 teachers from about 10 districts and Nepal. Chief guests included IG Vikas Vaibhav and MLC Dr. Ajay Singh.

2026

Sunday 6 September, Dev Resort, Saharsa. Teachers from about 13 districts — including Saharsa, Madhepura, Supaul and Purnia — and Nepal.

Night photograph of the 2025 ceremony gate in Saharsa

हमारा असर

The work, in numbers

A few figures from the teachers' ceremonies in Saharsa.

160

Teachers honoured in 2024

From 4 districts, at the 3 September 2024 ceremony in Saharsa.

Teachers honoured in 2025

From about 10 districts and Nepal, on 7 September 2025 at Dev Resort.

Districts, plus Nepal, in 2026

About 13 districts, plus Nepal, were represented on 6 September 2026.

चित्र दीर्घा

Gallery

Moments from the teachers' ceremony, plantation drives and road-safety campaigns in Saharsa.

Showing 36 photographs

Large group on the flower-decked stage of the 2025 Teachers' Honour Ceremony — Together on stage, Teachers' Honour Ceremony 2025.

Girls in traditional and mythological costume at the 2024 cultural programme — Folk colours at the 2024 cultural programme. सांस्कृतिक संध्या।

Decorated entrance gate for शिक्षक सम्मान समारोह 2025 — The welcome gate, शिक्षक सम्मान समारोह 2025.

Chief guests lighting the lamp, 2025 — Lighting the lamp. जागरूक नागरिक — सशक्त समाज.

Team and guests posed on stage under the 2024 banner — The team and guests, Teachers' Honour Ceremony 2024.

A full hall of families at the 2024 ceremony — Families fill the hall, 2024.

Young people in yellow shirts holding certificates on stage — Young people with their certificates, 2024.

A girl dancing with a decorated pot at the 2024 ceremony — A folk dance for the teachers, 2024.

A memento being presented beneath a banner that reads Reg. No. 9156/22 and शिक्षक सम्मान समारोह 2024 — Felicitation at the Teachers' Honour Ceremony 2024.

A guest receiving a memento at the 2024 ceremony — A memento for a guest, 2024.

Three men presenting a memento at the 2024 ceremony — Volunteers honour a guest, 2024.

A woman in a saree and a man in a blue kurta holding an award — An award on stage, Teachers' Honour Ceremony 2024.

A line of volunteers jointly presenting a memento — The team presents a memento together, 2024.

Wide view of the 2024 stage, with a volunteer shirt reading Helping Bihar Foundation — The full stage, Teachers' Honour Ceremony 2024.

The anchor speaking into a microphone at the 2024 ceremony — The evening's anchor, 2024.

A young man in a blazer receiving a memento in 2024 — A warm felicitation, शिक्षक सम्मान समारोह 2024.

Two men exchanging a flower bouquet on stage on 3 September 2023 — Teachers' Honour Ceremony, 3 September 2023.

A boy speaking into a microphone on the 2023 stage — A student addresses the hall, 2023.

A man in a green stole honoured with a memento in 2023 — A guest honoured on stage, 2023.

A guest receiving a bouquet on the 2023 stage — A bouquet for a guest, 2023.

Police officers and a volunteer planting a sapling together — Police and volunteers planting together.

A student planting a sapling below the Helping Bihar Foundation banner — A student plants a sapling.

Two men planting a sapling under the plantation banner — Planting under the foundation banner.

Volunteers greeting police officers at the plantation site — With the police at the plantation drive.

Poster for the 22 March 2023 road-safety campaign सड़क सुरक्षा जीवन रक्षा on Bihar Diwas — Road safety on Bihar Diwas. सड़क सुरक्षा, जीवन रक्षा.

Volunteers offering a rose to a rider next to a traffic police officer — A rose, and a reminder to wear a helmet.

Volunteers speaking with riders on a scooter during the awareness drive — A word with riders at the awareness drive.

Young women volunteers in white caps handing roses to motorcyclists — Volunteers greet motorcyclists with roses.

Volunteers gathered around motorcyclists at a Saharsa junction — At a Saharsa junction on Bihar Diwas.

A young rider being offered a rose during the helmet campaign — A rose for a young rider.

A foundation member in a saffron cap — A member in a saffron cap.

A foundation member in an orange saree — A member in an orange saree.

A foundation member in a dark suit — A member in a dark suit.

A foundation member wearing a lanyard — A member with the team lanyard.

मीडिया में

In the news

Hindustan, Prabhat Khabar, Kelanchal Times and others have covered the work. Open a page to read it.

Watch on YouTube

Programmes from the foundation's channel, @helpingbiharfoundation.

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Hindustan clipping about the 2025 Teachers' Honour Ceremony honouring 80 teachers — **सशक्त भारत की नींव को मजबूत करते हैं शिक्षक**Hindustan. Teachers' Honour Ceremony 2025, Saharsa: 80 teachers, including from Nepal. Lamp lit with MLC Dr. Ajay Singh, IG Vikas Vaibhav, PRO Ajit Ranjan and JDU's Nikhil Mandal. Patron Prof. Dr. Renu Singh and Founder and Chairman Ashish Singh welcomed guests. Anchor: Shashi Prabha Jaiswal. Read Hindustan online

Hindustan clipping about teachers to be honoured on 6 September — **शिक्षा में योगदान पर होंगे सम्मानित**Hindustan. A meeting chaired by patron and former principal Dr. Renu Singh set the Teachers' Honour Ceremony for 6 September. Founder and Chairman Ashish Singh, Pandit Tarun Jha and Shashi Bhardwaj were present.

Newspaper clipping dated 3 September 2024 about 160 teachers from four districts being honoured — **4 जिले के 160 शिक्षकों को किया गया सम्मानित**3 September 2024, Dev Resort, Saharsa. About 160 teachers from four districts, government and private, were honoured. Founder and Chairman Ashish Singh coordinated. The report also notes environment, road-safety and blood-donation work.

Kelanchal Times clipping about the core committee planning the 31 August 2025 ceremony — **Kelanchal Times**Core committee meeting chaired by Founder and Chairman Ashish Singh. The ceremony was planned for Sunday 31 August 2025 at Dev Resort, Gangjala. Read Kelanchal Times

Prabhat Khabar clipping of 15 January 2022 about blanket distribution — **है ईश्वर सेवा के सामान: किशोर**Prabhat Khabar, 15 January 2022. On Makar Sankranti, Helping Bihar distributed blankets to people in need in urban and rural Saharsa.

Press clipping of the Makar Sankranti blanket distribution in Saharsa — **Blanket distribution**Another report of the Makar Sankranti blanket drive across Saharsa district, with a blanket chariot flagged off from a college campus.

Prabhat Khabar clipping of 23 March 2022 about a traffic-rules awareness drive — **यातायात के नियमों का करें पालन**Prabhat Khabar, 23 March 2022. At Shankar Chowk and Thana Chowk, members and children appealed for helmets and seatbelts and gave roses and chocolates, with Saharsa traffic police. E-paper

Prabhat Khabar clipping about a plantation drive at Saharsa Sadar police station — **पौधरोपण, पर्यावरण जागरूकता का दिया संदेश**Prabhat Khabar. Plantation at Saharsa Sadar police-station premises during Van Mahotsav, with support from the environment department. Founder and Chairman Ashish Singh took part.

Clipping about a Bihar Diwas road-safety programme, सड़क सुरक्षा जीवन रक्षा — **सड़क सुरक्षा, जीवन रक्षा**Bihar Diwas. Helping Bihar held a road-safety programme. Children appealed to drivers to follow every traffic rule.

Clipping about a Bihar Diwas traffic-awareness drive in Saharsa — **Bihar Diwas traffic awareness**Members and girls stopped riders without helmets and cars without seatbelts at Shankar Chowk and Thana Chowk. Founder and Chairman Ashish Singh honoured the traffic in-charge.

Clipping about a Helping Bihar Foundation core committee meeting at Dev Resort — **कोर कमेटी की बैठक**A meeting at Dev Resort, chaired by Founder and Chairman Ashish Singh, to plan the Teachers' Honour Ceremony. Patron Dr. Renu Singh and co-founder Sri Prabhat Ranjan joined the discussion.

Clipping of the core committee meeting that planned the teachers' ceremony at Dev Resort — **हेल्पिंग बिहार फाउंडेशन की कोर कमेटी की बैठक**The ceremony has been held every year for the past five years. The next one was being planned at Dev Resort, Gangjala.

संस्थापक सदस्य

Our founder members

Ashish Singh, Founder and Chairman, with the patron and the co-founders.

Ashish Singh

Founder & Chairman

Leading with vision, compassion and commitment towards building a better and empowered Bihar.

Dr. Prof. Renu Singh

Patron · संरक्षक

A guiding force and source of inspiration for the foundation's mission and values.

Sri Prabhat Ranjan

Co-founder & Vice President

Supporting strategic initiatives and driving impactful community programs.

Sri Prabhakaran Dev

Co-founder

Dedicated towards strengthening the foundation and expanding its reach in every corner.

Sri Aryan Vatsh

Co-founder

Focused on innovation, youth engagement and creating sustainable change for better tomorrow.

दान

Donate

Membership is free. A donation is optional. Gifts qualify for income-tax relief under Section 80G and 12A.

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Payee name on the QR: Helping Bihar Foundation Trust.

UPI ID
9472107370@okbizaxis

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80G & 12A

Donations are eligible for tax exemption under Section 80G and 12A. A receipt is available on request by WhatsApp or email.

Bank transfer

Account name
Helping Bihar Foundation Trust

Bank
Union Bank of India

Account number
698901010050356

IFSC
UBIN0569895

Foundation poster stating that donations receive income-tax relief under Section 80G and 12A

The poster carries the head office and both email addresses.

सदस्यता · Free

Become a member

Join as a Member (सदस्य) or a Patron (संरक्षक). There is no fee. You receive a registration number, a member ID and a digital card you can save.

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प्रश्न

Questions people ask

How do I join Helping Bihar Foundation?

Open the membership form and choose Member (सदस्य) or Patron (संरक्षक). You will need your name, address, a 10-digit mobile number and an email address. After you submit, the site shows a registration number and a member ID, and sends a welcome email.

Is membership free?

Yes. Both Member and Patron membership of Helping Bihar Foundation Trust are free. A donation is optional and is separate from joining.

Do donations qualify under Section 80G and 12A?

Donations are eligible for tax exemption under Section 80G and 12A. A receipt is available on request by WhatsApp or email. Registration number: 9156/22.

How can I donate?

Pay by UPI to 9472107370@okbizaxis (Helping Bihar Foundation Trust) using the QR code in the Donate section, or transfer to Union Bank of India, account 698901010050356, IFSC UBIN0569895.

Where is the office?

The head office is at Purab Bazar, Dev Market, Saharsa, Bihar 852201. Phone and WhatsApp: +91 94721 07370. Email helpingbihar8271@gmail.com or hello@helpingbiharfoundation.com.

संपर्क

Head office, Saharsa

Helping Bihar Foundation Trust

Reg. No. 9156/22

Purab Bazar, Dev Market
Saharsa, Bihar 852201

Phone: +91 94721 07370
WhatsApp: Chat with the office
Email:
helpingbihar8271@gmail.com
hello@helpingbiharfoundation.com