The Opentree Foundation (a registered Trust under the Maharashtra Charity Act 1950) was founded on the core tenet that ‘Play’ has the power to change lives.
Toybank – Development through Play, was launched in 2004 as our flagship project. We work to bring transformational change in the lives of children by optimising the power of play through innovative programmes, public and private partnerships, and relevant research and advocacy initiatives. With a vision to create a world where every child is empowered through play, we create safe spaces for at-risk children, providing support to play facilitators and mainstreaming our Conscious PlayTM approach in children’s lives.
The Opentree Foundation (a registered Trust under the Maharashtra Charity Act 1950) was founded on the core tenet that play has the power to change lives.
Toybank – Development through Play, was launched in 2004 as our flagship project. We work to bring transformational change in the lives of children by optimising the power of play through innovative programmes, public and private partnerships, relevant research and advocacy initiatives. With a vision to create a world where every child is empowered through play, we create safe spaces for at-risk children, providing support to play facilitators and mainstreaming our Conscious PlayTM approach in children’s lives.
A world where all children are empowered through Conscious Play™
To use Play as an integral tool to educate and empower children and youth to become well-rounded and contributing citizens of the world.
For every child to achieve their full potential
Milestones and Successes
Our focus was on increased accessibility to play and play materials. We reached over 25,000 children through direct game distribution. We were featured on UK’s Channel 4’s series ‘Secret Slumdog Millionaire’.
Our focus was on starting collaborative Play2Learn centres. We hired the first staff member in 2012 and launched our first office in 2014.
We digitally reached 7 more states. We extended our partnership with the MCGM to open more Toybank Play2Learn Centres in Mumbai. With Children's Aid Society, we impacted children at all the shelter homes and centres in Maharashtra.
Our focus was to ensure depth rather than geographical spread, with special attention to Childhood Development through Play. We launched 420 Play2Learn centres
