VISHAL TALREJA

DREAM A DREAM

Vishal co-founded Dream A Dream (www.dreamadream.org) along with 11 others, in 1999. Dream A Dream now is an 12-year old professional organization that is working on empowering young people from vulnerable backgrounds by developing life skills and at the same time sensitizing the community through active volunteering leading to a non-discriminatory society where unique differences are appreciated.

Under Vishal’s leadership, Dream A Dream has grown to impact the lives of over 12,000 young people in 12 years through the active support of over 1800 volunteers. Dream A Dream is today acknowledged as a professional organization doing some innovative work in the area of life Skills development amongst young people from urban slum communities and setting very high-standards of transparency, accountability and impact.

Over the next 3 years, Dream A Dream is working to scale the impact of its work to over 240,000 young people across India and make Life Skills Education an integral part of the Education System.