The Lighthouse Project enables mentors to volunteer for a few hours, but create a meaningful impact.  More than a decade ago, when Trishya Screwvala returned to Mumbai from Los Angeles after finishing her studies and producing two documentaries, she was looking for places where she could volunteer for a couple of hours in the week. […]

Trishya Screwvala founded The Lighthouse Project with the aim of creating structured and accessible platforms for volunteering. She offers three reasons why volunteering can be one of the most transformative experiences for an individual. In an inspiring talk, she highlights how volunteering encourages each of us to bring forth the best version of ourselves, and […]

Success is a constant journey and determined by how you define it,” says Trishya Screwvala, a budding social activist and founder of the three-year-old non-profit organisation, The Lighthouse Project, a youth mentoring programme that grooms underprivileged children for a better life. After studying film production from Los Angeles, Trishya produced two short films, one of […]

An emerging generation of donors, driven by strategy and impact, is altering the nature of philanthropy. Until recently it was depressingly common to see children in Palghar with potbellies and legs like twigs. Just 115 km from Mumbai, the forested, predominantly tribal, district suffered from a child malnutrition rate of 54 percent in 2014. That’s […]