OUR STORY
Sparking Lives is a (501)(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering the lives of orphans and needy children around the globe by encouraging the importance of education and providing career counseling. We further strive to provide these children with medical support and counseling to ensure good health and hygiene. Varshini Odayar, Founder and CEO, was inspired to start this organization after visiting an orphanage known as DKSHA in Manaparai, India. Her journey first started in December 2007 when she first accompanied her parents to a rural village in India known as Manaparai. Along the way, she came across an orphanage known as DKSHA, a home to more than 80 children and exploited women. After spending a day at the orphanage, she, as a six year old, was astonished to find that each child only possessed a single pair of clothes, having to wait for several hours for this only pair to be washed and dried for use the following day. This moment truly inspired her to work towards the empowerment of these children and women. Due to her passion for art, she sold acrylic paintings and small crafts to friends and family starting at the age of six. She later started Sparking Lives Inc. in order to provide these children with nutritious food, water, medical and educational support.
"CHILDREN WANT THE SAME THINGS WE WANT. TO LAUGH, TO BE CHALLENGED, TO BE ENTERTAINED AND
DELIGHTED."
- DR.SUESS
LEARN HOW WE'RE HELPING TO CHANGE THE WORLD
EDUCATION
As many as 115 million children of primary school age are not enrolled in school.
FIRST AID
10 million children die from lack of health care.
SHOES
Thousands of children must walk to the nearest carepoint (about 6 hours) without shoes to receive their only bowl of food, water, and medical support.
MEALS
The vast majority of the world’s hungry people live in developing countries, where 12.9 percent of the population is undernourished.
Our Impact
1,500 first aid kits Donated
500+ shoes
