Ashwini Charitable Trust (ACT) a non governmental organization educates and empowers underprivileged children from urban slums in Bangalore. They educate and empower underprivileged children and support them till they are gainfully employed. ACT is a growing organisation in every way: they began on 1st April 2000 with 9 children and now have 300 children (200 girls and 100 boys) with them as of 2015-2016. When they began, education meant paying the children's fees and helping them improve their study skills. Now, the education that every child at ACT gets is an all round development programme that ensures every child's physical, mental and emotional Wellness. ACT has recently started Satellite Centers in Indiranagar and Murphy Town supporting 300 more children from Government aided and semi aided schools. ACT is run completely by volunteers.