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Choose an amount on the donation page, enter your name and email, and pay securely online. You can give once, give monthly, or choose a specific campaign from the campaigns page. You can also give by direct bank transfer or UPI — the details are on the trust page.

Online donations accept UPI, credit and debit cards, and net banking through our secure payment partner. Direct bank transfer and UPI to the foundation's account are also available on the trust page.

Yes. Once your payment is confirmed by the bank, an acknowledgement email is sent to the address you gave, with a reference number and a downloadable PDF receipt. If the email does not arrive, check your spam folder or write to us with your reference number and we will resend it.

Yes, at any time. Write to us from the email address you used when you started the monthly donation, and we will cancel the mandate and confirm by email. You can also cancel a UPI AutoPay mandate from your own UPI app.

Donations to a campaign join that campaign's fund; general donations keep the whole circle of work running. We publish what was raised and what was spent on the transparency pages as programmes are completed.

We work directly in the communities we serve: needs are identified on the ground, verified in person, and support is delivered by our team and volunteers with records kept at each step. Completed work is documented programme by programme on the our-work page.

Yes. Each open campaign funds one specific piece of work. If you would rather we direct your donation where the need is greatest, choose the general fund on the donation page.

Yes. Ujjwala Foundation is a registered society in Telangana. Our society registration, PAN and CSR-1 details, with downloadable certificates, are published on the trust page.

We hold registrations under the applicable provisions of the Income-tax Act, and your receipt carries the registration references. Whether a deduction applies to your donation depends on the provisions in force and on your own tax position — please confirm with your tax adviser.

No. The foundation does not hold FCRA registration, so we cannot accept foreign contributions. We can accept donations only from Indian citizens and Indian entities. If you are an Indian citizen living abroad, you can donate from an Indian bank account or card.