Achievements

          Credibility Alliance recognizes Dream A Dream as a leading non-profit organization that is transparent, accountable and meets national reporting standards.

          Dream A Dream is validated by Charities Aid Foundation, India and is part of their network of beneficiary organizations.

          It is among over 200 national organizations that meet all the credibility norms set up by GIVE India consecutively for over 6 years.

          Dream A Dream is the Regional Winner (south) in the Medium Category at the India NGO Awards 2009 and Regional Winner (South) in the Small Category in 2007. The India NGO Awards are organized by the Resource Alliance and supported by The Rockefeller Foundation.The award is recognition of Dream A Dream’s adoption of best practices in creative resourcing, financial management, governance and impact in the community.

           For the second time in consecutive years, Dream A Dream is a Runner-Up at the Outstanding Annual Reports Awards for 2010. The Award has been instituted by Financial Management Service Foundation, Spatial Access Advertising Consultancy and Credibility Alliance. It promotes transparency and accountability within the non-profit sector and better standards in financial reporting as well as preparation and presentation of annual report.

          Dream A Dream is the Global runner-up at the Japanese Award for Most Innovative Development Project hosted by the Global Development Network. The Global Development Awards and Medals Competition, is a competition for promoting research on development. It supports innovative ideas on development. Dream A Dream has been recognized by GDN for its innovative approach to empower children from Bangalore’s slum communities using Life Skills Based Education programs; its approach to innovatively and effectively engage volunteers from Bangalore’s technology and business sectors and its low-cost, replicable and scalable model to partner with NGO run schools and shelter homes to provide its Dream Life Skills Development Program. Most importantly, the award recognizes Dream A Dream’s strategic planning processes that help it to quickly adapt to the dynamically changing environment and respond to the needs of the target community effectively.

          In February 2010, Dream A Dream received membership to streetfootballworld network which promotes development through football. Dream A Dream is the 3rd organisation from India to be part of the network. It’s a validation of the quality, impact and potential of the Dream Football Program.

          Dream A Dream has entered into a partnership with PYE Global, an Ashoka Fellow led international training organization. The objective of the partnership is for Dream A Dream to learn new skills of working with children. According to Charlie Murphy, Co-Director, PYE Global, “My experience in working with Dream A Dream tells me that unleashing the creative potential of this team will have a far-reaching impact; I am so excited to be part of it”.

           Children from Dream Sports Program had an opportunity to interact with English Cricket Board U18 Team. The objective of this interaction was to provide space for a peer group interaction between youngsters from very diverse backgrounds. According to Michael Vaughan, Coach with theU18s, “this has been a fantastic opportunity for these players to give something back whilst learning life skills that will help them in the future as high performing elite cricketers and people”.

           Director of Dream A Dream, Vishal Talreja is an Ashoka fellow, recognized as a leading social entrepreneur among a network of over 2200 social entrepreneurs from across the worl.

          Dream A Dream was recognized by the National HRD Network as a leading NGO impacting change in 2007.

          Director of Dream A Dream, Vishal Talreja was chosen as an "Architect of the Future" at the Waldzell Meeting: A Global Dialog on Inspiration held at Vienna, Austria in 2006. He was amongst 12 young people chosen from across the world who are bringing about positive change in their communities. And in our opinion, our most important achievement is that in the last decade, we have collectively worked with over 1000 volunteers and 11 NGO partners to reach out to and impact the lives of over 3000 children from vulnerable backgrounds in and around Bangalore.