Dawoodi Bohra communities across India are active custodians of their local environments — from the coastlines of Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh to the forests and rivers of the interior.

In Mumbai, volunteers have regularly joined UN Champion of the Earth Afroz Shah for weekly clean ups at Versova beach. Sparrow conservation drives have been launched across urban India, addressing the quiet but urgent disappearance of the house sparrow — a species whose decline signals wider ecological stress. On World Cleanup Day, volunteers rally in cities across the country as part of a coordinated national effort.

The Prophet Mohammed ﷺ taught that feeding another person is among the highest acts of worship. In India, Project Rise volunteers act in accordance with the prophetic tradition through sustained and structured interventions to tackle food insecurity.

In Chandrapur's Jiwati taluka, a region with a significant tribal population, Project Rise partnered with the Association for Nutrition and Development Action (ANNADA) and the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Commissionerate to provide daily supplementary nutrition — fortified ladoos, peanut jaggery ladoos, and khichdi mixes — to undernourished mothers and children across 27 Anganwadi Centres. This builds on similar programmes in Mokhada, Govandi, Roha, and Nandurbar.

When the Chennai floods struck, Bohras were among the first to mobilise, distributing hot meals and grocery packets in Vyasarpadi. In Coimbatore and Sangamner, the 'Zero Hunger Squad' has brought sustained relief to communities facing chronic food insecurity, and during the summer months, communities stepped up with 'Beat the Heat' campaigns distributing refreshments to daily-wage labourers and those most exposed to the heat.

Project Rise healthcare efforts in India are built on a conviction that geography and poverty must never determine who receives care.

In the remote village of Rawachh, Rajasthan, where the nearest hospital is a 90-minute drive away, Project Rise partnered with Basic Health Services to support the AMRIT Clinic, which now serves nearly 90,000 people. This partnership has enabled residents to diagnose chronic ailments and conduct mental health consultations in their local settings, thereby making consultations more affordable and accessible in a local setting. During his travels to remote towns and villages across the country, our community leader His Holiness , Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin has personally contributed state-of-the-art medical equipment to government hospitals in Narmadapuram, Sunel, Pratapgarh, Jaora, Rajkot, Gondal, and Bhinder.

In India, where intensifying heat waves and changing weather patterns sometimes lead to millions without reliable access to clean water, Project Rise teams have been working closely with local communities, Gram Panchayats, and water management organisations to address acute water shortages.

In Maharashtra, Project Rise collaborated with the Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR) to install hand pumps in 12 water-stressed villages near Nashik, bringing clean water within reach of over 800 families and 4,500 people. In Purushwadi village of Akole, hand pumps now serve both families and the local school. In drought-stricken Yavatmal, the initiative provided relief to farmers weathering some of the most severe water scarcity the region has known. In Palghar, sanitation infrastructure was strengthened to protect communities from waterborne disease.