Being Human

The Being Human Foundation is a Mumbai-based charity, founded by Bollywood star Salman Khan in 2007, that provides education and healthcare services for the underprivileged in India.[1][2][3] The organization is primarily funded by sales of Being Human-branded merchandise, which amounted the profit of approximately 120 crore up until August 2018 out of which the charity's share was 12-15 crore.[4] The foundation performs many charitable activities. It funds the education of 200 children at the Akshara High School in Mumbai and another 300 through Aseema, a Mumbai-based non-profit.[1] The foundation supports the VEER Initiative, a program to train disabled people.[1] Being human store has a provision to employ at least one person with disabilities.[1] As of December 2015, the program has trained 1909 individuals, 1194 of whom have gained employment. The organization has set up programs to improve basic skills for students and career development centers.[3] Being Human has provided funding to treat children with congenital heart defects by partnering with Fortis Foundation[1] and craniofacial deformities. It has provided drought relief in Maharashtra and blankets for flood victims in Kashmir, conducted free eye camps to provide cataract surgeries,[1] and helped conduct bone-marrow donor registration camps in Mumbai.[5] In 2017, the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai threatened to blacklist the foundation for failing to set up dialysis machines in Bandra.[6][7] The project was a public-private partnership where the municipal government would provide the space while the foundation was to maintain and staff the low-cost dialysis facility.[6][7] The foundation's representative denied that the organization signed any formal contract with the civic body.