Education
Educational books for seven students
15 June 2026
Educational books provided to seven students to support their studies and encourage their academic progress.
A public charitable trust since 2003
Help that is meant to be passed on.
Pass It On Trust was founded in Bengaluru to put education and care within reach of the children and women who need it most — and on the belief that every child who receives help should be able to pass it on to someone else.
- Marginalised children reached
- 1,654 Marginalised children reached
- Students at the school we run
- 300 Students at the school we run
- Batches graduated
- 11 Batches graduated
- Students on sponsorship programmes
- 80+ Students on sponsorship programmes
Our story
It started in a living room
Mrs. Ashoka Kumari Pushpakaran began by tutoring underprivileged children in her own home in Thanisandra — a few at a time, in the space she had. As the need grew, she and her late husband Mr. Pushpakaran formalised the work as a public charitable trust on 29 May 2003.
In 2008, after her husband's death, she was feeding, tutoring and sheltering thirteen children in that same home while raising her own two young children. What those children went on to achieve is why the trust kept growing.
“Holistic transformation of those who live in extreme poverty or hunger.”
What we do
Five areas of work
The trust focuses on the rehabilitation of the weaker sections of society — through advocacy, direct interaction, preventive measures and awareness.
Humanitarian Relief
Assistance, care and support for individuals and families facing poverty, hardship and crisis — including the trust's sustained COVID-19 response.
15 recorded activities →Education & Academic Support
Educational assistance, tuition, remedial classes, books, stationery and uniforms for children from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
10 recorded activities →Community Welfare & Development
Charitable and community-development work for the welfare of society, particularly its vulnerable and disadvantaged sections, without discrimination.
5 recorded activities →Environmental Protection
Environmental responsibility through cleanliness drives, tree planting, waste management and sustainable living practices.
3 recorded activities →Animal Welfare
Compassionate care for animals, including sustained feeding programmes for stray dogs in the trust's neighbourhoods.
1 recorded activity →Our flagship initiative
The school the trust runs
Bishop Sargent High School in Kothanur is the fullest expression of the trust's mission. The trust contributed to constructing the building, and the school runs from a 13,000 sq. ft. campus.
Around 300 students study there — many from families below the poverty line, among them the children of auto drivers and domestic workers, as well as orphans, semi-orphans and destitute children, alongside children from middle-class families.
Eleven batches have graduated under the trust's guidance, with recognitions including the Golden School Award 2019.
Recent
Latest activities
A record of what the trust has been doing, most recent first.
Education
New Beginning — educational support for migrant students
1 May 2026 onwards
A programme launched in May 2026 supporting 26 economically disadvantaged migrant students.
Community
Honouring the teachers of Bishop Sargent High School
5 September 2025
A Teachers' Day programme recognising the dedicated service of the school's teachers.
Education
School bags, books and uniforms for students
6 June 2025
Essential school supplies distributed to needy students at the start of the academic year.
Education
Educational support for 14 students with Refugee Home
2025 onwards
Sustained financial and moral support helping 14 children from economically disadvantaged families continue their education.
Community
Sharing the joy of Christmas
22 December 2024
New dresses gifted to children from single-parent families and children without parental support.
Get involved
Lend your time, skills or encouragement
Much of what the trust does depends on volunteers — teaching, running awareness sessions, packing kits and showing up for the community.