CHARITABLE & PHILANTHROPY WORK
Anu Shah’s philanthropic work mirrors her professional ethos — combining empathy with execution to drive measurable social impact across regions and causes. From refugee rehabilitation in East Africa to labour welfare in the Middle East and educational access in South Asia, her initiatives focus on access, dignity, and inclusion for underrepresented communities.
American India Foundation (New York Chapter)
As a Board Member of the American India Foundation’s New York Chapter, Anu has played an active role in fundraising and community outreach, supporting AIF’s initiatives in education, public health, and digital literacy across India. She has helped organize and host annual fundraising galas that have mobilized corporate and individual donors to expand AIF’s impact nationwide.
She also worked with the CEO’s Office to expand AIF’s donor base by mobilizing small and mid-size contributors through digital giving campaigns, while also developing corporate and community partnerships to support AIF’s education and livelihood programs across India.
Feed-a-Labour (Dubai)
While at Kearney, Anu founded the Feed-a-Labour initiative during Ramadan. It delivers hot, nourishing meals to hundreds of migrant laborers in Dubai’s sweltering labor camps right at Iftaar—breaking the fast after grueling 12+ hour shifts in 45°C+ summer heat.
These essential workers, often far from family, endure extreme conditions building the city’s skyline. The program has served over 5,000 meals across 10+ years, with 300–500 fed daily during Ramadan. Kearney sustains it annually long after her departure—a powerful example of one compassionate act sparking lasting institutional change.
She was later featured as a prominent alumna in Kearney’s 2019 prominent alumni profile (Kearney Alumni).
Inkomoko Entrepreneur Development (Rwanda)
Partnering with Inkomoko Entrepreneur Development, Anu advanced refugee rehabilitation programs for displaced communities from Congo and Burundi.
Living and working in camps near Goma at the Congo–Rwanda border, she drove entrepreneurship and capacity-building efforts—launching small businesses, women-led cooperatives, and financial literacy training. This empowered 500+ refugees, with 70% of participants achieving sustainable income within a year, fostering self-reliance and community resilience amid crisis.
Basmeh & Zeitooneh (Beirut)
Teaming up with Basmeh & Zeitooneh — a powerhouse refugee-led NGO — Anu helped scale food-security drives, education programs, and community centers impacting 7,500+ Syrian refugees annually across Lebanon and Turkey.
From scrappy grassroots relief in 2012, the organization has grown into a 12+ hub ecosystem empowering thousands to rebuild their lives with dignity and self-reliance.
In Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley — home to 35% of the country’s 1M+ Syrian refugees — she also supported Cedar & Jasmine, a Syrian-Lebanese recycling and social-cohesion initiative that mobilized 68 mixed-community households (300+ residents), deployed $6,000 in seed funding, established a joint governance committee, and converted plastic and metal waste into shared revenue streams earmarked for neighborhood infrastructure upgrades — transforming everyday tension points into economic collaboration.
Karma Junction
Through Karma Junction, her grassroots non-profit fueling education and community uplift in India, Anu powers youth scholarships and game-changing mobility programs. Her flagship Disability Support Program has already donated 50+ wheelchairs and tricycles—freeing kids and adults with disabilities to chase dreams, attend school, or hustle markets independently. Aiming for 500 by 2027, it’s sparking dignity, opportunity, and zero-barrier lives nationwide.
Together, these initiatives form a global mosaic of service — connecting boardrooms to borderlands, innovation to empathy, and leadership to humanity.