Abul Kalam Azad Islamic Awakening Centre, New Delhi has created a special fund for the help and assistance of those children who have either been orphaned or come from poor and destitute families. They are enrolled in various educational institutions run by the Centre inside Delhi and outside in other parts and states of the country. The idea is to scratch from their minds the thought of poverty and deprivation and give them an opportunity to rub shoulders with children from well-to-do families on equal terms and enable them to concentrate wholeheartedly on their studies. Care is taken to deal with each case exactly on merit within the means at the disposal of the Centre.