Protsahan India Foundation

Protsahan, a Delhi-based non-profit, focuses on caring, rehabilitating, and reintegrating historically marginalized children and girls who've experienced sexual and gender-based Read moreviolence (SGBV). We annually support over 81,000 girls in slums, empowering them to break free from begging, child marriage, child labour, and abuse. Through arts-based education and life skills training, we equip them for autonomous and thriving adulthood while strengthening their families' social protection to prevent institutionalization.

Protsahan's vision is for all vulnerable girls to grow up empowered with access to education, healthcare and gender justice in safe spaces, free from abuse and violence.

Protsahan's work has been recognized by organizations like UNICEF, The World Bank, Cambridge Institute of Sustainable Leadership, and Harvard University.

1) As on 31st March 2023, we have mainstreamed 81000 Vulnerable Migrant Girls with Improved Indicators in Sense of Self Worth, Resilience and Creativity, Access to Higher Education, Delayed Age of Marriage and Enhanced Economic Productivity. We have prevented these girls from entering orphanages and separation from their families 2) INR 34 Cr. worth of social security benefits unlocked in government welfare schemes for the poorest of poor adolescent girls & their families from 2020-22. 3) Rescued 1028 vulnerable adolescent girls from Begging, Sexual Abuse, Child Marriage & Child Labor and through a whole-systems synchronised approach of Protsahan over 4-6 years of work with each of the rescued girl - she has now completed her school education and enrolled in college or financially independent with careers like artists, filmmakers, photographers, and in corporate companies like Paisa Bazaar.com, Pee Safe, Magicpin, Housing.com, etc. 4) Protsahan has developed a flagship psychosocial training module for over 3700 functionaries of Unicef, Childline 1098, working with vulnerable children across the country on psychosocial support in times of emergency, first aid counselling on childhood trauma, and healing interventions. 5) Sector Enabling Training on Child Protection conducted: • Abuse Awareness for At-Risk Children: 3,50,800 • Trained Judges, Lawyers, Police & Media Personnel: 1721 • Trained Government Officials from CWC, JJB, DCPU, ICDS: 5870 • Trained Doctors, Parents & Community Stakeholders: 48703 • Trained Educators, Counselors & Caregivers: 4670

Protsahan's vision is for all vulnerable girls to grow up empowered with access to education, healthcare and gender justice in safe spaces, free from abuse and violence.