Jan Sahas

Jan Sahas engages with migrant worker communities to ensure their social protection and safe migration. It implements its PR-3 model to reduce the cases of forced labour which includes prevention, through creating awareness and information on welfare schemes, response, which includes the use of technology to track migrant workers and offer assistance, rehabilitation, which includes attaching the workers to welfare schemes and reforms ensuring proper formulation of policy and laws in partnership with the Government.

Jan Sahas Operates a toll-free helpline for girls and women who can report any form of violence they are facing. It believes that boys and men form a crucial driver to reduce violence against women and need to be engaged, for positive change to happen in society.

It takes up reported cases with appropriate authorities to get justice delivered and supports the survivors and their families through rehabilitative measures.

The Migrants Resilience Collaborative(MRC) is an initiative to safeguard the security and movement of migrant families across India, it is an attempt to bring together non-profit organisations, humanitarian and private players to enable the protection and recovery of 10 million workers and their families in 100 districts and cities. The migrant workers can call on a toll-free helpline to access help in case of disputes and to gain information on welfare schemes.

It assists marginalised and disadvantaged communities, especially forced labourers, survivors of sexual violence, migrants, single women and widows to live a life of dignity and self-reliance. It provides the relevant skills and employment assistance through training them on tailoring, driving, setting up of dignity stores, digital literacy and entrepreneurship development.

Jan Sahas runs an in-house counselling unit to help people from marginalised communities access mental healthcare services. Mental health workshops are conducted within communities and schools with the aim to nurture strength among people.

It runs a certificate course in barefoot counselling to reach grassroots levels and help people. It trains volunteers to transform into ‘Mann Saathis’ who spread out into the community and try to reach people with counselling and mental health support.