Who we are
We are an Indian not-for-profit organization with a mission to empower young people in reaching their full potential and lead productive lives. We envision healthy, educated, emotionally well-adjusted, and skilled adolescents and youth – especially from marginalised and disadvantaged populations – entering adulthood.
We work in partnership with the government, local communities, and the private sector to strengthen youth participation in the development process and bring about sustainable change in education and skills training, health and nutrition, and life skills development of children and young people.
We currently reach out to:
- 1000 plus young people through our education and skills training programme.
- 35,000 plus adolescents through our life skills development programme.
- 11,00,000 plus children and adolescents through our health and nutrition programme.
What we do
We work in the domain of education and skills training, health, nutrition and WASH, and youth leadership and life skills development, focused on critical life stages, i.e., childhood, adolescence and youths, to ensure sustainable change.
Education and skills training for adolescents and youths
- Our aim is to increase access to foundational and secondary education, and job-readiness skills among underprivileged adolescents and youths, resulting in increased higher education and job-readiness, thus improving their life choices and preventing child marriage among girls.
- Programme operational in Jharkhand and West Bengal
Health, nutrition & WASH for children and adolescents
- We work in rural areas and urban slums in communities and schools to prevent childhood malnutrition, reduce iron-deficiency anaemia, ensure better reproductive & sexual health outcomes, and positive lifestyle & wellness practices, safe water & sanitation (WASH) practices, resulting in improved health and nutrition of children and young people.
- Programme operational in West Bengal and Assam
Youth leadership and life skills development
- We work in communities and schools to build confidence, agency, resilience and leadership skills among young people, leading to their increased self-esteem and social-emotional skills; enhanced awareness of gender-egalitarian values and rights; and increased access to services and opportunities.
- Programme operaional in West, Assam and Jharkhand
Where we work
We currently work in West Bengal, Assam and Jharkhand.
Districts
West Bengal: Kolkata, Howrah, Hooghly, Paschim Medinipur
Assam: Kamrup, Baksa, Barpeta, Darrang, Goalpara, Hailakandi, Udalguri, Dhubri
Jharkhand: Ranchi
