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CHILDREN WILL HAVE NO FUTURE IF THEY AREN'T SAFE AND PROTECTED TODAY

We are making child safety everyone’s business

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THE CHILD SAFETY CRISIS

Children are being harmed in frighteningly large numbers across India. It's a crisis that needs urgent fixing.

5 children are sexually abused every hour (NCRB, 2020)

1.5 million girls become child brides every year (UNFPA - UNICEF, 2021)

33 million children work (Census, 2011)

7 children go missing every hour (NCRB, 2020)

31 children die by suicide every day (NCRB, 2020)

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When Children are safe, they learn, thrive and succeed.

Their lives are free from violence, fear and exploitation so they can attend school, access support, avoid risky situations and become responsible future leaders.

WHERE WE WORK

For the last 22 years, we have been building the systems that children need to keep them safe wherever they are.

We work with key stakeholders (communities, schools, police and gram panchayats) in Aspirational districts, climate hazard zones and other hotspots where children are most vulnerable to harm.

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22 years

OF CHILD PROTECTION EXPERIENCE ACROSS
16 STATES

20 lakh+

CHILDREN IMPACTED OVERALL

22+

MOUs WITH GOVT DEPARTMENTS

25+

CSO PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS

WHAT WE DO

Child protection is not just about laws and protocols. It’s a human system focusing on how people work together to understand what children need, and how to support them the right way.

We develop and demonstrate strategies and practices

so that child safety can be integrated  into the working of different sectors and systems, both government and civil society.

We build the knowledge and capability of people

who have a responsibility towards children — their families, their communities, their schools, the government bodies around them — to protect children.

We use ground-level data and insights 

to increase awareness and share know-how that can help others take action to keep children safe.

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At its core, we are helping people know how to do the following:

LISTEN
to and about vulnerable children, especially the most marginalised

IDENTIFY
the obvious as well as the not-so-obvious risks and signs of harm 

 

SUPPORT

support children to heal and recover and prevent further harm

RESPOND
to prevent and stop harm from happening in a timely and trauma-informed way keeping the best interest of the child at the centre 

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STORIES FROM THE FIELD

Our work with communities in Jharkhand's Pakur District

GROUND UP APPROACH TO CHILD PROTECTION

Mobilising the Ecosystem

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When large groups of people are accountable and competent to ensure children's safety and well-being, then children will be safe.

We work with government departments and community groups, helping them to be alert, active and responsive to child harm. Our work includes identifying, training and mobilising the relevant stakeholders in children's lives, and facilitating platforms for them to come together to co-create solutions that will keep children safe.

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The Impact of our child-harm prevention work (2017-present)

1,582 child marriages were prevented 

through the joint efforts of community groups and local government authorities

15,446 working children were removed from work  

or had their hours reduced and were enrolled in school

18,740 out-of-school children started going to school

and/or vocational courses ensuring their present and future security

18,800 community women were trained to identify

and respond to harm faced and are active and protecting children in their neighbourhoods

12,200 government officials are more responsive and accountable for the safety

and well-being of children living in their jurisdictions through working with our interventions

FROM THE FIELD

MUKTARA BIBI

Community child safety volunteer

Maheshpur, Pakur

Jharkhand

"We are trained to recognise the risks children are exposed to when they migrate with their families - especially when it is an unplanned or forced migration. For instance, for a young girl who migrates, she will miss school or have to drop out of school, she may be unsupervised in a new place while her parents are working, which is dangerous for her. It's likely her family will either get her married off or will find her some employment.

However, if we are successful in motivating parents to leave her with extended family in the village, we can ensure she remains in school, is supervised and supported by us and school authorities, Panchayat officials and other local stakeholders, her childhood does not have to end.”

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It has a ripple effect that will accelerate us achieving our Sustainable Development Goals.

Protection is a child’s fundamental right according to both the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child as well as  our Constitution. So, keeping children safe is something we all have to do.

FEATURED PARTNERS AND SUPPORTERS

Everyone who works with children, directly or indirectly, should know how to keep them safe. We're committed to helping you do that.

Our framework for child protection - Listen, Identify, Support and Respond - is adaptable for all kinds of partners, be they government, civil society or communities.

If you're ready to make child protection a part of your work - talk to us. We'd like to help you do it. — contact@aanganindia.org

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When Children are safe, they learn, thrive and succeed.

Their lives are free from violence, fear and exploitation so they can attend school, access support, avoid risky situations and become responsible future leaders.

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