AARAMBH
“Catalyze social and economic change in
urban slum communities with focus on the
rights of underprivileged children and
empowerment of women.”
When founded in 1996, our primary goal was to provide the educational and
psychological support needed to return errant children back to the mainstream
education system. We have succeeded in this endeavor, growing from
approximately 70 children in one center in 1996, to approximately 1200+ children
in 10 community centers today. We remain fully committed to providing
vulnerable children with an opportunity to receive education and realize their
potential in life.
Over the past ten years, we have learnt that in order for the children to
succeed, the family units and communities that surround these children must also
progress. Therefore, our mission today is to empower people of these
communities through community participation and collective effort to secure
opportunities for education, health and livelihood from the State and thereby
create a just and equitable society.
Our current objectives can best be summarized as follows:
- Motivate parents from slum communities to send their children to school
- Encourage women to acquire skills that will help them earn reasonable wages
- Network with local governments & community groups to create bonds for
collective action towards effective utilization of public services
- Sensitize the local community about Child Rights
- Enhance the capacity of the women’s groups to take leadership roles in the
community
