I’MPossible Fellowship by Sneha Charitable Trust, Krishnagiri
“The I’MPossible Fellowship Program supports adolescents and youth born with HIV in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu who are highly isolated due to orphanhood, stigmatizing illness and economic hardship. This program engages them to build resilience and equips them to lead a healthy and productive adult life by comprehensively addressing their needs on education, health, psychosocial support, and life skills acquisition. This program honors Rishi’s love of running and art, and his deep connection with Snehagram, a vocational and rehabilitation center for children living with HIV.”
Snehagram, a unit of Sneha Charitable Trust, Krishnagiri
“Snehagram, the adolescent phase of the comprehensive care program by SCT has a mission to ensure the quality of life and future of the orphan and vulnerable children infected with HIV and lead them to healthy and productive adulthood, by comprehensively addressing their real and felt needs for education, health, psycho-social support, vocational training, and life skill education.”
Youth to Power: Empowering adolescents for life by Bal Umang Dhrishya Sanstha (BUDS), Delhi
“The program aims to empower adolescents and youth from marginalized communities in Delhi and Haryana to succeed in life, by providing a safe learning space to impart functional literacy and special skills training, including vocational skill development for youth to enable future employment.”
The SHELTER Program (Supporting Health, Education & Livelihood: Towards Empowerment and Resilience) by Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians, West Bengal
“Poverty has a devastating impact on human development and its effects are amplified most strongly in young children. The SHELTER initiative for the vulnerable and disempowered tribal community of Santhals in Boropahari, West Bengal, seeks to create a direct and positive impact in this community by providing opportunities for education for children, enhancing their health and nutrition status, and building capacity through skills training for economic development.”
Hamara Ghar by Child in Need Institute (CINI), Kolkata
“All children have the right to be protected from violence, exploitation, and abuse. Hamara Ghar (Our Home) is a child-friendly abode for at-risk children that provides a safe environment, ensures their access to health, education, sanitation, safe drinking water, and nutritious food, and seeks to reintegrate these children with families, alternative care, and community.”
