Arpan

With a vision to ensure A World Free of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA), Arpan enables individuals, families, communities and society with prevention and intervention skills to reduce the occurrence of child sexual abuse and heal its psychological, social, sexual and physical consequences.

Major Interventions:

Personal Safety Education Program (PSE) is Arpan’s flagship program. It is a comprehensive life-skill education programme that approaches CSA with the perspective of prevention and healing providing direct services to children, adolescents and adults. It is conducted in schools and community set-ups with children from Grades 1 to 12 to provide them with the knowledge and skills required to prevent CSA and seek support if such an incident occurs. It also works with adult caregivers to create safe environments for children Counselling services along with Psycho-education and psychotherapeutic support are also provided to family members of these children.

Training & Advocacy Programme focuses on building professional capacity for child protection by conducting training and capacity building initiatives with various stakeholders to incorporate child protection mechanisms in their environments. Through the training sessions and awareness talks, Arpan reach out to NGO professionals, schoolteachers, health and mental health workers, and government officials. It has been training thousands of professionals and individuals every year by participating in various events across diverse platforms. Their efforts have strengthened child safeguarding policies and ensured the widespread implementation of CSA prevention strategies across India.

Digital Learning Programme is focused on expanding its reach by digitalizing content and making it more accessible. Arpan develops a variety of engaging digital courses and modules to ensure scalability and user-friendliness. For younger children, Arpan creates an animated video on personal safety, supported by a facilitator's guide for adults. Additionally, Arpan has developed a comprehensive Personal Safety E-Courses in regional languages for adolescents aged 14–18 and created a digital module for adult learners. These initiatives aim to empower both children and adults with crucial safety education in a flexible, digital format.

Mental Health Services aims at supporting the healing journey of rescued minors, adult survivors and young sexual offenders and helping them attend psycho-social stability. Long-term psychotherapeutic support are provided to adolescent and adult survivors in shelter homes who have been sexually abused or trafficked. It pilots a unique model to support young offenders in institutions, fostering empathy, accountability, and healing.