Aaina

It conducts Kallola, partnering with UNICEF, a short film festival on child rights to create awareness of the rights of children through short films and radio jingles.

It works on programmes to provide alternative livelihoods, ensure safe migration and organise women in collectives to link them to public welfare schemes.

Aaina, partnering with PRADAN and UN Women, initiated vocational training programmes for young women with the aim to make them financially independent.

Focusing on sexual and reproductive health rights and menstrual health management, the organisation runs the “Flying Wings” programme to create awareness of the role of hygiene while menstruating and trying to break the customary inhibitions related to the subject.

Through Gulechi-The wooden Champa, Aaina is encouraging creativity among disadvantaged rural girls. They are sensitised on health, hygiene, reading and writing and arts like painting, dance, music, poetry writing etc. along with local languages, customs and practices.

Its ‘Project Ananya' is an initiative that aims to ensure district-wide enumeration and a status survey of specially-abled people. ‘Project Satyabhama’ is a community-based rehabilitation of people with disabilities with a special focus on children.

It conducts bridge classes for children with disabilities to ensure extra academic support, in partnership with PHF it launched project CBID (Community Based Inclusive Development) to strengthen children’s clubs and provide inclusive education.

It also runs “Sparsh” a centre for the deaf-blind and children with multiple sensory ailments and supports “Dhwani” a special film festival to give voice to the issues of disabled people.