Inchara Foundation

Inchara Home for Children (girls), located in Mangalore, which has been providing services since October 2017, is completely committed to the cause of Children in Need of Care & Protection. Under this programme, we foster a homely environment to our children by providing nutritious food, quality education, safe shelter, regular therapeutic counselling, vocational training, and legal support to ensure proper rehabilitation and restoration of the children. We are a licensed home for 25 children functioning as per the guidelines of the Juvenile Justice Act (Care and Protection).
So far we catered to more than 160 girls and currently 20 girls undergoing rehabilitation

Since September 2014 Inchara Foundation is implementing Project ANGEL – An Initiative for Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA), with the support from well-wishers and donors. Project Angel has been considered as one of the innovative project by Deshpande Foundation providing grant for 2 years. In a span of few years, we have reached out to more than 100,000children and adults helping the children to break the silence and protect themselves. One of the key aspects of this Project is the 360° approach to fight the social evil in order to prevent CSA. Through this project we ensure the involvement of all the direct (parents, teachers, staff/drivers, caregivers) and indirect (local authorized bodies) stakeholders by engaging them into our trainings and services; existing within the community pertaining to child welfare with respect to CSA.

Our services under this Project include not just the awareness generation workshops for children, parents, teachers, caregivers but we also pro

Project Objective & Outcome

Objective: Increase Mental Health Awareness Among School Children

Outcomes:

• Knowledge Enhancement: Students will gain a better understanding of what mental health is, its importance, and how it affects overall well-being.
• Reduced Stigma: Students will develop empathy and a more open-minded attitude towards individuals facing mental health challenges, reducing the stigma associated with these issues.
• Early Identification: Students will be equipped with the skills to recognize early signs of mental health difficulties in themselves and their peers, promoting timely intervention.
• Effective Coping Strategies: Students will learn healthy coping mechanisms to manage stress, anxiety, and negative emotions, contributing to their emotional resilience.
36 Districts, 3600 Teachers, Over 30,000 Students

1. The objective to organize workshop is to make young boys understand: - Gender & gender roles/stereotypes interrogating existing concepts around masculinity - Sexuality and sexual - diseases, disorders, and health - Educating and mentoring boys on violence perpetuated m the name of rigid gender roles established by society.
2. The objective to organize menstrual health & hygiene workshop is to: - Sensitizes girls making girls psychologically and physiologically equipped for periods - always and anywhere' by providing age-appropriate knowledge awareness - Understand gender & gender roles/stereotypes - Sexuality and sexual - diseases disorders and health
2566 Schools in 2022
2547 Schools in 2023, Covering about 25000 students