Current company Prayas Jac Society
Non-Profit Organization Management · 116 employees · Founded 1988 · New Delhi, Delhi, India
Prayas JAC Society, a national level, child, youth and women-centric community-based non-profit service delivery organization, directly accessing marginalized, vulnerable, destitute, deprived, trafficked, run-away and missing children besides the marginalized women, youth and homeless people. Established in 1988, Prayas aspires to protect and fulfil the basic rights of the vulnerable and marginalized and to empower them through sustainable and community-based services. At Prayas we believe that the needs & rights of a child are synonymous. What Thematic Areas Do We Cover? Trafficking, Child Labour, Child Rights, Child Abuse, Street / Railway / Missing Children, Beggars, Homeless, Juvenile Justice, Juvenile Delinquency, Violence Against Women What Are Our Intervention Activities? Health & Nutrition, Hygiene & Sanitation, Alternate / Remedial Education, Vocational Training, Placements / Entrepreneurship, Shelter Homes / Institutional Care, Child Protection Unit, Child Line 1098, Prayas Institute of Economic Empowerment (PIEE), Institute of Juvenile Justice (IJJ) What Are Our Objectives? Undertaking Empowerment and Rights-based programs for the care, protection, development, welfare, rehabilitation and social reintegration of disadvantaged children, youth and women Organizing Educational Programs for the out of school unreached children, and eventually mainstreaming them into school Running Vocational Training programs, Micro-finance and Micro-enterprises, and organizing self-help groups to empower these disadvantaged groups and their communities Organizing Health, Nutrition, Sanitation & Medical services for poor communities, including health awareness programs. Developing Recreational, Cultural and Library facilities for its target communities Counseling and Psychological support, particularly for those in disaster and crisis situations Running Model Homes for children without family support in need of institutional protection care & non-institutional services