This post contains detailed updates. Please see here about our response to the COVID-19 emergency. In the last week of March, a 21-day lockdown was announced in India, as a measure to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Many activists and NGOs like us started worrying how we will survive such a period financially. … Continue reading COVID-19 Response: Updates
Youth-led Public Campaign on International Women’s Day
Youth from Bamanwada, Bandra, Jogeshwari, Dombivali, Badlapur came together on 8th March for a public campaign to enroll people's support to the safety of women and girls. 8th March is celebrated worldwide, acknowledging equal rights of women; a day that historically signifies rights of working women. In the context of heinous crimes against women - … Continue reading Youth-led Public Campaign on International Women’s Day
Constitution Exam Prize Distribution Event
The most important event of the year for us - the Prize Distribution event of our Inter-College Constitution Literacy Exam started from last year, or in short the "Constitution Event", took place on 27th January 2020. Preparations had begun from almost a month back - from finding an appropriate venue, inviting guest speakers who are … Continue reading Constitution Exam Prize Distribution Event
Youth-led public campaigns against sexual harassment
In the month of December, trained youth leaders - from Raahi Youth Network, Kolegaon and Bamanwada youth groups led public signature and leaflet distribution campaigns at Dadar, Mumbai and Dombivali, Thane District on the issue of women's and girls' safety in public places, especially workplaces. This was in context of the recent incidents of sexual … Continue reading Youth-led public campaigns against sexual harassment
Menstruation Fair and Mann Mela Training
13 selected youth leaders from all our programs - Kolegaon Youth Group, Bamanwada Youth Group, Raahi and Constitution Friends (Sanvidhan Mitr) came together on 27th November for a special training on how to implement our unique 'Menstruation Fair' and 'Mann Mela - Mental Health Fair' modules. We thank Mariwala Health Initiative for supporting this. The … Continue reading Menstruation Fair and Mann Mela Training
Constitution Literacy Focus Group Discussions with College Youth
Anubhuti has added a new process this year to our Inter-College Constitution Literacy Exam, to be held in coming January. The Constitution Workshop that took place in October 2019, is now being followed up with focus group discussions in each of the 11 registered colleges with their students' delegation - for more in-depth discussion on … Continue reading Constitution Literacy Focus Group Discussions with College Youth
Youth Leadership with Mental Health Justice Residential Camp 2019
Anubhuti’s annual tradition of youth leadership residential camps continued this year on 1 & 2 November 2019 with 42 selected youth leaders, supported by Mariwala Health Initiative. Youth from Kolegaon, Bamanwada and Raahi came together in this training based on the module created by Deepa Pawar. While the earlier camps focused on personal with socio-political … Continue reading Youth Leadership with Mental Health Justice Residential Camp 2019
Constitution Conversations Campaign in Communities
We had an amazing day this year on 26th November on occassion of Indian National Constitution Day at the communities of Netivali, Kalyan (E) and at Bamanwada, Vile Parle (E) in Thane and Mumbai districts of Maharashtra respectively. This is the day that the Indian Constitution was adopted by the Constituent Assembly in 1949, laying … Continue reading Constitution Conversations Campaign in Communities
Mental Health Questionnaire
Interview schedule used during Action-Research with college youth on Mental Health Justice. This research was part of the Goalkeeper Youth Action Accelerator program in which founder Deepa Pawar is a 2019 advocate. The data collected from 1000 diverse youth will be used to advocate for institutional, administrative, policy-backed support to youth mental health. Page 1Page … Continue reading Mental Health Questionnaire
Constitution Literacy with Mental Health Justice for College Youth
Youth of India are our present and future leaders. While both civil society and government has many programs striving to provide them formal education, we still lack in making them ‘literate’ about our Democracy. That is, there is no syllabus in our education system to impart literacy about the basic processes, laws, systems – and most importantly, values – of … Continue reading Constitution Literacy with Mental Health Justice for College Youth