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in news resources Empowering: - Parents, teachers, NGO professionals, caretakers and student professionals with prevention and intervention skills to help prevent CSA through awareness and training - Children and adolescents with personal safety skills to protect themselves from CSA through teaching in classroom setups in schools - Mental health professionals with therapeutic skills to deal with CSA cases effectively through regular trainings and workshops - Child, adult survivors and rescued minors to heal from trauma caused by CSA through counseling and other therapeutic activities like dance, yoga - Sex offenders with therapeutic assistance to prevent re offence through counseling Advocating with: - Policy Makers for specific laws on CSA to prevent and reduce the occruence of CSA. - School and Educational systems to incorporate personal safety skills into their curriculum to empower children and adolescents Outreach and Impact: Prevention Programs - 30% average increase in awareness amongst children after personal safety skills taught has been seen through our pre and post test - More than 30 children shared with us that they said 'NO' to attempted and ongoing abuse after the skills they learnt in the PSE program - 10% children who had been or were being sexually abused or inappropriately touched were helped with intervention by Arpan's counselors and abuse has stopped. - 95% of the parents thought the Personal Safety Education (PSE) Program run by Arpan was very essential and useful for their children as well as for them. - 85% parents and teachers have a better understanding of CSA post our awareness and training session with them. “It was a very informative program. Things which we had not talked about with our children were understood by them. It was very essential. The awareness in them has brought a change in them.” a parent “The session was really very good, full of information and it will definitely help us to deal with the problems which are being faced by students” a teacher Healing Programs “I can see a change in me being able to contain my feelings at work and also not needing to cry so easily. I learnt a lot about trauma and how it could have affected my thinking patterns.. Also learnt so much about myself and my relations. I wish I could come twice a week for counseling.” - adult survivor of child sexual abuse, age 29 yrs undergoing counseling at Arpan “I am feeling much relieved and can understand my feelings better. I feel much lighter and understood. I am able to concentrate better on my studies.” adult survivor of child sexual abuse, age 19 yrs undergoing counseling at Arpan Changes seen by counselor and caretakers amongst 20 rescued minors as a result of a year's therapy and counseling: - Reduced self harming behaviour amongst the girls - They are more communicative of their needs - Less violence and fights amongst themselves is seen - They have a more positive outlook towards life - They have started planning for their future; they are now able to envision relationships and marriage Some Testimonials “I have been angry ever since my childhood. I used to shout and hit. Initially I would not approach the counselor who came for us. I would look at her angrily. I could not trust her. I would hurt myself a lot. I would slit my hands. Now I don't do that. I have learned to take care of myself”. - rescued minor undergoing counseling at Arpan “When I think about my past, I think I used to find it difficult to understand myself. Now I feel I know myself better. I can share. There is more information available therefore there is greater understanding.” - rescued minor undergoing counseling at Arpan “Initially I used to be very scared…now it has decreased. I can speak, I can ask.” - rescued minor undergoing counseling at Arpan who we are what we do volunteer contribute contact us arpan in news resources |
