Since inception, Arpan has impacted the lives of 19.7 million (1 crore and 97 lakh) children and adults through its work.
Among this:
Arpan has trained over 788,519 children and adults directly:
- Through the Personal Safety Education (PSE) Programme, Arpan has trained 160,059 children and 121,811 adults including parents and teachers as well as non-teaching staff in over 270 schools/colleges, 24 communities and 4 shelter homes/institutions in 3 districts of Maharashtra. Arpan has also developed e-courses and videos on personal safety, available across multiple digital platforms. This has resulted in over 12,004 completions through Arpan eLearn and 51,397 completions through LMS partners.
- Arpan has provided psychotherapy for 14,189 cases of Child Sexual Abuse, inappropriate behaviour and other emotional concerns, and psychoeducation to 13,812 children and adults.
- Trained 358,430 individuals and professionals (Govt. and Non-Govt. teachers, social workers and mental health professionals) through the Training Programme to replicate prevention and intervention models of Child Sexual Abuse.
These professionals trained by Arpan have in turn trained 3,472,619 children and adults.
Arpan has reached over 15 million children and adults through integration of Personal Safety Education into national and state curricula enabling large scale systems change.
Since inception, Arpan has a cumulative reach of 668 million (66 crore and 80 lakh) through its communication channels, print and mass media, and campaigns like Child Safety Week. Of this:
- We garnered cumulative reach of 472 million (47 crore and 22 lakh) through print media
- A cumulative reach of 69 million (6 crore and 96 lakh) has been garnered through social media engagement and website.
4. Evaluations:
- An external evaluation of the effectiveness of Arpan’s flagship programme – Personal Safety Education (PSE) – found that 8% of children disclosed unsafe experiences of which 90% sought help from a trusted adult.
- Another evaluation of the effectiveness of the Personal Safety Education – Training of Trainers (TOT) cascade model found that more than 80% of the children who have received PSE from Arpan-trained school teachers, retained more than 75% of the key messages.
Please find more of our evaluation findings here.
