Since inception Arpan has impacted 20.4 million (2 crore and 4 lakh) children and adults through its work.
Among this:
1. Arpan has trained over 810,296 children and adults directly:
- Through the Personal Safety Education (PSE) programme Arpan has trained 176,681 children and 124,771 adults including parents, teachers as well as non-teaching staff in over 270 schools/ colleges, 24 communities and 4 shelter homes/ institutes 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 12,344 completions through Arpan eLearn and 62,235 completions through LMS partners.
- Provided psychotherapy to 14,960 cases of Child Sexual Abuse, inappropriate behaviour and other emotional concerns, and psychoeducation to 14,730 children and adults.
- Trained 372,000 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.
2. These professionals trained by Arpan have in turn trained 4,103,880 children and adults.
3. 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.
4. Since inception, Arpan has a cumulative reach of 688 million (68 crore and 87 lakh) through its Communication channels, print and mass media, and campaigns like Child safety Week. Of this:
- We garnered cumulative reach of 476 million (47 crore and 65 lakh) through print media
- A cumulative reach of 85 million (8 crore and 57 lakh) has been garnered through social media engagement and website.
Evaluations:
- An external evaluation of the effectiveness of Arpan’s flagship programme – Personal Safety Education – found that 8% of children disclosed unsafe experiences of which 90% sought help from a trusted adult.
- More than 80% of the children who have undergone Arpan’s Personal Safety Education, retained more than 75% of the key messages taught during the programme.
Please find more of our evaluation findings here.
