Since inception, Arpan has impacted the lives of 20.3 million (2 crore and 03 lakh) children and adults through its work.
Among this:
Arpan has trained over 803,471 children and adults directly:
- Through the Personal Safety Education (PSE) Programme, Arpan has trained 176,374 children and 124,013 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 12,129 completions through Arpan eLearn and 58,392 completions through LMS partners.
- Arpan has provided psychotherapy for 14,960 cases of Child Sexual Abuse, inappropriate behaviour and other emotional concerns, and psychoeducation to 14,730 children and adults.
- Trained 366,461 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 4,067,273 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 683 million (68 crore and 33 lakh) through its communication channels, print and mass media, and campaigns like Child Safety Week. Of this:
- We garnered cumulative reach of 474 million (47 crore and 44 lakh) through print media
- A cumulative reach of 82 million (8 crore and 24 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.
