EDUCATION is one of the most transformative and sustainable methods to empower people for better. Education provides more than short-term or immediate help for their troubles. It takes people out of their current circumstances and enables them to step forward into a more empowered life in which there is greater access to their basic rights such as medical attention, safe employment and opportunities to improve life for the next generation. NGOs in India are leading the effort to empower people’s lives through education and focus on children who are one of the most vulnerable groups of people to suffer from social evils such as poverty, child exploitation, abandonment and the lack of opportunities for disabled children.
Here are the top 10 NGOs in India using education to fight social evils:
Using education to fight child labor
In factories across India, children are often “employed” to work in hazardous factories because of their small and nimble bodies and the low cost of their “employment”. But these places are dangerous since they starve children and overwork them to the point of exhaustion or death. Sahyog Care For You is one of the NGOs in India that rescues children from factories and other workplaces and gives them the chance to have better futures through education, medical care, counseling and personal support. Since 2002, Sahyog Care For You has rescued and rehabilitated countless children through education and guidance. To support Sahyog Care For You:
Using education to fight child trafficking
In red light districts, a disturbing sight can be seen: children. Minors are often abducted and taken to brothels where they are separated from their families and sexually abused by men, with no end in sight. Being children, these victims do not understand what has happened to them, let alone how to escape or recover. Society for Participatory Integrated Development or SPID is one of the NGOs in India that rescues children from brothels and gives them safe shelter, regular meals, educational opportunities and emotional guidance to recover and stand on their feet once again. To support Society for Participatory Integrated Development:
Using education to fight the Devadasi system
The ancient and banned Devadasi system is being exploited in the present era by those who exploit minor girls and force them into prostitution. In most cases, the girls’ mothers were also in the Devadasi system and this generational trauma continues. Children of India Foundation is one of the brave NGOs in India that takes girls out of the Devadasi system and works with families and local communities to raise awareness on the dangers of dedicating their daughters into the practice. Once rescued, the girls are enrolled in school so they will never be in danger of being dedicated to the Devadasi system. To support Children of India Foundation:
Support Children of India Foundation
Using education to fight orphanhood
Babies who are born with disabilities or who are unwanted for reasons such as being born female are abandoned upon their birth. These children are either dumped on the streets or left on the doorsteps of NGOs in India where their fates are uncertain and they are left to the mercies of those who find them. Delhi Council For Child Welfare is a safe home for “unwanted” children who are abandoned mostly because of disabilities. Once at the NGO, the children’s immediate needs are tended to and they are enrolled in school to help them move past their abandonment and disabilities to build their futures. To support Delhi Council For Child Welfare:
Support Delhi Council for Child Welfare
Using education to fight child exploitation in coal mines
Too poor to afford food, education or even a safe place to live, families are desperate for any opportunity to improve the lives of their children. This often includes their children working in defunct coal mines for a few Rupees. It goes without saying that these coal mines are dangerous for children and cause breathing problems, lung diseases, chronic illnesses, stunted growth and development and even death. Youths Union For Voluntary Action or YUVA is one of the NGOs in India that breaks the cycle of poverty by educating the children and giving them the chance to enjoy their childhoods and create their own futures. To support YUVA:
Using education to fight physical and mental disabilities
When a child is born disabled, that child is often seen as a curse and their families are advised to “give up” their disabled children These children should have normal and bright futures but are instead locked up inside their rooms and not given an education, opportunities or the childhoods they deserve. Satya Special School believes the opposite. To serve disabled children, Satya Special School is one of the NGOs in India that provides tailor-made education and multiple therapies such as physiotherapy, hydrotherapy, speech therapy, art therapy and more to help the children improve and live to their fullest abilities. To support Satya Special School:
Using education to prevent child trafficking
In the Sundarbans region of West Bengal, girls go missing and end up being trafficked for sexual exploitation. These innocent girls are either lured with food or toys or are drugged and abducted from their neighborhoods after which they are taken across state lines to be sold into brothels. Missing Link Trust is one of the Kolkata-based NGOs in India that works on the prevention of child trafficking through an education program that has been implemented in more than 600 schools across West Bengal. This program teaches children about trafficking and equips them with tools and resources to ensure it never happens. To support Missing Link Trust:
Using education to fight blindness
Blindness is not a debilitating condition. But children and young people with visual impairments are often not given a chance to succeed in the world. Educational opportunities that are not available to them and those from underprivileged backgrounds do not have the resources and aids to help them access education or employment. National Association For The Blind in Delhi is one of the many NGOs in India that works to empower people with blindness with academic support, school enrolment, Braille resources, learning aids and other tools to help blind people reach for the stars. To support National Association For The Blind in Delhi:
Support National Association for the Blind
Using education to fight natural catastrophes
Rising sea levels is a constant battle that islands across the world are fighting. In India, the river island in Assam called Majuli Island has been steadily shrinking in size and this river erosion places the local tribal population’s livelihoods at risk. Ayang Trust is one of the NGOs in India that sees education as the answer to this problem. By establishing The Hummingbird School, Ayang Trust is strengthening the futures of each of the families by empowering the next generation to seek safe and secure employment around Majuli Island. Each day, when the children cross the river to go to school, they are securing future generations. To support Ayang Trust:
Using education to fight the stigma against menstruation
The taboo surrounding periods causes harm. The refusal to accept menstruation as a normal fact of life places the lives of girls and women at risk since they are not able to purchase products such as sanitary pads to keep them safe and healthy. Instead, girls and women from poor backgrounds are forced to use leaves, rags and even cow dung but this causes severe health problems. Pinkishe Foundation is one of the NGOs in India that is using education and awareness raising to fight the stigma against periods. By educating girls, women and local communities, girls and women can be healthier and period stigma can end. To support Pinkishe Foundation:
Support education NGOs in India
When you support these education NGOs in India, you help children across the country who are being abused, exploited and misused. Empowering the children with education is the most transformative and permanent way to uplift them and change their futures for the better.
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Shirley has been in the development sector for over 10 years and is passionate about making a change in the world around her, including adopting dogs and writing to make a difference.
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