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Akshara Centre( Registered as Front for Rapid Economic Advancement of India)

Empower women and girls to help them live a violent-free, dignified life with no discrimination

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  • FCRA
  • 80G
  • 12A
  • CSR-1
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  • Overview

  • PROGRAMS

  • People

  • ABOUT US

  • FIELD VISIT

Cause Area

Primary Sectors

Secondary Sectors

Financials

  • 2020

    Total Income
    Rs.21,028,746
    Total Expenses
    Rs.12,108,426
    Non Program Expenses
    Rs.2,179,516
    Program Expenses
    Rs.9,928,910
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  • 2021

    Total Income
    Rs.11,788,736
    Total Expenses
    Rs.13,496,172
    Non Program Expenses
    Rs.2,564,272
    Program Expenses
    Rs.10,931,900
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  • 2022

    Total Income
    Rs.17,385,260
    Total Expenses
    Rs.14,864,064
    Non Program Expenses
    Rs.2,824,172
    Program Expenses
    Rs.12,039,892
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  • 2023

    Total Income
    Rs.2,542,605
    Total Expenses
    Rs.954,811
    Non Program Expenses
    Rs.160,694
    Program Expenses
    Rs.794,117
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  • 2024

    Total Income
    Rs.2,848,032
    Total Expenses
    Rs.727,201
    Non Program Expenses
    Rs.64,226
    Program Expenses
    Rs.662,975
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Geographies Served

Programs

  • Empowering Dream Program

    Empowering Dream Program focuses on underprivileged young women from age of about 16 to 24 and offers them financial assistance to complete their education and enhance their livelihood skills. Akshara provides scholarships for education, training in life and technical skills, and job placement for socially and economically disadvantaged young women between the ages of 16 and 24. Their parents are usually from the Informal Sector doing jobs as domestic servants, office support, watchmen etc. Free primary education provided by the government has reached most of this target group. They are educated up to the 10th and 12th standards. Higher education amongst this group is low. Project description: Youth form a large part of the population of India. “There are 600 million young people in the age group 15 – 34 years. It endeavors to provide them with the tools and perspective necessary to become socially and economically empowered young citizens. Young women have aspirations but are hindered by social mindsets, low educational levels and skills. Unlike their brothers, their parents do not think it is necessary for them to enter higher education as well as the labour market. Akshara believes that formal [school and college] needs to be combined with technical skills and non-formal education [gender and citizenship] so they are not caught in early marriage, unwanted pregnancy, low wages and violence and can make a better life for themselves. We use a multi strategy approach for the Empowering Dream Project: • Learning: supporting girls to complete their school and higher education by providing financial assistance • Livelihood: teaching them skills for employment like computers, English, CV writing, interviewing, accountancy • Life skills: information on health, reproduction and contraception, health relationships, gender, resistance to violence

  • Youth For Change Program

    District

    District

    Mumbai

    These youth often observe and experience instances of gender-based violence within their families and communities, which shapes their understanding of relationships and gender norms. Furthermore, their cultural background plays a significant role in shaping their perception of such issues

  • Youth for Change Program

    District

    District

    Mumbai

    These youth often observe and experience instances of gender-based violence within their families and communities, which shapes their understanding of relationships and gender norms. Furthermore, their cultural background plays a significant role in shaping their perception of such issues

Impact Metrics

  • Weak Communication Skills and Were Not Confident in Speaking With Elders in the Home and Strangers Outside It

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2021-22 54

  • Grasped the Importance of Communication With Their Partners

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2021-22 49

  • Uuncomfortable Travelling by Themselves in Public Buses or Trains.

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2021-22 46

  • Understood the Concept of Masculine and Feminine Roles/Personalities

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2021-22 4

  • Started Doing Household Chores

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2021-22 48

  • Supported the Female Members in Their Family Like Mothers or Sisters

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2021-22 28

  • %Age of Children With Weak Communication Skills

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2021-22 5400

  • %Age of Children Grasped the Importance of Communication With Their Partners

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2021-22 4900

  • %Age of Children Uncomfortable Travelling by Themselves in Public Buses or Trains.

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2021-22 46

  • %Age of Students Understood the Concept of Masculine and Feminine Roles/Personalities

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2021-22 400

  • %Age of Students Started Doing Household Chores

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2021-22 4800

  • %Age of Students Supported the Female Members in Their Family Like Mothers or Sisters

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2021-22 2800

Leadership Team

  • Sakina Bahora

    Advisor-Educaiton and skill Building

  • Urmila Salunke

    Sr Trainer Young women empowerment

  • Snehal Velkar

    Sr Trainer Safe city Program

  • Ms Nandita Shah

    Managing Trustee

  • Ms Nandita Gandhi

    Managing Trustee

Demographics & Structure

  • Organisation Strength

    7

  • Diversity Metrics

    93% women

  • Organization Structure Organization Structure

    Yes

Registration Details

  • PAN Card

    AAATF0536C

  • Registration Number

    F-1656 (Mumbai)

  • CSR Form 1

    CSR00001883

  • 80G

    AAATF0536CF20210

  • 12A

    AAATF0536CE20214

  • FCRA

    083780440

About

  • Headquarters

    Mumbai, Maharashtra

  • Since

    1995

Impact

Over the last 13 years, Akshara Centre has supported more than 1500 young women to complete their education and develop life skills. Their programs have reached thousands of youth across Mumbai, creating confident, financially independent and gender-sensitive youth leaders.

Vision and Mission

Vision:
To establish gender just and violence free society
Long Term Goal:
All Women and Girls Have Equitable Access, Opportunities and Participate In the Socio, Eco, Political Life of A City
Akshara Centre is a Mumbai based women’s rights organisation committed to building a gender equal, gender just and a violence free society. We empower young women from resource poor families so that they can challenge deep rooted gender inequalities and claim their rights to education and opportunity to break out of their cycle of poverty and achieve their full potential. Akshara Centre engages young men in this process to redefine gender norms and co-create the gender equal world. Akshara has been at the forefront of the development of south-south international feminist alliances, in the world social forum and Un Women processes . Akshara has played a key role in the development of the ‘Gender Inclusive City’ with the State, BMC, with the police, transport authorities.
We believe in changing minds and hearts of individuals, challenge the gender narrative in society and intervene to ensure change in the system.

Political & Religious Declarations

  • Political Affiliation

  • Religious Affiliation

Location

  • Headquarters

    501, Nilambari, Road No 86 Opp Portuguese Church, Dadar West, Mumbai, Maharashtra

    Directions
  • Offices in Cities

Other Details

  • Type

    Non-profit

  • Sub Type

    Trust

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Technology Adoption

  • SOC 2 Compliant

    No

  • Financial Management

  • Beneficiary Management