Emergency Response and Psycho-social Support

Overview:

Kolkata Sanved team started to work with the Dearah Association for Social and Humanitarian Action (ASHA) NGO operating in Minakhan, Basirhat and Hasnabad districts of North 24 Parganas to provide psycho-social support through Dance Movement Therapy as well as distribute relief to the families of 300 adolescent girls in the above mentioned districts. Total beneficiaries were 1500 individuals including the 300 adolescent girls.

Support Extended:

ASHA NGO regularly works on child protection and Kolkata Sanved will be providing long term psycho-social support and empowerment to these adolescent girls using Dance Movement Therapy.

Focus will be on breaking the cycle of early marriage, pregnancy, domestic violence and creating awareness regarding proper nutrition, health and build up on self-esteem using Dance Movement Therapy.

Moreover, in order to arrest the acute shortage of drinking water in the distant tribal villages, Kolkata Sanved will get 6 defunct tube wells repaired and operational.