Aangan Trust increases safety and resilience of vulnerable children.
Investee | Aangan Trust, founded 2001 |
Location | India |
Sector | Education |
Funding start | 2009 |
Funding type | Grant |
Website | www.aanganindia.org |
Approximately 60 million children in India are victims of child labor, human trafficking, physical abuse or homelessness. Lack of awareness, attention and capacity of local authorities results in insufficient response to the problems. Mistrust of the community in local authorities hinders transparency and poses challenges to stopping abuse and violence against children.
Aangan Trust runs prevention, post-harm and advocacy programs that work with vulnerable children, adults and state authorities towards the creation of a protective environment for children in India where all rights are secured:
20 million vulnerable children in India can have a better chance for a safer childhood through Angaans prevention, mentorship and advocacy programs that work closely with children, parents and public and private stakeholders. Aangan contributes to:
Impact Reach* | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 |
# of children reached | 53'219 | 57'176 | 157'379 | 227‘608 | 266'419 | 352'453 | 228'198 |
govt. officials activated to better protect children | 272 | 272 | 255 | 291 | 2'272 | 4'633 | 395 |
# of states Aangan works | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 |
* Fiscal year April to March
By investing in Aangan Trust, we align with and contribute to five of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.