When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful. – Malala Yousafzai Our voices are our most powerful weapon. They not only are a source of inspiration but reveal our emotions and depict a story unheard. With this notion, BBC Radio India graciously joined us on our journey to hear stories of PROTSAHAN girls about their life ,…
Protsahan Team
Next time, you are looking for handmade cloth pouches, soft toys, candles, diyas, souveniors to gift your loved ones, will you remember us? Every handicraft item made by a Protsahan woman and a young adolescent girl, symbolizes Empathy, Creativity & Life Skills; the 3 core values of Protsahan.
We’d love to handcraft some love for you!
Here are some of our handicraft products with their price ranges. (Delivery: Within India only)
In the photo: Divya Mathias, volunteer from Symbiosis University, teaching English to Ritu at Protsahan “Protsahan: Because Art transforms wounds into hope.” When I first saw this on the Protsahan webpage, I was intrigued and wondered was it really possible. My first day at Protsahan as a volunteer, the girls were taking a photography class, they were going to capture…
We have been able to crowd source 4 cameras for our children through Twitter and Facebook. We need another 16. Will you help us make this possible? Donate your old DSLR or digital cameras to Protsahan and become a part of the revolution to encourage creative education and skill development through art. Learning with a lovely volunteer from Russia at…
Art Heals, Protsahan Taught Me How To be yourself in a world always trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. There is another life waiting for you ‘as you step out of the comfort zone’. I had always heard but never experienced, highly grateful to Protsahan for giving me an undoubtedly remarkable and a truly memorable experience…
Travelling through the tapered roads of Hastsal, on reaching my destination I was stupefied on being received by the doting smiles of the little angels of Protsahan. Truly said, “The soul can be healed by being with children.” They rekindled me with a lot more joy and hope than I expected, exactly then did my first experience of interning kick start!…
Internships are an intrinsic part of any B-School curriculum. Abiding by this, we, Anurag Krishnam, Abhinav Singh Raat, Juhi Shukla, Prakhar Verma and Pooja Chowhan introducing ourselves as the new interns at Protsahan India Foundation this summer, traveled down from Greater Noida to a place in Uttam Nagar that changed our perspectives forever. With a to-do list in our mind…
It had all started as a discussion between Elsa Marie Dsilva (Founder: Safecity.in) and Sonal Kapoor (Founder: Protsahan) when they met during their Vital Voices Fellowship Programme in Nepal. Vital Voices is an international organization that invests in extraordinary women who are trying to transform the world, one unique step at a time with sustainable approaches. Vital Voices works with…
Girls at Protsahan never shy away from a challenge, for their stories always start at extremely complex, difficult points – social rejection and isolation, abuse, discrimination, familial pressures, poverty – but nonetheless, their plot lines are designed to move towards happy endings. For when you’re rewriting your own destiny, with hands held by some of country’s best young people, you…
After getting a little lost, I nervously waited in front of the landmark given to me and worried about what was expected of me. But soon enough two little girls came to pick me up and I could swear I’d seen them somewhere, but then again, probably not. Khushboo and Fatima effortlessly put me at ease as one explained directions…