We at Protsahan India Foundation launched the Girl Champions Fellowship program in September 2021 with the goal of building resilient communities by empowering young girls with employability enhancement skills to break intergenerational cycles of sexual and gender-based violence and poverty. Read more about this transformative program here.
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The arts have always been a powerful medium for advocacy, political activism, and social change. Today, it’s more important than ever to harness the power of art to advocate for these critical causes.
“Everybody can be great. Because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve. You don’t have to know the second theory of thermodynamics in physics to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.” ~ Martin…
In times of increasing need for varied therapeutic approaches for varied populations, team Protsahan had the honour to visit, experience and understand the multimodal services and integration of holistic and innovative practices in existing treatment provided by VIMHANS hospital in the area of mental health through Expressive Arts Therapy. The two day visit was informative and helpful for us to…
Though there are many communities in which menarche, i.e. the first time a girl menstruates, is marked as an occasion of celebration, the hypocrisy is that at the same time the girls are not allowed to enter the temples, or kitchens as they are considered ‘dirty’. I am 15-years-old and I already find it outrageous how several people are invited…
World Menstrual Hygiene Day – 28 May, 2019 28th May is celebrated as the World Menstrual Hygiene Day and the theme for 2019 being- ‘It’s Time for Action’. Network for Enterprise Enhancement and Development Support (NEEDS) introduced one of its kind innovation to take discussions around menstrual hygiene to the last miles and that is through visual art. This year…
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)
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…
“Stories are the way human beings understand and communicate our deepest values”, Marshall Ganz Across the world, storytelling has been used as an effective means of social change. Tales of great leaders have inspired many more in bringing a revolution. Cinema for years has been used as a mass medium of storytelling, spreading information and building awareness about social issues….