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Because Every Child Matters

Every child, safe. Every childhood, dignified.

A child-centred society where every child realises their rights and lives a safe, dignified, and fulfilling life.

See Our Impact
80G Tax Benefit FCRA Compliant 25 years in the field

Communities act.
Systems respond.
Children thrive.

Reached

200K+ children

Supporting

10K+ women farmers

Our Mission

Rights recognised, accessed, and upheld — every day.

To work with communities and systems to realise existing power, ensuring that children’s rights are recognised, accessed, and upheld in everyday life.

Theory of Change

When communities act, systems respond — children thrive.

When communities act and systems respond in convergence, children’s survival, development, protection, and participation are realised and sustained.

The Reality

The Intergenerational Trap

Risks do not occur in isolation. They reinforce each other across generations unless systems respond in time.

8 out of 10

mothers are severely anaemic

1 in 2

children face chronic stunting

9 out of 10

infants lack adequate diet

7 out of 10

women cannot read or write

4 out of 10

girls are married as children

5 out of 10

face distress migration

These are not isolated statistics — they are the daily arithmetic of childhood in India’s most under-served districts.

Our Process

How Change Happens

A convergence model — beginning with people, ending with systems that endure.

  1. 01

    Behaviour Change

    Shift mindsets through grassroots dialogue, storytelling, and lived experience.

  2. 02

    Demand Generation

    Equip families and communities to ask for their rights and entitlements.

  3. 03

    System Strengthening

    Partner with public institutions to make delivery inclusive and accountable.

  4. 04

    Service Delivery

    Ensure services reach the last child, in time, and with dignity.

The Continuum of Care

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Layer 1

Individual & Peer Platforms

Child Parliaments, Adolescent Groups

Children and adolescents find their voice in peer spaces — building agency from the ground up.
Layer 2

Community-Based Institutions

Gram Sabhas, VLCPCs

Village-level collectives drive local accountability and translate demand into decisions.
Layer 3

Public Systems

Health, Education, Child Protection

Public institutions deliver on their mandate — inclusively, in time, and with dignity.

Programmes

What We Do

Four interlocking programmes — each one rooted in children’s rights, each one answerable to the community.

School of Leadership

Children evolve as leaders, claiming rights and shaping their communities.

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Rights & Entitlements

Bridging communities and public systems for access that actually reaches.

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Human Protection

Addressing child marriage, trafficking, and abuse with dignity and care.

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Climate Justice

Strengthening sustainable farming and resilient rural livelihoods.

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Guiding Principles

Voices of Change

The truest measure of our work is what it makes possible in one life, in one village, at a time.

“I was beaten and broken, left with nothing. Now I stand tall, and I’m making sure no girl in my village stays in the dark.”
S

Shakti

31, community leader

“I claimed my right to choose, refused early marriage, and became the first girl from my village to study nursing in a city.”
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Ankita

18, nursing student

Dignity First

Rights-Based

Community-Led

Evidence-Driven

Trust & Compliance

Our Footprint & Impact

Transparent. Accredited. Audited. Here is what a quarter-century of community partnership looks like.

12AB(1)(b) FCRA: 136260010 80G(5) Societies Reg. Act, 1860

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invested since 2000

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worth of resources accessed

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children & adolescents reached

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small & marginal women farmers

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early marriages prevented

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trafficking risks responded

Figures audited annually. Detailed reports available on request at joinus@dehatindia.org.

Engage With Us

Scan. Decode. Act.

Join a community of people who believe every child deserves a fair chance.