Present programmes

Our Programmes

From street theatre to Panchayat-level committees, our programmes work at every level — the household, the village, and the district — to prevent the Devadasi system and child marriage.

Prevention & protection

  • Prevention & eradication of the Devadasi system
  • Prevention and eradication of child marriage
  • Child right protection committee formation at Panchayat level
  • Block level / District level / State level DS-CM committees

Community & youth organising

  • Socio-economic development programme
  • Vocational training for adolescent girls
  • Children's Sangha
  • Youth Group Formation
  • Kishori group formation
  • READS Karnataka children federation
  • Children gram sabha
  • Self-help groups formation

Advocacy & outreach

  • Letter campaign
  • Street play programme — Devadasi system & child marriage
  • Film talks and radio interviews on child marriage
  • READS Karnataka regional rally

Training & capacity building

  • Orientations of mass marriage committee members
  • State level child marriage workshop
  • Protecting the rights of unorganised labour — rally, jatha, and submission of memorandum

Future plan — PCT

Where we're headed next

Socio-economic development

Strengthening existing self-help groups and forming new ones, with a focus on savings and credit, livelihood skills for women, awareness of government livelihood schemes, and behaviour modification.

Skill training

Building practical, income-generating skills within the communities we work with.

Child rights protection

Continued work against child labour, child marriage, and child abuse.