Children driven Community Development: Chetanalaya has been working with children
in the resettlement colonies for decades. Chetanalaya’s journey with children has gone
through different forms and strengths. Chetanalaya has 5 preschools, 12 remedial
education centres, school admission campaigns, sports for development activities, yoga
sessions and cultural programmes, helping in availing the scholarships, conducting
science fair, rescuing the child in crisis through Childline 1098 at Mewat District
Haryana, Neighbourhood Children Parliament, Time banking and so on. Our interventions
cover around 50000 children every year.
Youth Skill Enhancement and Employment: Chetanalaya works with youth in the
realm of personality development and skill enhancement. We engage with the youth
in the form of Cutting and Tailoring Classes, Beauty Culture Classes, Computer
Education, Dance Classes, Personality Development, life skill trainings, leadership
camps, critical thinking, spoken English and short term skills. More than 3000
youth benefit from the community engagement and vocational training programme
every year. The youth are united with the organization and volunteer in different
occasions.
Financial Inclusion and Women Empowerment: The greatest strength of Chetanalaya
is women power be it the staff structure or the people we work with. We work with
more than 30000 – 40000 women in Delhi and some districts of Haryana. Chetanalaya
works with women in the form of awareness generation on women rights, domestic violence
against women, training on self-defence, Mahila Panchayat, Mobile Help Line-181,
legal and financial training, women entrepreneurship and self help groups. One
of the flagship programmes of Chetanalaya is Self Help Groups among women for
the last 3 decades involving around 24000 women with 1600+ SHGs.
Socio-Economic Protection of the Migrant Workers: Chetanalaya closely work with
around 4000 migrant workers in the resettlement colonies of Delhi by helping them avail
health benefits, skill enhancement, availing entitlements, financial and legal
awareness among the construction workers, waste collectors, rickshaw pullers and
domestic workers. Chetanalaya has been working with the waste collectors and
domestic workers specifically for decades.
Environment Protection: When climate crisis is the keyword, Chetanalaya has always taken affirmative
climate actions in the form of Jute bag promotion, Kitchen Waste Compost Making, Campaigns and awareness on
environmental degradation (air pollution) and preventive measures, tree plantation, promotion of air purifying
plants, paper recycling, upcycling, adopting community parks and maintaining, promoting terrace garden,
establishing Chetanalaya Environment Education Centre to promote Care of our Common Home, solar energy,
and so on.
Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities: Chetanalaya has been promoting community based rehabilitation
of persons with disability for more than 2 decades through home based rehabilitation, providing aids and
appliances, referral services, assisting to avail entitlements, promoting income generating activities
and employment, awareness on the rights of PwDs, counseling, SHGs of PwDs and forming Association of
Families having Persons with Disability. Around 3000 PWDs are supported every year.
Share & Care for the Elderly: Chetanalaya journeys with more than 800 elderly in the community. The journey
of Chetanalaya many fold namely we work with the elders in the community through share and care programmes
(Birthday Celebration, Day Celebrations, Sports, Singing and so on), Chetanalaya Sewa Sadan: Day Care Centre
for the Elderly at Sangam Vihar, Chetanalaya Vishesh Gurukul: Home for the Elderly at Bahu Akbarpur, Rohtak
and Archbishops Angelo-Alan Aid for the Elderly (500/- per month for the poor elderly).