Rahala Initiative
Category: Initiative
Target groups: Street children, beggars, and homeless women
Main field: Social and legal empowerment; health awareness
Setting: Urban and rural
Year founded: 2012
Brief Description: The Rahala Initiative is a self-funded initiative that aims to support homeless children and women and provide them with better living standards. This can be achieved through psychological, social, legal, and medical support. The initiative also attempts to analyze the different aspects of this phenomenon and suggest basic solutions to it. It also aims to form coalitions with other organizations and decision-making entities in the hopes of coming up with realistic solutions.
Target groups: Street children, beggars, and homeless women
Main field: Social and legal empowerment; health awareness
Setting: Urban and rural
Year founded: 2012
Brief Description: The Rahala Initiative is a self-funded initiative that aims to support homeless children and women and provide them with better living standards. This can be achieved through psychological, social, legal, and medical support. The initiative also attempts to analyze the different aspects of this phenomenon and suggest basic solutions to it. It also aims to form coalitions with other organizations and decision-making entities in the hopes of coming up with realistic solutions.
Main Activity:
Awareness campaigns and craft workshopsOngoing projects
- Child care through education or individual support
- Immediate support
- Women literacy classes
- Eliminating violence against women (verbal harassment, sexual harassment, or domestic violence) through psychological, legal, and medical support
- Resolving familial conflicts and providing emotional support and guidance
Past projects
- Handicrafts
- Door-to-door FGM awareness campaign with doctors
- Awareness seminars and door-to-door campaigns on women's health
- Domestic sexual violence awareness campaign