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A Cry for Help Foundation -
Simran Rawat
Our Beginning ACFH started in 2013 in DPS Gurgaon. Then we successfully conducted workshops in several schools like Ryan International, Sohna Road; Scottish High and SN Sidheshwar school as well as organised awareness initiatives in public places like Galleria and events like Raahgiri Day. As part of our awareness initiatives, we performed various flash mobs and a few street plays. Our first major collaboration was with Teach For India to mentor children from Delhi’s most underprivileged government schools.
Organisation Profile We work with children from the ages of 10-21 to help them tackle issues like self harm, suicide, bullying, substance abuse and more. ACFH adopts a 3 step model of conducting workshops, training student leaders and providing peer counselling to help students. We also tackle taboo topics like sexual health, mental wellness and more through informal and interactive means. Our model is currently being implemented in schools across Delhi NCR. The USP of the model is that it is by young people for young people, empowering the youth community to give and seek help from each other. We’ve impacted over 5000 children in schools like Pathways, Tagore International and DPS, as well as government schools. We’ve also reached out to hundreds of teachers and
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