LEGAL SERVICES AND HUMAN RIGHTS

Samarthan
Contact Person Neeta Kolhatkar, Secretary

87/3, Mumbadevi Temple,, Kalbadevi Road, Mumbai, Maharashtra -

Address
400002

Telephone (2242) 5292

Fax No. 8291

Email Address vsansad@bom3.vsnl.net.in

Name of other key person Vivek Pandit, Chairperson

Establishment in 1996

Registration in/ Regn. No. 1567/1996 GBBSD

Registered under Public Trust

FCRA No. 083780795

Advocacy Organisation with aim to empower the vulnerable sections

Aims/Mission/Vision
of society e. g. SC, ST, Women,Children.

Substantive Area of
Education, Human Rights, Budget
work/focus

Geographical Area of
State of Maharashtra.
Operation

Approximate Annual Budget

17
(Rs.in Lakh)

Source of funds Foreign : NGO.

Indian : Not applicable.

Staff Full Time: Paid 15 Voluntary/Honorary0

Part Time: Paid 0 Voluntary/Honorary0

Collaboration Affiliations with : Not applicable.

Interested to collaborate with : Not applicable.

Products & Services Offer : Not applicable.

Require : Not applicable.

PRAYAS ( A Field Action Project of the Tata Institute of

Social Sciences)
Contact Person Shri Vijay Rahgavan, Project Director

Address 9/1, B.D.D Chawl,Worli, Mumbai, Maharashtra - 400018

Telephone (022) 4947156,4902285

Fax No. 4953253

Email Address prayas1990@rediffmail.com

Name of other key Dr. (Smt) Sanober Sahni, Project Advisor

person

Establishment in 1990

Registration in/ Regn. Bom, 8/1966/GBBSD and F1391(Bom)

No.

Registered under Soc Reg Act 1860 & Bom Public Trusts Act, 1950

FCRA No. N.A

Aims/Mission/Vision Not given.

Substantive Area of Rehabilitation and basic rights of under trial prisoners, released prisoners,
work/focus rescued victims(from prostitution), children of prisoners, released
prisoners, released prioners, women and youth vulnerable to crime or
prostitution

Geographical Area of Mumbai, Thane and Bharuch, Surat, Ankleshwar(in Gujarat)

Operation

Approximate Annual 50
Budget (Rs.in Lakh)

Source of funds Foreign : Govt/Un Agencies/NGO/Religious funding

agencies/Donations/Others:Not Applicable

Indian : Central Govt./State Govt./Donations/Others: Central Social

Welfare Borad, NHRC, R.D. Tata Trust

Staff Full Time: Paid 33 Voluntary/Honorary6

Part Time: Paid 0 Voluntary/Honorary0

Collaboration Affiliations with : Not Available

Interested to collaborate with : Government departments and national

bodies-Ministry of Home Affairs, Department of Women and Child
Development, Youth Affairs and Sports

Products & Services Offer : Information Service/Professional Services/Training etc.

Require : Information Service/Professional Services/Training etc.

Partners for Law in Development

Contact Person Madhu Mehra,

Address O-55, Second Floor Left side, Lajpat Nagar II, New Delhi, Delhi - 110024

Telephone Not Available

Fax No. Not Available

Email Address Not Available

Name of other key Ms. Aradhana Nanda

person

Establishment in 1997

Registration in/ Regn. 16.2.1998,Regn No. 10514

No.

Registered under Indian Trust Act 1882

FCRA No. Not Available

Aims/Mission/Vision To develop a culture of collaborative lawycring where law becomes a

component of social action and not an independent autonomous knowledge
and skill disassociated with the social context. To encourage social work
organisation to use law as a development resource and to raise community
awareness and consciousness about right and duties of citizens. To
encourage NGOs to explore contextually relevant ways of using law as a
component in addressing disadvantage and discrimination. To explore and
popularise diverse ways of making law relvant to the marginalised sections
of the society outside the dominant litigative and legal system based use of
law. To document and share pro active non adversarial ways of using law to
build a culture of respect for human rights. To create a social consciousness
among members of the legal profession and encourage collaborative
lawyering by building partnerships between the two seemingly seprate
sectors : development and law.

Substantive Area of Using law to work with NGOs on issues of Women's right, child sexual
work/focus abuse, livelihood and human right

Geographical Area of The whole of India. Currently the field projects are based in Orissa, Kerala,
Operation Uttar Pradesh,Goa, Bihar and Rajasthan.

Approximate Annual 37
Budget (Rs.in Lakh)

Source of funds Foreign : Unifem, SIDA

Indian : National Foundation for India

Staff Full Time: Paid 3 Voluntary/Honorary0

Part Time: Paid 0 Voluntary/Honorary0

Collaboration Affiliations with : Not Available

Interested to collaborate with : Not Available

Products & Services Offer : Training on law and gender

Require : Field partners would require and benefit from training

programmes and workshop on law, Women's equal

EDUCATION
Apnalaya
Contact Person Ms. Leena Joshi, Director

Address 75, Bhulabhai Desai Road,, Mumbai, Maharashtra - 400026

Telephone (022) 4980139,4949752

Fax No. 3688512

Email Address leenajoshi@vsnl.net

Name of other key Ms. Annabel Mehta, Treasurer

person

Establishment in 1973

Registration in/ Regn. 28th February 1973

No.

Registered under Societies Registration Act 1860

FCRA No. 083780332 dt:. 14.01.86

Aims/Mission/Vision Vision: All the members of society- Men, women and children- have a right
to a life of good quality. Apnalaya's vision is to work towards equal
opportunities for all. MISION: As there are many people who are
disadvantaged due to many reasons/censes in social, political, economic
and other spheres of life, Apnalaya works towards developing a capacities in
individuals and groups of these people which will help them to access
opportunities that lead to a better quality of life. OVERALL GOALS: To
Mobilise, organise and empowere the people through awareness building,
education and trainings to identify and help find solutions to the problems
which they feel are their concerns. To develop, build and strengthen a
permanent network of the local community based organisation (CBO's) to
enable them to work together on common civic issues for the overall
development of the area.To identify and strengthen the local leadership to
work on civic issues such as Rationing, Sanitation, Water, Garbage, and
Environment. To create awareness among women and girl in health and
women's issues. To mobilise women and girls to participate in vocational
training, which in turn will have a positive impact on their overall
development. * To provide a promotive, curative and preventive health
services.

Substantive Area of Overall community development which includes the issues of health,
work/focus education, sanitation, garbage management, water, housing, rationing,
environment, drug/ alcohol and HIV- Aids etc. Women, children and youths
are the focus groups.

Geographical Area of Five geographically varied slum communities in North- East Mumbai, Central
Operation Mumbai and Western Mumbai.

Approximate Annual
35
Budget (Rs.in Lakh)

Source of funds Foreign : NGO, Donation, and others.

Indian : Central Govt, NGO, Donation, and Others

Staff Full Time: Paid 50 Voluntary/Honorary30

Part Time: Paid 1 Voluntary/Honorary2

Affiliations with : National allaince for people's movement, HIV-Aids forum

Collaboration
Mumbai, Maharashtra Rationing Kruti Samittee.

Interested to collaborate with : Central and State Govt on civic issues,

Health and Education,UN Agencies, World Bank on health, sanitation and
environment issues.

Products & Services Offer : Training packages for various levels of community workers.

Require : Information Services, Professional Services,Training, HIV-

Aids,Micro finance,Youth,Financial Support
 Aseema Chartiable Trust
Contact Person Dilbur Parakh, Chairperson

23, Presidency Society, North South Road No. 7,, J.V.P.D. Scheme,
Address
Mumbai, Maharashtra - 400049

Telephone (022) 6424483,4931511

Fax No. 4933713

Email Address dilburpa@bom7.vsnl.net

Name of other key person Trustee- Ms. Snehal Paranjape, Ms. Neela Kapadia

Establishment in 1995

Registration in/ Regn. No. Charity Commissioner, Mumbai E-15966

Registered under Bombay Public Trust Act.

FCRA No. 083780665

To Protect and Promote Human Rights especially those of Childern

Aims/Mission/Vision
and Women.

Substantive Area of
Education of Underprivledged Childern.
work/focus

Geographical Area of Operation Mumbai

Approximate Annual Budget

11.73
(Rs.in Lakh)

Source of funds Foreign : NGO's Donation.

Indian : Donation

Staff Full Time: Paid 4 Voluntary/Honorary6

Part Time: Paid 0 Voluntary/Honorary20

Collaboration Affiliations with : NGO's

Interested to collaborate with : Organisations doing similar work,

Funding Agencies interested in Education.

Products & Services Offer : Cards, Art books, Note pads, Paintings, & Bags

Require : Teachers, Counsellors, Social Workers.

Central Society for the Education of the Deaf

Contact Person Mrs. Mary J. Behlihomji, Hon. Chairperson

Address 3rd Floor, Municipal School building,, Opp. Y. M. C. A. Swimming Pool Farook
Umerbhoypath, Agripada, Mumbai, Maharashtra - 400011

Telephone (022) 3087798,3088879

Fax No. Not Available

Email Address Not Available

Name of other key Mr. J. R. Behlihomji, Hon. Treasurer

person

Establishment in 1966

Registration in/ Regn. Bombay Public Trust Act, 1950. F1438(Bom), 6-10-66
No.

Registered under Societies Registration Act 1860

FCRA No. 083780637

Aims/Mission/Vision AIMS / Vision:- Our Vision is to impart "ORAL EDUCATION" of the highest
standards to deaf children viz. Teaching them to speak and communicate
with the 'hearing world'. CORE MISSION:- The society is committed to
providing the very best facilities and amenities for education deaf children
and infants between the ages of 8 months to 10 years. This is sought to be
done by way of having modern state of the art equipment and apparatus for
auditory testing, specialised and structured teaching methods and
individualised parent couselling programmes. At our MAITRI Centre, we also
have a "Cochlear Re -habilitation" section specifically for cochlear implanted
children. VISION:- Our vision is to ensure that every deaf child or infant in
india is given a fighting chance to develop his /her residual hearing faculties
to their fullest maximum potential and furthermore, in doing so, s/he is able
to converse and communicate fluently in the language of their choosing
without any inhibition, fear or apprehension. The subsequent and final
"mainstreaming" or integration of deaf / hearing impaired children and / or
infants into 'Normal' schools would be our ultimate reward.

Substantive Area of Education and Rehabilitation of Deaf children upto the primary level.
work/focus training Teachers of the Deaf in the most upto date methods of Deaf
Education. rehabilitation of Cochlea Implantees.

Geographical Area of Mumbai / Maharashtra.

Operation

Approximate Annual
33
Budget (Rs.in Lakh)

Source of funds Foreign : Donation.

Indian : State Government, Donation, Others.

Staff Full Time: Paid 25 Voluntary/Honorary4

Part Time: Paid 2 Voluntary/Honorary2

Collaboration Affiliations with : None.

Interested to collaborate with : None.

Products & Services Offer : Not given.

Require : Not given.

Butterflies Programme of Street and Working Childern

Contact Person Ms. Rita Panicker

Address U-4, FF, Green Park Extn, New Delhi, Delhi - 110016

Telephone (011) 6163935,6191063

Fax No. 6196117

Email Address bflies@ndb.vsnl.net.in

Name of other key Mr. Thomas Chooranolil

person

Establishment in 1989

Registration in/ Regn. S- 20202

No.

Registered under Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860

FCRA No. 23165603

Aims/Mission/Vision Butterflies believes in the right of every child to have a complete childhood.
Where she/he has protection, respect, opportunities and participation in
her/his growth and development as a right.

Substantive Area of We have no centres or institution. All the activities are conducted on the
work/focus streets or parks wherever there is a concentration of street and working
childern. There are 8 such contact points through them it reaches to about
800 childern. Its activity included non-formal education, saving schemes,
Health- co-operatives, income-generation and technical education, street
theatre (Butterflies Bal Rang Manch), alternate media (Butterflies
Broadcasting Childern Company) and Bal Mazdoor ki Awaz (Wall Paper)
networking with other NGOs at city, national and international the Delhi
Child Rights Club which has now child workers from 13 NGOs as it members.
Butterflies is also the nodal agency for Childline in Delhi.

Geographical Area of Delhi

Operation

Approximate Annual 34
Budget (Rs.in Lakh)

Source of funds Foreign : Funding agencies, Donation

Indian : Central Government , Donation

Staff Full Time: Paid 38 Voluntary/Honorary2

Part Time: Paid 8 Voluntary/Honorary0

Collaboration Affiliations with : Not Available

Interested to collaborate with : Not Available

Products & Services Offer : Information Services

Require : Information Services, Professional Services, Training etc.

Child Relief and You (CRY)

Contact Person Ms. Bondana Dutta / V Adm. H. Johnson (Refd).

Address DDA Slum Wing Barat Ghar, Bapu Park, Kotla Mubarak, New Delhi,
Delhi - 110003

Telephone (011) 4627366,4693137

Fax No. 4632302

Email Address ic.del@crymail.org

Name of other key person Ms. Mamta Saikia

Establishment in 1979

Registration in/ Regn. No. Mumbai (F5208)

Registered under Bombay Trust Act

FCRA No. 083780207 Dated 23.03.85

Aims/Mission/Vision Community based Child Development .

Substantive Area of work/focus Girl Child. Education, Health, Community Orgn. and Income
generation.

Geographical Area of Operation All India, Currently working in 17 state at 310 location.

Approximate Annual Budget 1300

(Rs.in Lakh)

Source of funds Foreign : Donation, Others

Indian : Donations

Staff Full Time: Paid 235 Voluntary/Honorary0

Part Time: Paid 0 Voluntary/Honorary0

Collaboration Affiliations with : Not Available

Interested to collaborate with : Social Devlopment Institution and

NGO's working for childern.

Products & Services Offer : Professional Services / Training.

Require : Information Services / Professional Services / Training,

etc.

Door Step School

Contact Person Mrs. BINA SHETH LASHKARI,Director

Address C/o Jagannath Shankarseth Municipal School, Building ,2nd floor,

RoomNo.54/55,, Mumbai, Maharashtra - 400007

Telephone 3826343

Fax No. 3859203

Email Address doorstep@vsnl.com

Name of other key person MRS. ARNAVAZ KHARAS, Programme Co-Ordinator

Establishment in 1989

Registration in/ Regn. No. GBBSG Public Trust Act -Reg. No.F-13279 (Bom.)

Registered under SOCIETIES ACT REG.NO.172-1989

FCRA No. 083 780514

Aims/Mission/Vision Eradication of illiteracy among the group of children

Substantive Area of Education

work/focus

Geographical Area of ‘A’ ward, Mumbai, & Pune

Operation

Approximate Annual Budget 40

(Rs.in Lakh)

Source of funds Foreign : Donation and Other

Indian : Donation and others

Staff Full Time: Paid 60 Voluntary/Honorary30

Part Time: Paid 5 Voluntary/Honorary0

Collaboration Affiliations with : Not Available

Interested to collaborate with : State Education Department

Products & Services Offer : Information services, Professional Services,Training etc.

Require : Not Available

Eklavya Foundation
Contact Person Dr. Anwar Jafri,

Address E-1/ 25 Arera Colony,, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh - 462016

Telephone (0755) 463380,467552

Fax No. 461703

Email Address Not Available

Name of other key person Ms. Rashmi Paliwal

Establishment in 1982

Registration in/ Regn. No. Delhi, Regn.No. S/13019

Registered under Societies Registration Act, XXI of 1860.

FCRA No. Not given

Aims/Mission/Vision Innovations in school education, publication of educational literature,

popularisation of science & society issues, involving the community in
planning & development, developing alternatives in rural technology etc.

Substantive Area of Education Development, Panchayats, Publications.

work/focus

Geographical Area of All of India, Focus M.P.

Operation

Approximate Annual 125

Budget (Rs.in Lakh)

Source of funds Foreign : No foreign funds taken.

Indian : Central Government, Donations.

Staff Full Time: Paid 91 Voluntary/Honorary16

Part Time: Paid 0 Voluntary/Honorary200

Collaboration Affiliations with : Central and State Government, and range of other
Institutions, NGO's.

Interested to collaborate with : Not given.

Products & Services Offer : Information Services, Training, etc.

Require : Information Services, Professional Services, Training, etc.

India Sponsorship Committee

Contact Person Dr. (Mrs.) Zulie Nakhooda

Address Mathuradas Estate Building, 43 /45, Shahid Bhagatsingh

Road,Colaba Causeway,, Mumbai, Maharashtra - 400039

Telephone 2040321,2020393

Fax No. Not Available

Email Address isc@bom7.vsnl.net.in

Name of other key Mrs. Kamalini Bhansali

person

Establishment in 1967

Registration in/ Regn. Bom 47 / 67GBBSD Societies Regitration Act 1860

No.

Registered under F1548 (Bom) Bom Public Trust Act XXIX of 1950

FCRA No. 083790071

Aims/Mission/Vision Believing in education as Investment in future and equality of

opportunity for education as a right of every child, we promote
education of vulnerable sections through residential and community
based non- residential programmes with the ultimate objective of
rehabilitation through a purposeful education.

Substantive Area of Promote educational activities for underpriviledge, neglected and

work/focus destitute children.

Geographical Area of Presently Mumbai, Lonavala and Pune.

Operation

Approximate Annual 70
Budget (Rs.in Lakh)

Source of funds Foreign : NGOs, Agencies, Donations, NRI's and sponsors abroad.

Indian : Govt. of Maharashtra and Donations from individuals Trusts

and Corporate sectors.

Staff Full Time: Paid 50 Voluntary/Honorary0

Part Time: Paid 0 Voluntary/Honorary0

Collaboration Affiliations with : Not given.

Interested to collaborate with : Balgram Maharashtra, Other

Cultural & Welfare Organisation.

Offer : Information Services, Professional Services, Training etc for

Products & Services
staff.

Require : Information Services, Professional Services, Training etc.

CONFLICT RESOLUTION
Centre for Study of Society and Secularism (CSSS)
Contact Person Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer

9 B, Himalaya Apartments,6th Road, Santacruz (E), Mumbai,

Address
Maharashtra - 400055

Telephone (022) 6149668,6630085,6630086

Fax No. 6173624

Email Address csss@vsnl.com

Name of other key

Mr. Vinod Nair
person

Establishment in 1993

Registration in/ Regn.

December 1996 in Mumbai (F 18744)
No.

Registered under Charitable Trust

FCRA No. 083780559

Aims/Mission/Vision To promote Communal Harmony and Disseminate Secular Values.

To organise seminar, workshops and youth camps for social and

cultural amity, To create Positive and Supportive Milieu for peacefull
Substantive Area of
co-existence, To develop awareness among communities about
work/focus
Plural Hertiage & Composite Culture, To research in incidence of
Communal Riots and Ethnic Conflicts.

Geographical Area of
All over India
Operation

Approximate Annual
25
Budget (Rs.in Lakh)

Source of funds Foreign : NGO's / Donations / Others

Indian : NGO's / Donations / Others

Staff Full Time: Paid 15 Voluntary/Honorary1

Part Time: Paid 0 Voluntary/Honorary0

Collaboration Affiliations with : Nil

Interested to collaborate with : NGO's in the same field

Products & Services Offer : Informative Service / Training

Require : Informative Service / Training