For over 35 years, SAHAY has served children and youth from needy communities in Kolkata and remote areas across West Bengal.
Our primary focus is reaching children and youth of 2-24 years in urban communities and remote districts with our Child Sponsorship Programme.
The Child Sponsorship Programme supports children and youth aged 2-24 years. Embracing a holistic development approach, our programmes tackle key challenges in Health, Education, Life Skills, and Employability.
By implementing a comprehensive framework of benefits and services, we empower young people to achieve economic stability, create a sustainable impact within their communities, and contribute towards our country’s progress.
Through the Child Sponsorship Programme, we reach over 13,000 children and youth (aged between 2-24 years) with a holistic development approach in areas of Health, Education, Empowerment and Employability.
Child Protection Protocols are followed across all programmes and at all levels of the organisation as a mandatory compliance. It is compulsory for each staff to attend the Child Protection Policy training every year.
SAHAY has a “Zero tolerance” policy towards any violation of CPP.
MEDICAL services support typical services such as treatment for chronic cases, referrals, laboratories, medicines. Creating link with government partners ensure
affordable services to the children, youth and their families.
The NUTRITION programme includes nutrition baskets to the children and youth.
RESILIENCY and EMOTIONAL WELLBEING programmes initiated in 2020 offer to help children and youth recover from setbacks, adapt well to change, and be persistent in the face of adversity. The goal of the program is to teach children and youth skills that will help them to bounce back from adversity.
The EDUCATION programme supports academically proficient students with financial assistance to continue with their education until secondary level. Scholarships are awarded to meritorious students in Secondary level examinations.
EMPOWERMENT programme is primarily training based, offering a comprehensive series of skill development initiatives for children and youth.
The EMPLOYABILITY programme offers Post-Secondary Scholarship for academic courses in universities and other technical training courses to increase the candidate’s marketable and job-readiness skills for a well-paid job. The youth are provided with assistance in finding placements in different sectors.