Being Human Woman Have Rights
Women's Power
Womens Power
Women Empowerment
The organization takes an all encompassing view of empowerment that includes social, political and economic dimensions. Empowerment does not only mean the elimination of violence and discrimination in its most blatant forms, it also means ensuring that women have equal rights to access necessities such as nutritious food and healthy living. It also means that women are legally literate and can undertake advocacy and policy analysis such that they can better understand how their rights are being impacted and the measures they must take to protect them. The organization adopts a multi pronged strategy to deal with violations of women’s rights- forming linkages with the District Legal Services Authority for legal assistance, creating spaces for mediation for divorce, domestic abuse, marital problems, sexual violence, abuse at the workplace, land rights, trafficking, labour rights, adoption, discrimination etc. in addition to providing psychological support to women in distress. This is done in addition with an ongoing process of awareness creation through camps that focus on issues as RTE, RTI, Land Rights, Forest Rights etc.Read More
Women Education
Women Education
Education
The organization’s focus has been on enhancing enrolment and quality in primary education while creating the opportunities for more and more young people to avail of higher education opportunities. KSS acts as a facilitator to strengthen collaborations between teachers, academics, institutions and communities such that marginalised children can access all the government schemes and benefits that they are entitled to. In addition to enabling access to education, the organization also works on developing life and leadership skills, career counselling, recognition of good/bad touch to identify sexual abuse etc. KSS focuses on education in Hindi especially among those for whom it is not the native language. This is a means to ensure proper integration and mainstreaming at a later stage. The organization develops special curriculum for non-Hindi speaking children and also uses alternative teaching methodologies that go beyond text books to teach such children. Street children, child labourers, children living in slums and those who are forced to beg are especially focussed upon in our mainstreaming efforts.Read More
Women Health
Women Health
Health
KSS is committed to creating for children a healthy, happy life that offers them the opportunity to fulfil their myriad potential while enjoying life. Our guiding motto is the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) which sets out the civil, political, economic, social, health and cultural rights of children- being defined as any human being under the age of 18. They belong to all children irrespective of nationality, colour, religion, sex, social status etc. Among all human rights, child rights have been accorded the highest priority as children are our hope and promise for the future. While we look at child rights in a broad perspective that includes quality, free education, public spaces that allow for free expression, an overall environment free from fear, ill behaviour and exploitation, enabling and supportive family structures; our focus areas have been care of new born, reduction in mother and child mortality, birth registration, total immunisation, mainstreaming of out of school children, life skills education, strengthening of School Management Committees and reduction in child malnutrition. Till date, the organization has helped 6670 children access their rights to a just and happy life.Read More
Livelihood
Livelihood
Women's Livelihood
KSS believes in creating an enabling environment for economic equality and strengthening employment options. It is helping women discover such livelihood options that cater to their needs and aspirations in a safe environment while being flexible enough to allow them the time and space to fulfil their responsibilities as home makers. Such options are inherently structured around control over local resources and a promotion of innate skills. The organisation plays a key role in development of new skills, qualitative enhancements of traditional skills, value additions to native crafts, development of management and marketing skills and establishment of market linkages. The long term impacts of this approach have been that as women become economically self sufficient, they have a greater role in decision making within their families and communities, are able to lead a life of dignity and migration is arrested. The organisation has focussed on the Self Help Group model to promote livelihood options. This model draws on the innate saving habit of women and relies on the sense of mutual help for success. It keeps women from the clutches of usurious money lenders and also promotes judicious use of money.Read More