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Cactus Foundation

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Cactus Foundation
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Cactus Foundation
Non-profit
ISIN🆔
Founded 📆2011
Founder 👔Nusrat Khan Pahade, Rohit Pahade
Headquarters 🏙️,
Pune, Maharashtra
,
India
Areas served 🗺️
India
Key people
Samir Khan, Nafisa Khan, Rameshwar I
Members8
Number of employees
3
🌐 Websitehttps://cactusfoundation.org
📇 AddressAbove Modern Printing, Employment Chow, Solapur, Maharashtra, India
📞 telephone+91 8888441636
🥚 TwitterCactusSpeaks
👍 FacebookCACTUSFOUNDATION
📷 Instagramcactusfoundation


Cactus Foundation is a non-profit organization committed to empowering adults to prevent child sexual abuse.[1]

History

Cactus Foundation was the official partner of the Education Department of Pune to sensitize more than 1000 schools from Pune, Ahmednagar and Solapur District.[2][3]

Cactus Foundation is an organization working towards creating a safe childhood for kids. It has a dedicated team of volunteers working tirelessly for the social cause.[4]

Genesis and principles

Cactus Foundation envisions India to be a country which values its children and their childhood, protects them from any harm, does not tolerate any kind of abuse towards them, and helps them grow into responsible adults.[5] The main focus of the organization is to create an emotionally healthy society.[6]

Outreach

Founded in 2011 by Nusrat Khan and Rohit Pahade, Cactus Foundation sensitized more than 120,000 children through age-sensitive modules, books and imparting knowledge.[7]

Awareness programs

Nusrat Khan (Founder Cactus Foundation) with Children in Solapur, Maharashtra (India).

Cactus Foundation organizes sessions, street plays, campaigns, training programs, movies, and walkathons to reach out to people in the unorganized sector[8][9]

1001 Schools

Cactus Foundation has partnered with government schools of Pune, Solapur and Nagar Districts (Maharashtra) comprising of more than 10,000 schools. Their part-time volunteers undergo rigorous trainings to create awareness about stopping child sexual abuse. With due permissions of the Education Department and school authorities, Cactus Foundation either conducts one to two sessions per school or deploys more trainers to cover all the classes in a single day. Teachers and non-teaching staff are provided trainings on topics like:

  • Child Sexual Abuse
  • POCSO Act, 2012

Listen to My Eyes

By “Listen to my Eyes” project, Cactus Foundation creates awareness regarding child sexual abuse among hearing and speech impaired people.

Cactus Foundation sensitizes children, staff and parents on the evils of Sexual Abuse. In this campaign, Cactus Foundation uses visual aids to explain how to protect themselves from abuse.

Save the Children

Cactus Foundation organizes "STOP CHILD SEXUAL AWARENESS" Campaigns in NCLP Solapur. NCLP provides Educational rehabilitation of child labors working in various hazardous and non-hazardous occupations. National Child Labor’s Project, Solapur has 60 centers with approximately 50 children in each center (Total Number of Children – 3000).[10][11][12]

Protect the Unprotected

Cactus Foundation also organizes project “Protect the Unprotected” awareness campaigns for children at orphanages, to help them be aware of sexual abuse at the hands of other elder kids, facilitators as well as to protect themselves from being sold to sex cartels.[13][14][15]

References

  1. ↑ "BREAKING THE SILENCE ON CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE – SIMA Collection". Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  2. ↑ "Breaking the silence on child sexual abuse - The Shorty Awards". shortyawards.com. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  3. ↑ "This Powerful Video Reveals Why It's Important To Give A Shit About Child Sexual Abuse". Youth Ki Awaaz. 2018-02-27. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  4. ↑ "Breaking the silence on child sexual abuse". www.ourbetterworld.org. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  5. ↑ "The slogan "Break the Silence" against child sexual abuse is loud". divya-m.app.link. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  6. ↑ "A crying shame: sexual abuse in children shelters-India News , Firstpost". Firstpost. 2012-06-19. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  7. ↑ World, Our Better (2018-02-26). "Nusrat Khan Pahade - Breaking The Silence On Child Sexual Abuse". lifebeyondnumbers.com. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  8. ↑ Indian, The Logical (2017-07-11). "Cactus Foundation Brings Forth The Stinging Truth About Child Sexual Abuse". thelogicalindian.com. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  9. ↑ "Campagne internationale pour l'égalité des sexes avec CACTUS FOUNDATION | CAMELEON Association". www.carenews.com (in français). Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  10. ↑ "Thousands participate in the march with the slogan of breaking the silence". epaperdivyamarathi.bhaskar.com. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  11. ↑ "Break the silence against child sexual abuse. Cactus Foundation initiative, 25,000 citizens from all over the state will participate। Solapur". epaperdivyamarathi.bhaskar.com. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  12. ↑ "Break the silence against child sexual abuse | Madha". epaperdivyamarathi.bhaskar.com. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  13. ↑ "सोलापुरात बाल लैंगिक शोषणाविरोधात "चुप्पी तोडो'". Dainik Prabhat. 2020-02-24. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  14. ↑ "A thunderous voice echoed 'Break the Silence' | Barshi". epaperdivyamarathi.bhaskar.com. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  15. ↑ "Break the silence | Solapur". epaperdivyamarathi.bhaskar.com. Retrieved 2022-06-04.

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