Vasant Panchami Vidya Daan
वसंत पंचमी विद्या दान
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अहिंसा परमो धर्मः
🧒 Mission 01 · Bal Suraksha बाल सुरक्षा
Protecting Childhood, Every Child, Every Day
हर बच्चा सुरक्षित, हर बच्चा सुना जाए
Bal Suraksha works to protect children from sexual abuse and exploitation, to give them the language and courage to speak, and to build families, schools and communities that listen, believe and act.
Our Bal Suraksha Programs
We serve as a prayer, not charity. Every act reflects our belief that Manav Seva is Madhav Seva.
Surakshit Sparsh Workshops
सुरक्षित स्पर्श — सही और ग़लत स्पर्श की पहचान
Age-appropriate sessions in schools and bastis that teach children body safety, how to say “no” and whom to tell.
School ProgramVidya Daan
विद्या दान — हर बच्चे के हाथ में किताब
School kits, books and reading corners for children from low-income families — learning is the strongest protection.
EducationSuraksha Mitra
सुरक्षा मित्र — सजग शिक्षक और अभिभावक
Training teachers and parents to spot warning signs, listen without judgement and use CHILDLINE 1098 and POCSO correctly.
Community
What this mission is about
Every child deserves to feel safe — and to be heard.
Bal Suraksha works to protect children from sexual abuse and exploitation, to give them the language and courage to speak, and to build families, schools and communities that listen, believe and act.
Most abuse hides in silence and familiarity. We break that silence — gently and safely — with age-appropriate education, aware adults, and clear paths to help and justice.
The reality we face
Silence is the danger
- 1,87,702Crimes against children, 2024
- 512Cases reported every single day
- 96.6%Offenders known to the child
- 69,191POCSO cases registered
Sources: NCRB Crime in India 2024 and POCSO case data. National child helpline: CHILDLINE 1098.
What we do
Four ways this mission keeps children safe
- 1
Safe-Touch Education
Age-appropriate workshops that teach children about safe and unsafe touch, body safety and how to say “no” and tell a trusted adult — delivered in schools and communities.
- 2
Break the Silence
Awareness for parents, teachers and communities to recognise warning signs, listen without judgement, believe children, and respond calmly and correctly.
- 3
Helpline & Support
Connecting children and families to CHILDLINE (1098), counselling and legal aid — so that reporting leads to real protection, care and healing.
- 4
POCSO & Safe Schools
Educating on child rights and the POCSO Act, and helping schools adopt child-protection policies, safe-reporting systems and trained staff.
Our approach
How we turn a story into change
- ListenTo survivors, safely and with care.
- UnderstandWhere abuse hides and why.
- ResearchReporting barriers & prevention.
- ActEducation, helplines, safe schools.
- ChangeChildren who speak, adults who listen.
Our goal
Deliver safe-touch education to 100,000 children.
We publish our reach and outcomes openly.
Bal Suraksha — target
Children reached with safe-touch education.
Progress: to be published from verified records
Child-safe schools
Progress toward 500 schools with child-protection policies.
Progress: to be published from verified records
Evidence & research
The research behind this mission
We ground our work in credible, published evidence.
Child Labour and Schooling in India
UNICEF Innocenti · 2024
National evidence on the link between child labour and children out of school.
Read the reportFact Sheet: Child Labour in India
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Official statistics and definitions on the scale of child labour in India.
Read the report
Reports open in a new tab. We cite these sources for public awareness and do not claim authorship.
Government of India
Current government schemes for this cause
We align our grassroots work with these national programmes — and help people access them.
Mission Vatsalya
Ministry of Women & Child Development
Child protection & welfare — CHILDLINE 1098, foster care, sponsorship, adoption.
Official websitePENCIL Portal
Ministry of Labour & Employment
Platform for effective enforcement against child labour and rescue-rehabilitation.
Official website
Official government portals open in a new tab. Seva Dham Foundation is an independent organisation and is not affiliated with these schemes.
Help a child feel safe enough to speak
Volunteer for a safe-touch workshop, train as a child-protection facilitator, or support a safe-schools drive.
अहिंसा परमो धर्मः।
Ahiṁsā paramo dharmaḥ
“Non-harm — protecting the innocent — is the highest dharma.”
— Mahabharata