Transforming Young Lives

ActionAid Association works in 25 states and 2 union territory of India, with a vision to A world without poverty, patriarchy and injustice in which every person enjoys the right to life with dignity.

Transforming Young Lives

since: 2012

- Working together since
- 2020
- No of slums/wards covered
- 10
- States
- Tamil Nadu
- Blocks Reached
- 1
- Districts Reached
- 1
- No Of Girls
- 5500
- No Of Boys
- 5176
- Families Indirectly Benefited
- 6740
- Vulnerable Groups Reached
- Domestic Workers, Street Vendors, Construction Workers, Sanitary Workers, Young women, Adolescents, Children
- Focus Areas Of Intervention
- Children's education and development, Gender sensitization and empowerment of women and girls on safety, security, gender-based violence, discrimination, Skill development, Access to welfare schemes & entitlements
- Basic Information about the initiative
- The project Transforming Young Lives is working in the urban relocation settlement Seemancherry in Chennai city, Tamil Nadu. The long-term project has been engaged with urban poor, young women, children, youth, domestic labour, construction worker, garment worker, saltpan workers. The project is facilitating the access of women groups in housing, GRPS, Women safety, and livelihood. The project has been also facilitating the awareness generation programme among these communities in order to promote the accessibility of various social welfare and social security schemes. The project is also working to promote the child safety, school education, access to scholarships and towards addressing mental health issues and eliminate child marriage.
- KeyWords
- Domestic Workers, Street Vendors, Construction Workers, Sanitary Workers, Young women, Adolescents, Children
- Families Benefited
- 3500
- Population Benefited
- 16800
- Women Benefited
- 5880
- Men Benefited
- 5376
- Children Benefited
- 5544