The British Asian Trust has welcomed four new high-impact organisations to its portfolio, bringing to 16 the number of Trust charities transforming lives across South Asia.
Meeting vital needs in the areas of mental health, education, and child protection, the Trust’s new partners are reaching out to more than 550,000 disadvantaged people in India and Pakistan.
The Pakistan Mental Health Initiative was launched to introduce community-based care to enable mentally ill people to live and work successfully in their own towns and villages. In partnership with UK-based charity BasicNeeds and Pakistan’s Aman Foundation, the Trust has entered the mental health arena in the country following months of planning and research.
Aangan Trust works for children who live in the harsh, jail-like conditions of India’s state-run children’s institutions as well as slum children who engage in dangerous work or risky activities. Aangan aims to reach these ‘invisible,’ and vulnerable children by strengthening both state and community systems of protection as well as building the child’s own resilience.
Educate Girls improves the quality of girls’ education in rural Rajasthan to increase social and economic prospects for poor families and communities.
Katha ensures that children in the Delhi slums receive a high quality education to overcome poverty for themselves, their families and their communities.
“Reaching out to the people most in need is our mission,” said Executive Director Hitan Mehta. “We welcome our new delivery partners and look forward to working with them to bring lasting changes to the lives of disadvantaged individuals, families and communities.”
