Asha for Education

Snehalaya believes that every woman and child should have the right to a life free from inequality, cruelty and discrimination. Snehalaya provide a safe and supportive family setting, with their own school and HIV hospital on site.
Snehalaya's goal is to facilitate a better brighter future for children victimized by sex trade by offering quality education and rehabilitation. The goal is to also eliminate discrimination against HIV infected children by providing them education under the same roof as healthy children.

Snehalaya Foundation was founded in 1989 by Dr. Girish Kulkarni with a mission to eradicate inequality, cruelty and discrimination towards women and children. Snehalaya provides healthcare, education and shelter to women and children and LGBT communities affected by poverty and commercial sex industry.
Sex trafficking is estimated to be worth $12 billion a year to the criminals who trade women & children. Without awareness of good sexual health practises or acess to condoms sexually transmitted infections & HIV can flourish and unplanned pregnancies can pass the virus to innocent children. Illiteracy and poverty exacerbate an already dire situation and without education the situation can worsen. Snehalaya works to help these women and their children find an exit point.

Through 15 such path-finding projects, Snehalaya strives to work in 4 key areas:
1. Rehabilitation
2. Education & Children
3. Healthcare
4. Awareness