What We Do

Strategy

In the last 8 years, we have gathered significant knowledge and understanding of the psychology of affected communities and societal attitudes towards trafficking. Our experience tells us that we can be more effective if can scale our innovative ideas to reach a significant number of girls and women affected by trafficking. We have therefore, decided to position ourselves as an umbrella organization for a network of small self-help groups and organizations that are explicitly against trafficking and can advocate for lasting legal change. This will both provide community support and build the field.

Our three-pronged strategy represents how we will deliver on our mission statement.

I.    Organize:
Apne Aap will continue to strengthen and promote the formation of anti-trafficking Self Help Groups of girls and women, especially among survivors of prostitution, DNTs, castes and communities prone to sex-trafficking and maintain a Network across India and South Asia of these and affiliated support groups.

II.    Train and support:
Apne Aap will build the capacity of these girls/women self-help groups to access their rights and entitlements to education (including to girls hostels run by the government, other NGOs or the private sector), land, livelihoods and to stand up against traffickers by training them in its ‘3 L’ anti-trafficking self-help model and supporting them with grants  to run Community Outreach Centres known as Antodaya Basti Vikas Kendras.

III.    Research and Advocate: 
Inform the development of state, national international policies drawing upon the experience of the network members, especially victims and survivors of prostitution through an in-house knowledge management centre, publication and dissemination of the newspaper -Red Light Despatch, research and representation at strategic forums.