Why We Do What We Do
Family Life Education
Sexual assaults rank India as one of the most dangerous country to be a woman
Rape accounts for about 12% of all crimes against women
Each year, there are 4 million teenage pregnancies in India
About 99% of cases of sexual violence go unreported because women are afraid of humiliation
4000 cases of child rape are reported a month
40,000 children are abducted each year in India alone
53% of children in India have been victims of some kind of sexual abuse
65,000 children as young as five are passed around sex trafficking networks throughout the country every year
Sex Education among children
Despite India’s disturbingly high rates of sexual abuse, child sex trafficking, and teenage pregnancies, sex education among adolescents is a taboo topic in India today, resulting in only a select few schools incorporating sex education into their curriculums.
Benefits of Sexual Education:
Can prevent gender and sex related injuries and violence
Can bring awareness to and teach prevention methods to sexual harassment
Can enhance the psychological, sexual and reproductive health of students
Can do away with the taboo and stigma surrounding sex
Can educate children on health issues related to sex and lower the rates of teenage pregnancy
Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation(CPR)
Cardiac arrest is the leading cause of mortality in India; however, only 2% of India’s population knows how to perform CPR
Around 88% of cardiac arrests happen outside the hospital
Approximately 95 percent of sudden cardiac arrest victims die before reaching the hospital
Death from cardiac arrest, however, is not inevitable
If more people knew CPR, more lives could be saved
Effective bystander CPR can double a victim’s chance of survival
Over 2.8 million deaths in India are caused by heart disease
Drowning is the leading cause of accidental death for children ages 1-4
80 people drown to their deaths everyday in India
Bystander CPR performed on drowning victims has a 70% success rate
First Aid
The Indian National Crime Records Bureau Data reports that
35 Indians die from Fire Accident every single day
7208 of the deaths are from home Fire
More Women die of Fire Accidents than Men
Source : National Crime Records Bureau