Welcome To Swasthya Shiksha Abhiyan (S.S.A.)

Swasthya Shiksha Abhiyan (S.S.A.) is to empower underprivileged children, youth and women through relevant education, innovative healthcare and market-focused livelihood programmes. Swasthya Shiksha Abhiyan (S.S.A.) is to deploy best possible methodology and technology for achieving ideal SROI (social return on investment), to practice and promote good governance. To link business competitiveness of the corporate with social development initiatives; also to sensitize privileged children, youth and citizens in general to promote Civic Driven Change.

While our focus as a development organisation has been first and foremost to work on the ground for bringing positive change in the lives of the less privileged children and families, we have been making equal efforts to sustain this change, by sensitising and engaging the privileged masses towards their social responsibility.

Swasthya Shiksha Abhiyan (S.S.A.) has always looked upon its own role as that of a catalyst, a means of setting in motion and accelerating the process of development. But the true potential for bringing real, long lasting change, lies with the civil society. Not remaining restricted to the community, and with the aim of achieving sustainable development in a wider social context, Swasthya Shiksha Abhiyan (S.S.A.) has adopted the principle of Civic Driven Change, making the civil society an active partner in all its welfare initiatives.

As a step towards this, Swasthya Shiksha Abhiyan (S.S.A.) takes a multi-stakeholder approach, where it partners with indigenous community based organisations, international development organisations, local government and civic bodies, corporate, institutions, schools, media, communities and individuals, to exchange knowledge, combine resources and promote the ideal of shared growth.

We encourage eminent public figures and celebrities to take up their social responsibility and uphold good causes and right values, as known faces become role models of the society they are part of. We have also made short films and documentaries highlighting vital social issues and disseminated them through mass mediums like television, cinema and social media. In addition to this, mass sensitisation and awareness campaigns, and several other initiatives are undertaken regularly to engage different sections of the civil society.

WHY EDUCATION !

If we need to address healthcare, poverty, population control, unemployment and human rights, there's no better way to start than providing education to children in need. Education not only empowers children to have a secure future but also helps them grow up as responsible national and global citizens. The Right to Education (RTE) Act which came into force in 2010 made education free and compulsory for all children in the age group of 6-14 years. But even a decade later, the learning curve has not been steady for many children in the country. The socio-economic conditions of parents and lack of proper learning in schools are hindrances which prevent many children from having education.

WHAT WE DO !

Swasthya Shiksha Abhiyan (S.S.A.) flagship programme Mission Education works with the objective of empowering underprivileged children by providing education, nutrition, and wellness support. The programme is well aligned to the New Education Policy (2020), and the SDG Goal 4 (Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all). Mission Education works with children (3-18 years) living in difficult circumstances, children from poor families, differently abled children, disaster-struck children, abandoned and street children, and children living in tribal belts, remote villages and hard to reach areas.

WE ALWAYS DO WHAT WE DO !

In India and around the world, theSwasthya Shiksha Abhiyan (S.S.A.) works on the ground every day and especially in times of crisis. Our pioneering programs meet the unique needs of ordinary people and children; providing them with a healthy start, opportunities to learn and protection from harm. When a crisis hits, we are always among the first to respond and the last to go. We are vocal for ordinary people and children, ensuring their voices are heard and their problems are given the highest priority. Drawing on a century of leading expertise, we take on the toughest challenges, confronting the toughest ordinary people and children – especially those who are unfairly left out of the world’s progress.