Arpan’s Personal Safety Education Programme

The PSE program is Arpan’s flagship life-skills education program that provides children with knowledge & skills to participate in their safety in an unsafe situation. Under this program, we: (I) empower children by imparting age-appropriate information & skills to identify, refuse and report unsafe situations, (ii) work with adult caregivers to create awareness and provide skills to keep children safe, (iii) work individually with each child to provide a safe space for disclosure, (iv) support children with counselling, post-disclosure, and, (v) work with children who indulge in sexual misbehavior, to prevent re-offending. The program is unique in that it responds to the issue of CSA with a two-tiered approach – of prevention as well as healing. It facilitates open communication and strengthens interpersonal relationships, which ensures a positive learning environment and thus better educational outcomes and school performance.