For Destiture Childern The plight of destitute and runaway children is a major concern of FORHD. Driven by poverty and neglect at home, hundreds of them arrive in Bangalore and become easy victims for exploitation and crime. The Foundation, in association with similar humanitarian organizations, addresses these concerns by rescuing them from exploitative circumstances and wherever possible their rehabilitation under institutional care.

Children of Prisoners The Foundation is also seriously concerned with children who suffer prison walls through no fault of their own. These are children born to prisoners serving a sentence, or those who accompany them to prison due to the absence of an alternative shelter. The Foundation counsels these parents, and relocates the children ensuring that they grow up in the congenial and hygienic environment that is their due. Children of Prisoners The Foundation is also seriously concerned with children who suffer prison walls through no fault of their own. These are children born to prisoners serving a sentence, or those who accompany them to prison due to the absence of an alternative shelter. The Foundation counsels these parents, and relocates the children ensuring that they grow up in the congenial and hygienic environment that is their due.

For Women There is an alarming incidence of marital abuse, dowry harassment, exploitation in the workplace and other forms of violence, directed against women all over the world. FORHD proposes to set up 24 hour help lines accessible to all time zones, provide shelters for battered women, and rescue and rehabilitate women from brothels and other centers of deception. FORHD intends to provide vocational training and other forms of assistance to help those women who need to rebuild their lives. The Foundation specifically proposes to fund a study to address incidents of harassment and exploitation at workplaces that primarily employ women, in the small scale sector and find solutions and strategies to tackle the problem.

For people in prison First time offenders and victims of circumstance are often the ones who face the brunt of punishment and imprisonment. Lacking access to expert legal aid and monetary resources they find themselves with no alternatives and few avenues of hope. Children and dependents of these prisoners besides being deprived of the protection of the breadwinner, stand exposed to criminogenic factors. FORHD, has from its beginning addressed these concerns. The Foundation now offers systematic help to these victims through: Legal aid Medical aid Access to education Vocational training and self employment Parole/furlough for prisoners to preserve family ties Self employment and other measures to enhance self esteem