Focus areas

What We Work On

Our focus areas are connected by one principle: people need clear information, practical opportunity and a safe place to speak. We work in schools, communities and institutions, adapting each programme to the people, issue and setting.

Punjabi community members taking part in a facilitated conversation

We listen first, then shape each programme around the people, setting and practical needs involved.

Women & Girls

We support women and girls through education, skills, health awareness and public discussion about discrimination. The work addresses immediate barriers while building the knowledge and confidence needed to participate in family, community and economic life.

Activities may include learning support, vocational exposure, menstrual-health education and creative campaigns on gender equality and the dignity of girls.

Educational and scholarship support
Vocational learning and confidence building
Menstrual-health information
Gender equality and female-foeticide awareness

Young people learning together in a community setting

Education & Youth

Young people need more than classroom instruction. They need guidance, exposure and opportunities to apply what they learn. Punjabi Samvad works with students through mentoring, internships, awareness sessions, cultural participation and practical learning.

Programmes encourage young people to ask questions, understand social concerns and take responsible roles within their schools and communities.

Mentoring and learning assistance
Internships and field exposure
Vocational and life-skills learning
Youth participation in community initiatives

Mental Health

100,000+ people reached

Mental-health literacy helps people recognise emotional distress, speak without shame and seek appropriate support. Our school and community sessions introduce clear, age-appropriate information and challenge the idea that emotional difficulty should remain hidden.

Where programmes are delivered with specialist partners, subject expertise is combined with Punjabi Samvad’s experience of community engagement.

School and community awareness sessions
Stigma reduction and open discussion
Information on recognising distress
Guidance towards appropriate support

Menstrual Health & Hygiene

15,000+ people reached

Misinformation around menstruation can affect health, school participation and confidence. Our sessions create a respectful setting in which girls and women can ask practical questions and receive reliable, understandable information.

The work also engages schools and communities so that menstrual health is treated as a normal health and dignity issue rather than a source of embarrassment.

Practical menstrual-health education
Myth and stigma reduction
Hygiene and well-being information
Dialogue with schools and communities

A community conversation about health and well-being

Substance-Abuse Awareness

52,000+ people reached

Prevention begins before addiction takes hold. Punjabi Samvad works with students, families and communities to explain the personal, social and economic consequences of substance abuse.

Lectures and seminars are supported by grassroots outreach and creative communication, including Tirhayi Umar, which brings the human cost of addiction into public view.

Preventive sessions in schools
Community and family awareness
Expert-led lectures and seminars
Documentary and creative communication

Community Health

100+ HIV/AIDS programmes

Reliable health information can protect individuals while reducing fear and exclusion. Our community-health work includes HIV/AIDS prevention, testing and treatment awareness, stigma reduction and broader preventive-health outreach.

We work with public institutions, professionals and community partners to make information accessible and connect awareness with responsible action.

HIV and STI prevention awareness
Testing, treatment and helpline information
Stigma reduction
Preventive-health camps and outreach

Art, Culture & Heritage

Art can reach people in ways that formal instruction cannot. Theatre, film, literature and cultural programmes have been part of Punjabi Samvad from the beginning, helping communities discuss gender discrimination, addiction and other difficult subjects.

Cultural work also creates opportunities for younger generations to encounter Punjabi language, artistic practice and heritage as living parts of community life.

Theatre for public awareness
Documentary storytelling
Literature and writing
Punjabi art and cultural platforms

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