How we work

Our Programmes

Our programmes combine credible information with formats people can engage with: workshops, expert sessions, outreach, education, theatre, film and institutional partnerships. Delivery is shaped around the audience, setting and agreed purpose.

A facilitator leading a community health workshop

ListenUnderstand the audience and setting.

DesignChoose the right expertise and format.

DeliverCreate room for questions and participation.

LearnUse feedback to strengthen future work.

MPower: Mental-Health Awareness

100,000+ reached

Structured school and community sessions help participants understand mental well-being, recognise signs of distress and replace stigma with informed conversation. The work includes programmes associated with MPower and the Aditya Birla Educational Trust.

Sessions are designed to make the subject approachable without oversimplifying it, and to encourage appropriate help-seeking when support is needed.

Age-appropriate awareness
Recognising emotional distress
Reducing shame and misinformation
Encouraging informed help-seeking

A mental-health conversation with Punjabi community members

Ujaas: Menstrual Health & Hygiene

15,000+ reached

Ujaas provides practical menstrual-health education in a setting where participants can ask questions openly. Implemented with the Aditya Birla Educational Trust, the programme addresses myths, hygiene, physical well-being and the social stigma surrounding menstruation.

Schools and communities are part of the conversation because lasting change depends on a supportive environment, not information alone.

Reliable, practical information
Myth and stigma reduction
Question-led sessions
School and community engagement

A menstrual-health educator speaking with Punjabi students

Anti-Drug Awareness

52,000+ people reached

This prevention-focused programme reaches students and communities through lectures, seminars and grassroots activity. It explains how substance abuse affects health, families, education and livelihoods, while promoting informed choices before dependency develops.

Tirhayi Umar adds documentary storytelling to the programme, showing the human consequences that may be lost in statistics.

School-based prevention
Community outreach
Expert sessions
Creative and documentary advocacy

Students attending a substance-abuse awareness session

Khooh Bolda Hai

1,100,000+ people reached

Written and directed by Jyoti Bawa, Khooh Bolda Hai uses theatre to confront female foeticide, gender discrimination and the unequal treatment of girls. Performance creates an emotional and public space for audiences to consider how prejudice operates within families and communities.

The production remains an important example of Punjabi Samvad’s belief that creative work can begin conversations that conventional awareness material may not.

Gender-equality awareness
Theatre-led community dialogue
Dignity and rights of girls
Creative public advocacy

Women’s Education & Skills

Educational and vocational support helps women and girls build practical capability alongside confidence. Activities are shaped by local needs and may include learning assistance, scholarship support, skills exposure and awareness connected with rights and well-being.

The aim is not a one-size-fits-all training package, but meaningful support that helps participants continue learning and widen their choices.

Learning and scholarship support
Vocational exposure
Confidence and participation
Links between education, health and opportunity

Punjabi women taking part in a practical skills session

HIV/AIDS Awareness

100+ programmes

HIV/AIDS programmes provide clear information about prevention, testing, treatment and the harm caused by stigma. Sessions encourage responsible health decisions while reinforcing that people living with HIV deserve dignity and access to care.

Punjabi Samvad has worked with public-health institutions and community partners to take this information into accessible local settings.

Prevention and safer choices
Testing and treatment information
Helpline and referral awareness
Dignity and stigma reduction

Punjabi health educators leading a respectful HIV awareness session

Digital learning with UNICEFPassport to EarningFree, job-relevant learning for young people.

Financial literacy with HDFC SecuritiesKnow Your MoneyPractical learning for everyday money decisions.

Private HIV self-risk assessment

The national self-risk assessment offers a private route to reliable HIV and STI information, testing guidance and treatment support.

Use the QR code in the official campaign artwork, visit Breakfree India or call the national AIDS helpline at 1097.

Open Breakfree India

National HIV self-risk assessment campaign with QR code and AIDS helpline 1097

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