AASRA stands for Advocacy for Alternatives, Sexuality, Reproductive health & AIDS.

We are advocates for a better India, World and our purpose is to look for practical and
simple alternatives, with inspiration from Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Aurobindo.

We believe that information and training are the two most powerful tools of development,
and we try to make this available to as many people as possible. Our strength is drawn
from the support of ordinary people. Ordinary people, when united, can do extra-ordinary
things.

CHILD PROTECTION CAMPAIGN: the objective is to make our local areas as child-
friendly as possible. This means looking at issues of domestic violence and violence
outside the home. We must recognise physical and mental violence happening within the
school system and empower teachers and parents to address this. We understand that
every child has the right to joyful education, play and recreation as well as the right to
express herself/himself. Every child has the right to protection against infection be it
malaria, polio or HIV/AIDS.

We hold workshops and training sessions on child abuse/ child sexual abuse with
teachers, parents, other professionals, and young people. We train youth to become peer
educators on issues of domestic violence, peer violence, health, joyful learning,
HIV/AIDS within their own local communities.

With the help of local community, we are running the AASRA HOUSE OF CHILDREN,
which is a safe space for children. Several activities take place here such as non-formal
education, creative activity for children 8 to 16; reading room etc. We also support poor
children by getting sponsors for their school education.

CAMPAIGN AGAINST HIV/AIDS : AASRA conducts workshops with people of all

ages, [especially those between 16 and 30] on HIV/AIDS awareness and management; as
well as family life education. We also conduct training for counsellors in association with
other organisations like Holy Family Hospital.

We have a postal counselling service for questions on gender, sexuality, sexually

transmitted infections, sexual orientation, HIV/AIDS related questions. Our postal
counselling address is AASRA, GPO Box 68, Patna 800 001. Telephone and face to face
counselling is also available. All counselling is confidential.

Our AASRA YUVA MANCH performs street plays and uses group media to highlight
issues and encourage discussion on a variety of topics.

CAMPAIGN FOR PEACE AND NON-VIOLENCE: We recognise that one of the main
roots of violence is the corruption that has seeped into public and personal life. Our
members try to adopt a non-violent stance against corruption by persuasion. Another
cause for corruption is lack of information. We try to devise low cost ways and means to
inform people about government schemes and procedures that directly affect their lives.