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Dignity and Freedom for the poor, the marginalised and the outcastes in South Asia.
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Our aim is to see the poor, marginalised and outcastes of society transition to living in Dignity and Freedom. Our programmes are designed, led and staffed by nationals, with a holistic approach focusing on four key areas…

Education

Quality, English-medium, values-based education primarily focusing on children from poor and marginalised communities.

Healthcare

Community Health Workers, primary clinics and HIV/AIDS centres help prevent sickness and disease – a cause and consequence of poverty and inequality.

Economic Empowerment

Business start-up grants, self-help groups and vocational training to enable the poor to earn a livelihood, become self-sufficient and hold their heads up high.

VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES

Prevention and awareness programmes among at-risk women and girls and their local community.
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Education

Opens doors and opportunities. Education empowers children and gives them a reason to dream. Our schools provide quality, English-medium education to children from poor and marginalised communities including health care, sports and the Arts; emphasising respect for others, self-worth, dignity, freedom and equality.

Education

Healthcare

Healthcare is essential to break the poverty cycle. Community Health Workers, primary clinics and HIV/AIDS centres help prevent sickness and disease – a cause and consequence of poverty and inequality. Currently our focus is mitigating the impact of COVID-19.

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ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT

Economic Empowerment restores the potential for earned dignity. Business start-up grants, self-help groups and vocational training enable the poor and vulnerable to earn a livelihood, become self-sufficient and hold their heads up high.

ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT

Vulnerable women and girls

Prevention and awareness programmes among at-risk women and girls and their local community. Our teams protect vulnerable girls wherever possible and rescue abused women and girls. We provide these empower these women and girls to find a new future with health, dignity and hope.

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DFN partners worldwide, funding sustainable projects among vulnerable communities and does not discriminate on the basis of caste, ethnicity, nationality and religious identity. DFN is committed to seeing the marginalised freed from a life of poverty, exploitation and slavery; through education, healthcare, and economic development.