Home away from home
Life free of violence is every women's right
Home away from home
Life free of violence is every women's right
About Us
What we do
Sayodhya Home offers services that include 24-hour availability of emergency shelter; counseling and support for victims. Once the victim reaches Sayodhya home, our efforts are focused in providing an environment that will help her recover from the traumatic effects of victimization and develop an understanding of herself and awareness of the dynamics of domestic violence, relationships, financial and work place requirements through rehabilitation skill trainings and counseling. Every client has to undergo a counseling session and our multi disciplinary team helps the women to decide her future course of action.
Our history
SAYODHYA is an initiative started in 2010 by a group of women activists working with children at risk. They felt impelled to start this home after witnessing increased incidences of violence against women and their children, leading to destitution, desertion and homelessness. Together, they established a short stay home which is a transit refuge center for women and children who are escaping range of abusive situations-physical, sexual and emotional, who have no social support systems to rely on
Our mission
Sayodhya mission is to address women in distress, specifically to provide the victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse with a short stay home (from one day to a month).We strive to accomplish this mission by offering services that include 24-hour availability of emergency shelter; Since its establishment in 2010 to till date, Sayodhya has provided emergency shelter to more than 3000 women and young girls.
Facilities provided for women in distress
First a warm welcome and assurance that all will be well . then know about her current situation.
Accommodation: Free includes stay, bedding, Toiletry, Clothes according to the necessity.
Services: Our trained staff are available 24 hours and 7 days a week
Counseling: building up the rapport , helping her ventilate by ensuring confidentiality and helping her understand the problem, explore different possibilities, and plan for future course of action
Legal advice: our legal advisor will help her in legal counseling and how to go about the problem.
Support for reintegration with family: helps her in the process of reintegration if she wishes to do so.
Support groups and community networks: connects the inmates to different support groups, community networks, vocational training institutions whenever and where ever required.
Availability of 24 hour help line:
First aid facilities: free first aid facility is provided
Free Family Counseling Centers
Family counseling centers aims to reach out to the women affected by violence to support her with basic needs, legal counseling, initial legal steps, crisis management so as to make her strong enough to lead violence free life with dignity
NIPUNA for Skills & Livelihood Development
Sayodhya is facilitating basic training in tailoring to women survivors of domestic violence and women who like to expand and enhance their tailoring and garment making skills. till now 500 women have been given basic training in Tailoring. we encourage them to start their own garment making business.
Rehab Center
Sayodhya has established Rehabilitation Centre in Women Closed Ward, Institute of Mental HealthCare, Erragadda in February 2020 . these women underwent treatment in NIMH as patients and remained there in the hospital for almost 7 years waiting for their family to claim their custody.
Third Gender Now
a skill development program designed to upskill the third gendered persons and mainstream them by providing placements. In Nov,2019 in collaboration with NFDC, Chennai, and SEEDAP provided the skills ttraining to Transgender persons to gain a foothold in Job market.
Our Partners
