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Abhaya
Safety & Survivor Support“She survived. Now we make sure she never has to just survive again.”
From domestic violence to acid attacks — we stand beside her, not just behind her.
Empowering Women & Educating Girls
Six programs. One movement. Rebuilding the lives of women and rewriting the futures of girls — one daughter at a time.
Udaan Foundation is a registered Section 8 non-profit company in India — built around one belief: that a daughter, given the right hand to hold, can change the course of a generation.
We work where the headlines forget. With survivors of violence. With girls denied a classroom. With women carrying weight no one sees. We don’t arrive with sympathy. We arrive with infrastructure — legal, educational, financial, emotional.
She didn’t need pity. She needed a runway.
— Udaan, on every woman we’ve walked besideEach flight is a different rescue. Together, they are her whole new sky.
“She survived. Now we make sure she never has to just survive again.”
From domestic violence to acid attacks — we stand beside her, not just behind her.
“A girl who reads today writes her own story tomorrow.”
Because the classroom she was denied could have changed everything.
“Give her a skill. Watch her build an empire.”
Financial independence isn’t a privilege — it’s the foundation of every freedom she deserves.
“When she has lost everything — hope is not nothing. Hope is everything.”
Mental health support, trauma healing and suicide prevention for women who have been through the unimaginable.
“She didn’t just need a lawyer. She needed someone who believed her first.”
Legal literacy, FIR support and rights awareness — because justice delayed is justice denied, and justice unknown is justice stolen.
“Change doesn’t start in parliament. It starts in conversations.”
Community dialogues, awareness campaigns and Samvaad events that turn silence into a movement.
Udaan — the Hindi word for flight. We didn’t pick the name. We earned it.
WhatsApp. A call. A whisper through a friend. Every signal is met within 24 hours — no judgement, no paperwork first.
A trained counsellor matches her with the right combination of programs — safety, education, livelihood, healing, justice, or all six together.
Not three weeks. Not three months. As long as it takes — because the world that broke her won’t apologise. So we won’t leave.
“I came to Udaan with two children and a broken jaw. I leave with a tailoring shop, a court order, and a daughter who’s back in school.”
— Reshma, 32 · Abhaya & Shakti graduate
“They didn’t just put me back in class. They convinced my father that my classroom was worth more than my dowry.”
— Anjali, 19 · Vidya scholar
“I attempted to end my life twice. Asha didn’t fix me — they sat with me until I wanted to fix myself.”
— Pooja, 30 · Asha programme
“The Nyaya team walked me through my FIR like it was their own sister’s. I got my divorce, my custody, and my dignity back.”
— Farzana, 29 · Nyaya beneficiary
“Chetna held a Samvaad in my village. My uncles — the same ones — came home and apologised to my mother. I’m seventeen and I saw that.”
— Shreya, 17 · Chetna witnessField notes, opinion pieces and survivor essays — written from the ground, not the gallery.
Resilience became the polite word for neglect. We unpack the cost of calling untreated trauma ‘strength’.
Read essay →What the constable won’t volunteer. What the lawyer will charge you to learn. We’re putting it here for free.
Read essay →No statute is broken. No headline is written. And one in five Indian girls never returns after Class 8.
Read essay →Microcredit was a beginning, not a finish line. Why Udaan focuses on demand-side livelihood, not just supply-side training.
Read essay →Government acts, circulars, helplines and rights — collected, simplified, and free for every woman in India.
Women’s national emergency helpline. 24×7. Free.
→ HelplineWomen in Distress — instant counsel, shelter and police support.
→ HelplineChildline — for any girl child in distress or danger.
→ LawCivil remedies, protection orders, residence rights. Read the plain-English brief.
→ LawPrevention of sexual harassment at the workplace. ICC rules, complaint format, timelines.
→ LawThe new criminal code — what changed for women’s safety, FIRs and Zero FIR rights.
→ SchemeCentral government initiative — eligibility, benefits, how to access.
→ SchemeLocate your district’s One Stop Centre — shelter, medical, legal and psychological aid.
→ PortalHow to file a complaint with the National Commission for Women or central grievance portal.
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Our Mission · Field, 2025
The Udaan Force is our growing army of volunteers, mentors, lawyers, doctors, counsellors and donors who refuse to let one more girl fall through the cracks.
Workshops, Samvaads, field outreach in your city.
One hour a week. Online or offline. Change a life trajectory.
Law, medicine, design, tech — donate what only you can offer.
Aligned partnerships under Section 135 of the Companies Act.
Every license. Every filing. Every rupee. Public, downloadable, and updated.
Certificate of incorporation, MOA & AOA — Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
Download PDF →Income Tax exemption certificates. Your donation is tax-deductible.
Download PDF →NITI Aayog Darpan registration — for government schemes & CSR funding.
View Profile →FY2024-25 financial statement, audited by an independent CA firm.
Download PDF →MCA, GST and income tax filings. Updated quarterly.
View Filings →Third-party impact assessment of all six programmes.
Download PDF →Founders, field workers, lawyers, counsellors — and the volunteers who show up because they remember being her.
100% of your contribution funds programmes on the ground. Operations are funded separately by founders & corporate CSR. Receipt issued instantly. 80G applicable.
“You don’t need to be rich. You need to be the one who finally says, not on my watch.”
Whether you need help, want to help, or want to ask anything — every message is read by a human within 24 hours.
Udaan Foundation
(A Section 8 Non-Profit Company)
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh — 226001
India
Mon — Sat · 10:00 to 19:00 IST
Emergency line: 24×7 via WhatsApp