NEDAN Foundation

NEDAN Foundation emerged through a common vision shared by trained Social Work Professionals to work with poorest and voiceless ethnic communities living in the far flung un -reach villages of North East Region of India. The crusade of underdevelopment in NE Region and to protect Girls and Women from crimes like domestic violence, trafficking, child prostitution, child labour, child marriage and various forms of exploitation. A group of socially committed Social Work professionals from Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai together formed NEDAN Foundation in 1st March, 2003. The meaning of NEDAN' in bodo language is "Open Space".
NEDAN Foundation works on the four thematic areas namely:
-Cross Border Human Trafficking
-Child Protection & Education
-Promoting Livelihood for the trafficked survivors, drop out girls and highly potential girls.
Promoting Higher Education for the drop out girls.