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| Founded | 1986 |
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| Founder | Priti Patkar, Pravin Patkar |
| Type | Anti-Trafficking, Child Sexual Abuse |
| Focus | Children's Rights, Sex Trafficking, Human Rights, Education, Gender, Health |
| Location | |
Area served | Mumbai, Navi Mumbai |
Key people | Pravin Patkar, Priti Patkar |
| Website | www |
Prerana is a non-governmental organization (NGO) that works in the red-light districts of Mumbai, India to protect children vulnerable to commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking. It was established in 1986.
The organization runs three night care centers for children at risk, as well as shelter homes and a residential training center for girls rescued from the trafficking trade. The work of Prerana has been recognized nationally and internationally as being at the forefront of leading the global fight against trafficking and sexual exploitation.[1]
Prerana is registered under the Societies Registration Act (Registration No: 372/1990).[2] Its name means "inspiration" in Hindi and Sanskrit.[3]
- ^ "About Prerana". Archived from the original on 15 October 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
- ^ "Prerana". 18 December 2019.
- ^ Raichada, Queency (7 August 2014). "Don't Colour Me Red!". MoneyLife India. Retrieved 15 February 2018.