Jan Sahas

What Jan Sahas does

Jan Sahas Foundation is a community and survivor-centric civil society organization founded in 2000 and registered as a nonprofit in 2003, headquartered in New Delhi. It operates across 12 Indian states, 57 districts, and more than 14,000 villages and urban areas through a barefoot counselor network supplemented by 24/7 toll-free helplines (Jan Sahas Helpline for Girls and Women: 1800 3000 2852; Mazdoor Helpline for migrant and daily wage workers: 1800 2000 211). The organization was founded by Ashif Shaikh in response to deaths of a child laborer and two Dalit laborers in Dewas, Madhya Pradesh, and progressively expanded from manual scavenging and forced labor work to sexual violence prevention, anti-trafficking, safe migration, and worker protection.

Name

Jan Sahas

Legal name

Jan Sahas Foundation

Website

https://jansahas.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Jan Sahas Foundation is a New Delhi-based nonprofit founded in 2000 that operates barefoot counselor networks and helplines across 12 Indian states to prevent violence against women and children, eliminate manual scavenging and bonded labor, combat trafficking, and protect migrant workers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Services (Human Rights & Civil Society)

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Child and Youth Services (62411), Human Rights Organizations (813311)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Protection Services (GBV, Child Protection, Safeguarding) (BPADAHAF)

Keywords

• Social services
• Human rights advocacy
• Migrant worker protection
• Gender violence prevention
• Bonded labor rehabilitation

Headquarters

HQ city

New Delhi

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Philanthropic Donations and Grants: Jan Sahas is a not-for-profit organization funded through donations, grants, and support from philanthropic foundations, corporations, and individuals. Funding mechanisms include Direct Project Funding (earmarked for specific projects), Payroll Giving programs, Event Sponsorships, and Organization Development support.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Jan Sahas is a not-for-profit civil society organization that provides free direct services to vulnerable populations in India across 12 states through two national helplines, community-based program delivery, and legal-policy advocacy. Its core offerings include safe migration and worker protection, prevention of violence against women and children, manual scavenging elimination, bonded labor rehabilitation, and prevention of caste-based commercial sexual exploitation, delivered through on-ground casework, tele-counseling, and survivor rehabilitation connected to government welfare schemes.

Product overview

Jan Sahas is a community and survivor-centric nonprofit organization offering a suite of social impact programs and helpline services rather than a technology product platform. Its core offerings include two toll-free helplines (for women/children and migrant workers), the Migrants Resilience Collaborative (MRC) initiative, and the PR3 Model framework for addressing violence and forced labour. These programs operate independently rather than as an integrated software platform with modules.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Jan Sahas Helpline for Women and Girls National toll-free helpline (1800 3000 2852) that provides confidential counseling, case intervention, and referrals to women and girls affected by gender-based violence, caste-based exploitation, and related distress in India.
• Jan Sahas Majdoor Helpline (Migrant Workers Helpline) National toll-free helpline (1800 2000 211) supporting migrant workers with grievances, wage disputes, exploitation, and access to government welfare entitlements.
• Safe Migration and Workers Protection (SMWP) Program Community-based program providing safe migration support, worker rights education, and protection services for migrant workers and their families in India.
• Prevention of Violence Against Women and Children (PVAWC) Program Program delivering prevention, protection, and survivor support services to address violence against women and children, including case intervention and rehabilitation.
• Migrants Resilience Collaborative (MRC) Collaborative initiative that builds resilience among migrant worker communities through community organizing, access to entitlements, and crisis response.
• COVID-19 Relief Response Program Emergency response program providing relief, food, transportation, and welfare-scheme linkage to migrant workers and vulnerable families displaced during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Grassroots Resilience Institute (GRI) Research and policy institute that generates evidence and advocates on caste, labor, and gender justice issues to inform grassroots programming and policy reform.
• Manual Scavenging Elimination and Bonded Labor Rehabilitation Program Program supporting rescue, rehabilitation, alternate livelihood, and legal assistance for manual scavengers and bonded laborers, contributing to the elimination of 88,000 deaths from official records following a 2017 Supreme Court intervention.

Quantifiable outcome

• 5.8 million migrant households registered under Safe Migration program
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Migrants Resilience Collaborative (MRC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMulti-stakeholder collaborative of nonprofit, philanthropic, and private sector actors focused on ensuring safety, security, and mobility for vulnerable migrant families. Anchored by Jan Sahas in 2020. Aims to enable recovery of 10 million workers in 100 districts over 3 years.
• UNICEFmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational organization collaborating on child welfare and protection programs.
• UN WomenmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUN entity for gender equality and women's empowerment, partnering on violence against women prevention programs.
• UNDPmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUnited Nations Development Programme collaborating on development programs.
• ILOmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational Labour Organization working on labor rights and worker protection.

Scale indicators19 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/jan_sahas
• YouTubeyoutube.com/results?search_query=Jan+Sahas
• Facebookfacebook.com/jansahas
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/jan-sahas
• Instagraminstagram.com/jansahas

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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