Butterflies

About Butterflies

Butterflies is a registered charitable organisation dedicated to supporting the most vulnerable groups of children, particularly street-connected children, since its inception in 1989. Employing a rights-based, non-institutional approach, Butterflies focuses on providing education and life skills to these children to foster self-reliance and disrupt the intergenerational cycle of illiteracy and poverty that affects generations. Additionally, the organisation encompasses a research, advocacy, and training portfolio to enhance understanding of social issues. This wing also captures insights from its initiatives, through action research, and process documentation to help the organisation evaluate its programmes, on what is working well, what the challenges are, and what needs to be done differently. We share our learnings with local civil society organisations, government agencies, and academic institutions for further deliberations. Butterflies is a member contributing member of Family for Every Child (FFEC), a global alliance of 47 local civil society organisations from 38 countries. FFEC is united in its mission to enhance the lives of vulnerable children and families globally. Additionally, Butterflies serves as the Secretariat for the India Alternate Care Network (IACN), a collaborative network of practitioners, national agencies, and academics, with the support of UNICEF India. Butterflies is committed to innovating and refining strategies and approaches for engaging with children to safeguard their rights. Through its Children’s Cooperatives initiatives, namely the Children’s Development Khazana and the Child Health & Sports Cooperative, and Cooperative Learning, Butterflies has imparted its insights and technical expertise to local grassroots organisations. These organisations are active in eight South and Central Asia and Africa, including Afghanistan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Madagascar, and Ghana.

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