Kanal Ngo

Kanal, a charitable organization, founded by Anson P D Alexander at Kollam in 2016, We works for the empowerment of children and also for the downtrodden communities. Kanal addresses various problems of children such as child marriage, child suicide, mental health issues, child sexual abuse, and lack of comprehensive sexuality education and life skills. We also act as a medium for discussion of childhood problems. The organization helps in empowering the children to explore and rediscover their real selves and to enhance their potential to the maximum through effective psychological approaches and thus, by boosting both confidence and energy levels to achieve their dreams. Kanal has conducted various counselling programs for around students all across the state by joining hands with various government departments and educational institutions. In a very short time, Kanal could create its own identity in relation to activities for the welfare of the children. Kanal has become an inevitable part of various government departments such as Kerala State Commission for the Protection of Child Rights, Kerala State Women’s Commission, Kerala Social Justice Department, Department of Women and Child Development, Department of Education, Kerala Police, Kudumbashree Mission, Child Welfare Committees, Student Police Cadets, Our Responsibility to Children (ORC), Kerala State Nirbhaya Cell, Childline, Kerala State Council for Child Welfare. Kanal is an official knowledge and training partner to the Extension activities of MSc Extension, Department of Home Science, Govt College for Women – Thiruvananthapuram. We are also the Outreach program partner of The Literary and Debating Club of the National Institute of Technology, Calicut and St.Thomas College, Ranni in Pathanamthitta District. We addressed the gender and child rights issues in Kerala state in the Generation equality forum, an initiative by UN Women, the Government of France, and the Government of Mexico.