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Balkrishna Acharya

Balkrishna Acharya

Co-founder

Founder of Rescue Foundation

Balkrishna Acharya is the co-founder of Rescue Foundation (2000)[1], an Indian non-profit working on anti-trafficking and women & children from Mumbai.

Rescue Foundation

Rescue Foundation runs intelligence-based rescue operations alongside state police and Anti-Human Trafficking Units. Survivors are then supported with shelter, healthcare, vocational training and repatriation. It works from Mumbai with centres in Palghar, Pune and Delhi.

Rescue Foundation reports the following, on its own site:

  • 7,000+ lives saved
  • 11,000+ lives restored
  • 700+ survivors supported annually
  • Reunifications across 26+ states

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