Sheila Devaraj

Sheila Devaraj

Founder

Founder of Association for Promoting Social Action (APSA)

Sheila Devaraj is the founder of Association for Promoting Social Action (APSA)[1], an Indian non-profit working on orphans & child care and education from Bengaluru.

Association for Promoting Social Action (APSA)

APSA is a rights-based, child-centred organisation founded in 1981 that runs residential shelters, open shelters and community programmes for street children, orphans and children escaping exploitation across Bangalore and Hyderabad, including its long-running Nammane open shelter under the Juvenile Justice Act.

Association for Promoting Social Action (APSA) reports the following, on its own site:

  • A large team of committed staff, volunteers, and experts working in 125 urban slums through 20+ different projects in Hyderabad and Bengaluru