Prof. Hilda Rayappan
Founder; founder trusteeFounder of Prajna Counselling Centre
Prof. Hilda Rayappan is the founder; founder trustee of Prajna Counselling Centre[1], an Indian non-profit working on mental health, de-addiction and women & children from Mangaluru.
Prajna Counselling Centre
Prajna Counselling Centre, established in Mangaluru in 1987, helps individuals and families facing emotional, mental and economic challenges. Its services include psychotherapy and family counselling, a de-addiction treatment centre, and residential care programmes for street children and women in distress.
Prajna Counselling Centre reports the following, on its own site:
- Since December 2011, 470 children (216 boys and 254 girls) have been re-schooled and mainstreamed through Prajna's Transit Home; it is now a shelter for girls, with 24 girls between 6 and 12 years staying at Chinnara Thangudhama.
- The Sponsorship and Family Helper Project covers 800 families living in low-income communities in and around Mangalore.
- PRAJNA established 70 self-help groups in 20 villages and city corporation wards in and around Mangalore.
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- Mangaluru
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References
- [1] “The Prajna Counselling Centre was started by Prof. Hilda Rayappan, a self-reliant and well-educated woman, who comes from a marginal family, and who empowered herself to reach her aim with confidence and heartiness.” — Prajna Counselling Centre. Source
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