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PRIDE HOME
About
Pride Home
Pride Home's mission is to empower the transgender community through livelihood support, health support and advocacy for legal rights. We have recently established a mentorship and skill development center for the LGBTQIA+ community. The center provides a safe and supportive space for community members to acquire new skills, enhance their employability, and promote self-reliance and empowerment. It is a key initiative to help members of the queer community integrate into mainstream society and achieve their goals.
The transgender community in India (also known as hijras), which is estimated to be over 500,000 is among the most vulnerable, most abused and the least understood populations in that country. Started by Sarita Shukla and operating with Pahal - Nurturing Lives, Pride Home works to uplift this community through entrepreneurship development, livelihood exchange, insuring access to public health facilities, and working to help the transgender community achieve legal rights and social acceptance.
PROGRAMS
Tailoring Vocational Training
Pride Home provides specialized tailoring vocational training for members of the LGBTQIA+ community, offering a supportive space to learn essential stitching, design, and garment-making skills. The program focuses on practical, hands-on training that prepares participants for employment or entrepreneurship in the fashion and textile industries.
Business Administration & Computer Training
Pride Home in Delhi, India offers comprehensive vocational training in business administration and computer skills. The program equips participants with essential knowledge in office management, digital literacy, and professional communication to enhance employability and entrepreneurial potential, all to navigate the modern workplace.
Cosmetology Vocational Training
Pride Home offers inclusive cosmetology vocational training programs designed to empower community members. The initiative provides participants with professional skills, industry certification, and pathways to sustainable employment through hands-on instruction in beauty, hair, and skincare techniques.
Entrepreneurship Development
In an effort to give transgenders options other than begging and prostitution, Pride Home has worked with individuals to determine what passions and skills they have and helps them turn those into vocations. From beauty to cooking to dance, Pride Home is empowering entrepreneurs to find success.
Counseling & Therapy
Pride Home provides free and confidential, holistic, client-centered, and gender-affirming mental health services to all members of the LGBTQIA+ community. Our therapists takes a client-centered approach to services by providing an accessible, safer, and inviting on-site environment. The services are rooted in culturally responsive, trauma-informed, and restorative mental and behavioral health practices.
mMitra Project
mMitra trains transgender women to work as midwives - initially was a program developed to assist pregnant women in India's slums. Transgender women enrolled in the program develop deep connections with the families and communities and ensure that expectant mothers receive all of the information and care they need.
Diversity Training on Gender Identity & Gender Expression
Pride Home and Pahal lead workshops with the Delhi police department on gender identity and gender expression to assist the officers with understanding the diversity of the communities they serve.
Gender Identity and Financial Inclusion
Prior to 2018, transgenders in India did not have the ability to bank or vote as their ID cards did not match how they looked. Pride Home has worked to get their community members voter ID cards, Aadhar Cards, Pan Cards and even bank accounts - with all documents recognizing them as transgender.
COVID-19 Response
During the Covid-19 pandemic, many in the LGBTQIA+ community lost their livelihoods when they were forced to be locked down. Pride Home and Pahal responded by providing grocery kits.
On average, 4000kgs of food were delivered monthly at the height of the pandemic.
