Sonal Kapoor

This little girl of mine, is 10. Everytime she sits in a Lego session she constructs a home, piece by piece. She comes from a broken family. She tells me she wants to be an architect when she grows up. Creative Arts Therapies, with counseling, heal PTSD in children.

Creating art isn’t an extracurricular activity; it’s survival. Within the urban slums of Delhi, teenage girls pick up brushes not just to paint but to reclaim their own stories. Read this beautiful documentation in @SSIReview about @NGOProtsahan’s work. ssir.org/articles/entry…

“मैं हाथी जैसी काली हूँ, इसलिए सब चिढ़ाते हैं… लेकिन मैं बहुत खुश हूँ।” She sees the elephant not as ‘ugly’ or ‘dark’ - but as calm, strong, playful and deeply loved. This is what happens when trauma informed spaces at @NGOProtsahan let girls define their own worth.

This little girl of mine, is 10. Everytime she sits in a Lego session she constructs a home, piece by piece. She comes from a broken family. She tells me she wants to be an architect when she grows up. Creative Arts Therapies, with counseling, heal PTSD in children.

Stop treating smallness for safety. Bloom!

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Adopt a senior pup if you can with unflinching commitment. (Don’t, at all, if you quiver to give all of everything you have to love the pup) It’s everything that life can possibly teach you.

Powerful consultation with social workers on decoding the healing for an abused child. Grateful to 80+ organisations that joined us at the #hridaydialogues2024 and learnt-reflected-unlearnt together to build trauma informed #childprotection services in India 🇮🇳

Learning about India’s women trailblazers! Young girls from over 107 slums in Delhi are deep diving into life lessons with life stories of some of the most inspiring Indian women who broke ceilings & gender stereotypes. पढ़ेंगी लड़कियाँ और आगे बढ़ेंगी लड़कियाँ! 👧 📖 ✏️

Our grassroots leader Preeti, explains at #capacitybuilding learning retreat how she sees direct linkages to government schemes for marginalised children as a key element of #childprotection. “धारणा और दृष्टिकोण में फर्क होता है।,” she summarises as a life lesson 🌺

🎙️#NationalFamilySummit2025 Speaker Spotlight | Meet Sonal Kapoor 🎙️Sonal Kapoor is a distinguished Indian social entrepreneur &Founder CEO of @NGOProtsahan.

Bringing another layer of inequality to light, Sonal Kapoor @ArtForCause, CEO of Protsahan explains, "Suppose one family is given a smartphone. That gadget would end up being used by a 5-year-old boy for playing, but not by a grown girl who studies.” boomlive.in/decode/in-worl…

There's a big cost to Delhi's pollution every year: It is children's education. Why is there no conversation around it? @ArtForCause is helping out. @HeraRizwan1 went and met the kids and wrote about their dreams. boomlive.in/decode/in-worl…

Representatives from @CRYINDIA @NGOProtsahan @Catalysts4SA @LeherIndia @MFIndia @UNICEFIndia @SocietalThinkng & govt. along with Social workers, psychologists, lawyers from 86 children’s organisations at #HridayDialogues2024 decoding the neurobiology of childhood trauma.

What an incredibly powerful day to strengthen country’s #childprotection ecosystem by focusing on decoding healing for an abused child. #HridayDialogues2024 ❤️‍🩹 led from the front by @MallikaSinha20. Young people like that spell H-O-P-E for me.

This is huge and so so well deserved! Congratulations Payal! @PayalKapadia86

Gratitude for this global recognition as our Executive Director, Jas, @freudontherocks receives it on behalf of team Protsahan. Thank you to the global jury, @sakuidealist @lasselepo & team @HundrEDorg for believing in depth of scale work that holds the power to scale up! 🌺

Would love some recommendations #Delhi for a full time support staff for our very senior dog. #PetCaregivers #PetTwitter Pls recommend someone you’d personally vouch for who can help take genuine care of a sweet old doggo. Thanks much.

Team Protsahan wishes a very happy #Diwali 🪔 to all our friends, donors and well wishers! Gratitude to all those who join us in spirit and support as we create a little more love and healing ❤️‍🩹 in this world for girls and women at the last mile. #TogetherWeAreUnstoppable

So proud of our youth peer leaders and girl champions who are connecting hundreds of migrant workers and their families to government benefits and rightful entitlements. These educated young girls are making equity and social inclusion come truly alive in their communities.

@MarthaMuhwezi it was lovely meeting you at FemNet Martha. Regards, Sonal.

Giving our voice as @NGOProtsahan to inform the regional declarations. As we deliberated on philanthrocapitalism and financing for #genderequity globally, we spotlighted what Asia needs to do to strengthen its resolve for its marginalised girls. Well done @UNGEI & partners.