Our Mission
Our mission is to equip every young girl in India with vital skills for personal safety and empowerment.
Our Goal (2025-26)
By 2025-26, we plan to train 10,000 girls in self-defense, so they can feel safer and stronger. We especially want to focus on girls from government schools who might not have the chance to learn these skills otherwise.
DFEND is a pioneering initiative dedicated to empowering girls through self-defense training.
At its heart, this program seeks to provide more than just physical skills; it aims to instill a deep sense of self-worth, confidence, and resilience in every girl it touches. By teaching essential techniques for personal safety, DFEND offers girls the tools to protect themselves and, more importantly, the belief that they are strong, capable, and deserving of safety and respect.
This initiative is not just about defense—it’s about changing lives. In a world where many girls grow up feeling vulnerable or uncertain of their power, DFEND stands as a beacon of hope. It builds a community of fearless young women who, with each lesson, learn that they can face challenges with strength and courage. Through DFEND, girls gain the confidence to defend themselves and the unshakable belief that they have a right to walk through life without fear.
By fostering this sense of security and empowerment, DFEND is helping to create a generation of girls who will grow into confident women, ready to take on the world. It’s a movement for change, one girl at a time, transforming communities into safer, more empowered places.
About this site:
This is not just another information-site for an NGO. It’s a canvas of all our ideas, philosophies, learnings, aspirations and journal of our progress.
Get to know more about our Program. We’ve also written about the initial Research that helped us build conviction in our concept. Visit the Financials page to understand the cost-structure of running our programs.
We hope to get you inspired to Contribute to this initiative, which you can do so as a Sponsor, a Volunteer or someone who’d like to Replicate our work in other locations.
Finally, get to know us as a Team, and read about our journey in detail as-it-happens in our Blog section. Excited ? Contact us and we’d love to involve you in Dfend.