[ portrait — Priya, 19 ]
"My mother took the cohort with me. Now she teaches the parents' session."
Priya joined a college cohort in 2023 and now co-leads sessions for incoming students — including, some weeks, her own mother.
Every cohort produces a few people who stay — as peer trainers, coordinators, or just the person a younger trainee calls first. These are some of theirs.
“I used to change three buses to avoid one street. Now I take the street.”
Meher joined a school cohort in 2024 and now assists the junior batch as a peer trainer. Forty-one of our 96 trainers came up through the program the same way.
Read all stories →"My mother took the cohort with me. Now she teaches the parents' session."
Priya joined a college cohort in 2023 and now co-leads sessions for incoming students — including, some weeks, her own mother.
"I stopped waiting for my brother to walk me to the bus stop."
Ananya completed her certification in the 2024 winter cohort and now assists with the junior batch on weekends.
"I run the same drills I was scared to try three years ago."
Fatima came up through our very first Pune cohort and now coordinates scheduling for all school partnerships in the city.