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- A space where gender-based violence survivors can express themselves.
- Where they can experience joy without being judged.
- Where they can heal and reclaim their power as individuals and as a community.
Hope in a Purple Crayon is a well-being program of 70 sessions spread across 6 months, that provides the survivor access to exploring art as a form of self-discovery, enhancing emotional regulation skills and reducing symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress.
Donate now and help us turn hope into action! Your contribution, no matter the size, can make a real difference.
Why support LGBTQIA+ survivors?
While India has been free for 75 years, the freedom to be oneself only came in 2014 for the LGBTQIA+ community thanks to the historic NALSA Judgement of the Supreme Court. This means that the system for education, health, and safety around us was only made to cater for the binaries of gender. Today systems of support and healing are in the process of sensitisation and upgradation, but the process is slow.
An LGBT individual is 4 times more vulnerable to face gender-based violence than a non-LGBT individual and often there is a lack of access to culturally competent and trauma-informed support systems. This marginalization compounds the emotional and social impact of violence, leaving survivors feeling isolated and unheard.
Why Invest in ‘Hope in a Purple Crayon’ as a Solution:
This pilot of "Hope in a Purple Crayon" is a year-long action research program designed to bridge and support the well-being and social inclusion of LGBTQIA+ survivors of gender-based violence in the Indian context and systems at national and grassroots levels Here's how:
- Art for Creative Expression: It allows safe exploration of emotions, self-discovery and a sense of agency, which enhances emotional regulation skills and reduces symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress.
- Multiple Art Forms: Our weekly sessions incorporate visual arts drawing, music, dance, and theatre to create a supportive space for collective healing.
- Reclaiming Power: We address body image issues and gender dysphoria, and facilitate reclaiming of the ownership of one's body, by practising self-compassion and forgiveness, self-care practices for managing anxiety and fear in social spaces through art.
- Continuous Evaluation and Impact assessment: We compile the journey to strengthen the pedagogy and best practices for first respondents and caregivers of survivors.
- Cost Effective: A one-hour session with Queer Affirmative, trauma-informed therapist costs an average of 1500 INR. Through Hope in A Purple Crayon, we provide well-being support at one-fourth cost.
Your Support and Investment Impact:
- Each person receives 70 free sessions of support spread across 6 months
- You Enable 15 diverse survivors - across gender identities (non-binary, genderqueer, transmasculine, cis-gendered), sexual orientations (gay, lesbian, bisexual, asexual, pansexual, questioning), and disability statuses (neurodivergent physical disability) to access art-based well-being program.
- You Enable Queer Affirmative Pedagogy for care health workers - Hope in a Purple Crayon’s learnings, evaluation and journey will help in creating a module that will be accessible for care health workers who can support survivors of violence, including domestic violence, rape, intimate partner violence, child abuse, gender dysphoria and natal violence. You will indirectly benefit 5000 individuals through mental health professionals, caregivers, and LGBTQIA+ organizations.
About the team behind Hope in a Purple Crayon
This is a joint initiative between Friends of Toto and PHASE.
This is a joint initiative between Friends of Toto and PHASE.
- Friends of Toto: Friends of Toto is an intersectional feminist organization that uses art and storytelling-based interventions to talk about social justice & gender-based violence - creating free-to-access learning and sharing spaces across urban and semi-urban cities in India.
- PHASE - People For Human Rights and Sustainable Environment; believes in creating a nurturing environment where everyone can realise their full potential. It is a Delhi-based NGO working to support children from marginalised communities in gaining education and exposure to opportunities through mediums of art and play. PHASE is the venue and fundraising partner for Hope in a Purple Crayon Project.
Help Us Turn Hope into Action!
Your contribution, no matter the size, can make a real difference. Empower LGBTQIA+ survivors to heal, thrive, and reclaim their voices!
Donate Now!
Together, we can create a world where everyone feels safe and supported
