about us

who we are | who funds us

Thoughtshop Foundation was registered under the Societies Act on March 17, 1993.

We believe that social challenges are interconnected and that it is necessary to collaborate with different organisations to enable sharing and exchange of best practices – making them more accessible to the larger community of stakeholders.

A core area of TF’s work has been to create interactive tools to facilitate dialogue at the community level, especially on social issues that are difficult or taboo.

what we do

Health Communications : Research, Development and Training
On our own initiative, as well as for other organisations, we develop behaviour change communication strategies, participatory, community friendly tools and training software. 

Field research involving our users and audiences is integral to the development process. Finally, we train field workers on how to best use the tools to ensure that the total communication is clear, convincing, participatory and enjoyable.

Young People's Empowerment Programme
We believe in the potential of young people to become agents of social change. Holistic development of young people, both adolescents and youth, has been a sustained theme in most of our work.

We have consolidated this as an independent initiative since 1999 to include special workshops for and by young people.

who we are

The Thoughtshop family comprises people from varied backgrounds. The key persons are:

who funds us

Our outreach programme on gender has been supported by the We Can Campaign (2007 - 11).

 

In 2007-08, our Youth Resource Cells Project was partially supported by Pravah. During 2009 - 11, the project was partially supported by Sir Ratan Tata Trust.

 

Other than that, we fund ourselves. We earn from health communication and training projects. We invest our funds into action research & developments and on our Youth Programme.