At AASRA

We aim to provide voluntary, professional and essentially confidential care and support to the depressed & the suicidal.

WE ARE HERE FOR YOU

The objective of Aasra is to alleviate human misery by offering active listening. i.e. non-judgmental and non-critical listening to anyone who would like to avail of our services when they feel anxiety, stress and despair. Aasra recognizes that loneliness and distress often leads to the act of self-destruction, the potential suicide can be averted by active listening. We at Aasra believe that an attempt or act of suicide is a message indicating despair. It is our endeavour to make our services available when such a message is communicated. Callers can phone in or meet our volunteers or even write to be assured that a warm, caring, empathetic response is available. Complete confidentially is our guarantee as part of our service. Whatever is discussed or revealed by callers is between them and our centre. The services provided by us are not a substitute for medical care and do not claim to be therapeutic.

Expenditure/year
 200K
Volunteers
7570+
Helped People
800010+

Our History

We aim to provide voluntary, professional and essentially confidential care and support to the depressed & the suicidal.

The Samaritans was founded in the UK by the Rev. Chad Varah, the then Rector of St. Stephen's Church, London in 1953. He was motivated to start this service when he read a sermon at the grave of a 13 year old girl who took her life thinking she was "unclean" and bleeding to death. She had no one to talk to; her distress compelled her to decide on this act of self-destruction. Rev. Varah decided to start a "listening service". Centres outside UK are under the umbrella of Befrienders International/Worldwide. As of date there are over 446 such intervention centres throughout the world in 42 countries with eleven in India. Aasra is a member of Befrienders India / Befrienders Worldwide. In 2006, Befrienders/Samaritans UK & Worldwide, IASP(International Association for Suicide Prevention), IFOTES(International Federations of Telephone Emergency Services) and Lifeline International are working on a partnership agreement with the WHO (World Health Organization) and the UN to provide active emotional support to the multitudes being affected by despair and depression and are prone to suicide.

TESTIMONIALS SAY

Testimony 1

Anuj Alok

Testimony 2

Sara Bhoira

Student, SNDT College
Testimony 3

Shreyas Rao

Advocate, High Court

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