Sheroes Hangout Café

Sheroes Hangout Cafe

Planeterra has partnered with Sheroes' Hangout, founded in 2014 by the Chhanv Foundation, Sheroes’ Hangout is a café that offers acid attack survivors both livelihoods and support. It challenges stigmas and helps women from disadvantaged backgrounds find opportunities for personal growth and recovery. Beyond reshaping societal perceptions, Sheroes aids survivors in their medical recovery and pursuit of justice.

By providing dignified employment at the café, Sheroes empowers women to support their families, raise their children, and live with respect and self-esteem, just like any other member of society.

We will visit  Sheroes Hangout cafe on Day Four of our tour in Agra, An Invitation to India. The Chhanv Foundation raises awareness of these attacks and supports survivors, working to bring lasting change. Its main project, Sheroes Hangout Café, provides both financial support and helps survivors regain confidence, earning them trust within their families.

Planeterra supports Sheroes Hangout by providing market connections to help them establish a sustainable funding source through hosting travellers. Additionally, as part of the Planeterra Network, they benefit from learning modules, ongoing training, and mentorship.

MORE ABOUT SHEROES HANGOUT

By the word Sheroes, we meant to bring the brave women who fall victim to violence as front runners. They run a business by getting involved in the business in as many ways possible to earn their livelihood, respect and dignity. No matter these girls fall prey to a traumatic violence, the project empowers them to become an earning member in their families which due to stigma is possible almost nowhere in the industry. To remind our visitors of these real-life heroes, we call it in rather feminist derivation as Sheroes.

To the general public masses, it becomes worth visiting a place when it also offers a cup of coffee with snacks with friends. That is the style of hangout we do in our society. As a café we also try to deliver that environment to people where they can just walk-in with their friends or make some more over some regular food served in any fast-serving food restaurant.

In the previous routine of Sheroes Hangout we have often organized events to make masses aware through debates, book launches, conferences and sessions with the acid attack survivors to make our campaign Stop Acid Attacks most strong against violence against women. Seemingly, the café also offers an activity place to people to join in and raise concerns on various social issues in our society.​​