"We live in a world where we

believe beauty lies in perfection

perfect skin, perfect hair, perfect score,

perfect career, perfect house, perfect life

We chase perfection

Because we look at imperfect as broken

But we are all broken in our own way

To be human, is to be broken."

What breaks us?

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) are unforgettable traumatic episodes of abuse, neglect or domestic dysfunction that you experience as a child.

Research suggests that Obesity, Alcoholism, Depression and early death can be linked to the prevalence of ACE.

most of us have experienced ace

2/3rd

of the population has atleast one ACE.

1/8th

of the population have 4+ ACEs.

Research shows that for people who have experienced 6+ ACEs, it can reduce upto 20 years of their life expectancy.

“Adverse Childhood Experiences are the single greatest unaddressed public health threat facing our nation today.”

Dr Robert Block, the former President of the American Academy of Pediatrics

How does ACE break you?

Click to learn more about ACE and how it has impacted your Adult life.

Is being broken a life sentence?

Early life is shaped by our environment and despite the best intentions at heart, most of us experience varied degrees of trauma in our childhood.

If we have access to safe, stable and supportive relationships, we can not only heal from the trauma but thrive in the real world.

Making Broken Beautiful

For the past 13 years MAD has been working with Children in Need of Care and Protection.

The majority of children we work with (71%) have undergone adverse childhood experiences (ACE), ranging from singular or layered experiences of violence (38%), and deprivation (32%), to neglect or lack of attention and appropriate care (24%), fear of their personal safety (12%), and abuse (7%) before being placed in care.

Click here to read about the realities of CNCP.

how we make a difference

We welcome children into a community of caring people in their life. They receive our support from the age of 10 till the age of 28 ranging from emotional health interventions, life skills, education, transition readiness, scholarships, career counseling all the way to family planning and relationship counselling.

Click here to read more about MAD’s interventions

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our reach

Our impact

96%

Completed their 10th standard with us with 46% getting first class honours as opposed to a norm of less than 50% even completing their 10th

92%

of students who continue with MAD passed their Grade 12 examination compared with a norm of 17% for the CNCP demographic. 51% of them passed with First Class Honours.

91%

of youth who leave the shelters continue with MAD get to University or progress with vocational training.

“My akka(sister) will understand me even before I speak. If I'm sad she'll ask what happened, and she'll make me laugh first, after that she'll teach.”