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About us
The work, in plain English.
Kat-Katha works alongside the women and children of Delhi's GB Road — listening before fixing, staying long after the headlines. Fourteen years on, the work is the women and children themselves.
- Founded
- 2011
- Under the Societies Act, 1860
- Where
- GB Road, Delhi
- + Dream Village outside the city
- Registered
- 12A · 80G
- Indian tax-deductible
- Of every rupee
- 100%
- reaches direct programs
“I didn't come to GB Road to save anyone. I came to listen. The women here are not stories of pity — they are stories of staggering, stubborn courage. Kat-Katha exists to make sure those stories get to finish on their own terms.”
The journey
Fourteen years, in six milestones.
- 2011
The first classroom
Gitanjali begins teaching three women inside a brothel on GB Road. Kat-Katha is registered later that year under the Societies Act, 1860.
- 2014
Bridge School opens
A real classroom — desks, books, a blackboard and a name — for the children of GB Road.
- 2017
Heartshala & Maitri Meals
Skills work begins. Stitching, cooking, packaging — and the first orders that bring real income.
- 2020
Through the pandemic
When everything else stopped, we did not. Rations, healthcare and check-ins, every single week.
- 2022
Dream Village opens
Our first residential home — for women who chose to take the next step, and their children.
- 2024
Empower partnerships scale
46 women placed into mainstream jobs across 12 partner organisations. Most are still working.
The team
The people who show up — every single day.
A small core team, supported by a wide circle of volunteers, mentors, counsellors, and partners.
Gitanjali Babbar
Founder & Director
Anita
Programs Lead
Nisha
Wellbeing & Counselling
Aarzoo
Bridge School Lead
Pragya
Heartshala Coordinator
Shivani
Communications
Anurag
Field Operations
Aseem
Empower Partnerships
Walk with us
Want to be part of this team?
Every contribution funds something named — a meal, a class, a safe night — and never overhead, never marketing. That promise is the whole work.
80G tax-deductible · 100% to direct programs · Secured by Razorpay