Youth and women are our prime targets in crime prevention & community development. Our strategy is to create right opportunities for them to prosper in life.

We work in crime breeding areas with poor youth and women. We give them vocational training, remedial education and guidance. Thus we create opportunities to excel. This has reduced the chance of youth & women being criminalized. Our Centre for Entrepreneurship and Development handles the task efficiently.

During 2006 - 2008, 44 women and adolescent girls had enrolled themselves in our Beautician & Cosmetician training program. 38 women and adolescent girls had enrolled themselves in our Tailoring & Fashion Designing program.

Other than these, 61 students from slum communities had enrolled them in our personality development program. 50 students had enrolled in our Computer aided Office Automation program. We have conducted as many as twenty seven workshops on income generation and related topics during 2006 - 2008.

Our crime prevention program does not stop with creating economic opportunities. We have a committed group of young people who volunteer to spend their time with us to stand for a united, secular and peace loving India.

Our cultural team spends quality time in bring out awareness about various issues related to being criminalized and criminal justice system among youth and adult villagers in various parts of Vidarbha.

It is observed that in urban areas basically youth form slums areas get involved in the crime. The reason for involvement of the youth in the crime is either because of disturbed family background, or the anti social company. Hence VARHAD uses media and communication as a tool to reach young people and to involve them in the process of nation building.

Along with economic development and awareness programs, VARHAD has also realized that a good social environment is necessary to prevent crime altogether. Hence it has started to work on basic issues in the community such as health, education and development.

VARHAD provide legal service with a view to motivate under trial and convict of all age of both the sex toward reformation and rehabilitation.

The aim is to promote under trial prisoners to get free and fair trial. The current functioning of Criminal Justice System doesn’t make it happens in reality. A large number of under trial are behind bar not only because they have committed certain offence but they don’t have resources to defend them in the court of law. Therefore they must have access to free and fair trial.

There is a large section of the prison population whose cases are pending in at courts and they are imprisoned waiting for trail. Many of them are booked for less serious or petty offences. We provide legal aid and guidance to the most deserving under trail prisoners.

We have referred and directly helped up to 160 cases at JMFC Court, 15 at CJM, 148 at Session which amounts to 323 cases during 2006-2008

There are certain provisions and cases under law for which along with the court, A C P (Spl. Executive Magistrate), Executive magistrate and S.D.M can handle without directly referring to the court. VARHAD intervenes at this level to help them enjoy the privilege of law.

We have referred as many as 307 cases during 2006- 2008. VARHAD has been instrumental in the release of 139 people under PR bond and 95 under surety during 2006-2008

We at VARHAD are committed to help convicted prisoners also who are put behind the bars for years, lamenting for visiting their family.

At most genuine cases, we help them to apply for Parole and Furlough. With regard to our work in release of poor prisoners on parole, furlough and death parole, we have helped in the release of ---prisoners under the provision.

After working in the field for a considerable period of time, we have realized that even most convict prisoners are innocent and are lamenting for justice. Hence we have initiated to work at obtaining justice at High Court and if necessary at Supreme Court. We have referred 80 cases at High Court and 20 at the Supreme Court during 2006-2008.

The motto of the prison system is to correct the individual and make him/her a better individual. But, for some reason or other the prison system has not been able to keep the women prisoners engaged in an activity within the premises.

Keeping this in mind, we at VARHAD have started vocational training centre for women inside prison. We have made women prisoners competent enough to face the world by imparting training in a specific trade.

Realizing the future needs of the prisoners and to improve their thrift habits, we have initiated Self Help Group for women prisoners inside the prison. This is the first ever attempt in the prison history of Maharashtra. The Self Help Group called “Bandini Mahila Bachat Gat” has 11 members in the group at present.

Our adult literacy program is an answer to the miserable state of literacy among prisoners in India. As a result of our initiative many of the prisoners are able to pass board exam conducted by Maharashtra State. During 2006- 2008, 23 prisoners are enrolled in our literacy class and 9 are in our 4th standard preparatory class.

Moreover, number of prisoners has passed the music degree exam conducted by Akil Bhartiya Gandharva Maha Vidyapeeth, Meeraj (All India Music Institute) through our initiative. We have also played key role in organizing recreation programs for prisoners inside the prison premises.