Child Safeguarding Policy
Aritrvarsha Foundation works in classrooms with children who are not our own. This page summarises how we take that responsibility seriously.
Four pillars of our approach
Guardian consent
No identifiable photo or video of a child is used anywhere — on this site or elsewhere — without written guardian consent on file first. We do not source or commission such images ourselves; every one is traceable to a specific consent record.
Personnel verification
Anyone in a role with direct contact with students — staff, contractors, or volunteers — goes through background verification before that contact begins. This applies regardless of how the role was sourced.
Careful imagery practice
Where a photo of a child is used, it shows them doing something — building, presenting, questioning — never posed as a beneficiary. A child's face is never shown alongside their full name and school together.
Reporting a concern
Anyone — staff, a parent, a school, or a member of the public — can raise a safeguarding concern directly with us, in confidence, using the contact details below.
We do not collect children's personal data
None of our forms — the School Nomination form, partner or volunteer enquiries, or our general contact form — ask for any personal information about a student. Our School Nomination form captures details about the school and an adult contact person only.
See our Privacy Policy for how we handle the information we do collect.
Talk to us directly
If you have a safeguarding concern involving Aritrvarsha Foundation — our staff, volunteers, or programme delivery — please contact our Grievance Officer directly. Concerns are treated seriously and in confidence.
CS Santosh Shinde
aritrvarsha@gmail.com