Rising Flame is a National Award winning nonprofit organisation based in India, working for recognition, protection, and promotion of human rights of people with disabilities, particularly women and youth with disabilities. Rising Flame’s vision is to build an inclusive world in which diverse bodies, minds, and voices thrive with dignity; live free of discrimination, abuse, and violence; and enjoy equal opportunities and access.
Since our establishment in 2017, we aim to enable persons with disabilities standing at multiple intersections to have a voice, have a space, be heard and lead from the front. As a self-led organisation, we are committed to upholding disability justice values and feminist principles.
Mission
Opportunity
Provide PWDs opportunities to gain skills and knowledge for socio-economic empowerment
Key strategies
Capacity building
Knowledge dissemination, research, and advocacy
Networking & collaboration
Annual report
Read our 4 year report from September 2017 to September 2021 to know more about our pathbreaking programmes, innovative and pioneering leadership work, events re-authoring dialogues, creative and disruptive campaigns, agile COVID-19 response, and our journey to challenge and shift public and policy discourses.
Where will we operate?
Our registered office is based in Mumbai, India. We work pan India.
Legal status
Rising Flame was founded in September 2017 and was registered as a section 8 company (non-profit company) under the Indian Companies Act 2013 on 17-7-2018.