Kripa Foundation has the privilege of being the largest Non-Governmental Organization in India, affiliated with the Union Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, working among people afflicted with chemical dependency & HIV Infection.  Over a quarter century of service, Kripa Foundation has evolved a module of non-discriminating, supportive community living, empowering people to introspect and bring about a change in lifestyle.

KRIPA, derived from the Sanskrit word “GRACE”, lays emphasis on the need to study risk perception, effectively assist in harm minimization and provide training to the affected individuals enabling them to monitor life as an ongoing process of Spiritual Growth

The beginning: the year and place, foundation day, registration of a charitable trust.

• The Organization had humble beginnings in a church compound in Bandra in 1981, with three patients in residence, a priest, a doctor & a recovering alcoholic as a role model for recovery and sobriety.

• Since then this Public Charitable Trust has spread its work all over India having 58 varied facilities in 18 centres ,addressing Chemical Dependency and HIV/ AIDS in 11 states of the country, namely, Maharashtra (Mumbai, Vasai, Pune), Gujarat (Baroda), Goa (Anjuna, Mapusa), Karnataka (Mangalore), West Bengal (Kolkata, Darjeeling), Manipur (Imphal), Nagaland (Kohima), Meghalaya (Shillong),Assam(Guwahati) Uttar Pradesh (Bareilly), Jharkhand (Ranchi) & Delhi.

• Centers are funded through Government of India grants, as well as National and International funding agencies.

• Today, Kripa is at the forefront in facilitating training in Chemical Dependency, Rehabilitation and HIV/AIDS, and offers a broad spectrum of services to the community, facilitating law enforcement agencies, educational institutions and other academic institutions that are involved in Human Services.  A major area of work involves interaction with industry in terms of an Employee Assistance Program (EAP), which is comprehensive and addresses situations with utmost confidentiality.

• Kripa’s strength lies in the eastern disciplines and facilitating lifestyle change, which it propagates in all its centers as Basic Therapy to cope with life’s stresses including addiction, which is an outward manifestation of the turmoil within an individual.  It is this inner healing which is enabling Kripa to realize its dream of becoming a global presence.

Inpatient Program

• ADMISSION

  People come to the Kripa Rehabilitation Programme from various cities in India. These people represent all ages, social, occupational and religious backgrounds. There are no constraints on caste, creed or social status.

  People refer themselves or are referred by concerned persons from medical, legal, family mental health or Alcoholics and Narcotic Anonymous Communities.

• PRIMARY CARE (DE - ADDICTION)

  Shortly after admission, a general health assessment is conducted and thereafter the detoxification process is initiated. After the patient’s physical condition has stabilized, the patient is moved to Primary Care where through various mediums of the programme he is made to understand the multi faceted  aspects of his illness; his powerlessness over the use of his substance of choice and his unmanageability, if he continues to use.  He learns the importance of surrender to a Higher Power in order that he may start to take the first step in his recovery.

• ASSESSMENT

  Because chemical dependency affects all areas of a person’s life, each patient’s social, emotional, intellectual, spiritual and physical condition is carefully evaluated with special attention to the consequences of alcohol and other drug abuse.  The patient has to fill in a self evaluation form, which is appraised in the counselor’s initial interview and assessment. This form is the blue print for the patient’s treatment at Kripa.

• SECONDARY CARE (REHABILITATION)

  While the length of stay for patients at Kripa varies according to individual need, the average stay is 90 days.

  The treatment itself is an absorbing, intensive experience.  Patients have to strictly adhere to the daily schedule, which gives them a conscious awareness of time zones and time management.  The 24 hours is divided into work / study periods of 38.25 %, leisure / exercise 17.70 %, life fulfilling activities 12.50 %. Daily group therapy helps patients better understand themselves and their disease, through a process of listening to sharing of similar experiences by their fellow alcoholics / addicts in treatment.  By sharing personal experiences, patients learn, often for the first time, to release stress and in turn begin to trust and seek help from friends and loved ones. Group sessions on grief, the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotic Anonymous and other topics help patients recognize personal barriers in their recovery.  The programme provides the individual with tools to overcome bottlenecks that they are faced with.

• AFTER CARE (FOLLOW UP)

  A. The available facilities of attending AA / NA meetings are the most highly recommended ‘aftercare’ for patients leaving Kripa. A list of meeting places is made available to each individual on discharge.

  B. Going to work from and returning to the Center is another ‘Aftercare’ service made available to individuals at Kripa. This is a phase which gradually enables the patients to adjust to normal functioning in society and in turn maintain continuity of his / her recovery.

  C. Regular and frequent availability of counseling at counseling centers of Kripa is another ‘Aftercare’ service.

• EXTENDED CARE

  Clients in need of a longer treatment programme are recommended to Extended Care by their personal counselors, which could be extended to a period between six months to a year. This offers a person a complete year long space to restructure his / her entire lifestyle.

  Kripa Foundation Recovery programme draws its inspiration from the multidisciplinary treatment of the Minnesota Model and Hazalden, USA.

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• FAMILY THERAPY PROGRAMME

  With every dependent there is a co-dependent suffering with the features of distress related to the habit of chemical dependency. It may be a spouse or an offspring. It may be a sibling or some other relative, friend or colleague. The relationship of the affected with the afflicted one is definitely an issue that needs to be addressed. The discomfort and distress of the disease of the co-dependent can be directly related to the dependent’ s habit and assumes similar proportions or may include a host of other illnesses of mind and body related to stress, depression and deprivation. The impact of financial difficulties and irresponsible behaviour are more often than not found amongst several co-dependents.

  At Kripa we offer a Family Systems Therapy Program. Individual and group interactions help the participants to identify their disabilities and develop strategies to deal with them.

  Sustained counseling helps the members to re-negotiate their relationship with others, and provides the individual with a clearer picture of themselves.  It empowers the individual to make appropriate lifestyle changes for the betterment of the family. The program also addresses the involvement of the children as well and facilitates them as and when required.

Contact Us

• Contact Numbers : 91-98649-83639/91-98641 23523//91-98640 26911

• e-mail ID : kripaassam@gmail.com

• Links : www.kripafoundation.org