Pia (13 years) thinks “I got only 10 likes on my recent pic, I have checked my pic atleast 15 times, no one is liking it. I think, I’m not beautiful or may be I should change my pic.”
Rohit (13 years) thinks “Why I like to talk to Pia so much, wonder she also thinks the same?”
Now, meet Sakshi our ThatMate
Sakshi interacted with Rohit and Pia and answered their questions.
She introduced them to the ThatMate app and told them they could get answers to their endless queries on it whenever they want.
So Pia and Rohit downloaded it.
With the help of ThatMate, Pia and Rohit are cognizant about the physical, psychological and emotional changes taking place in their body. They have ThatMate to talk with. With ThatMate’s age appropriate, culturally relevant and gender inclusive approach teens like Rohit and Pia are informed to take better decisions about their health
Like Pia and Rohit, ThatMate has impacted 8000 teens till date in 3 states.
When asked about the reason of getting menstruation we observed the following responses
When asked about the Childline (A helpline which helps kids to report Abuse cases)
When asked about their perception of beauty, especially understanding the myth abut fair is beautiful
Mother
“After your workshop my son spoke to me and said he never thought that women go through so much pain every month and he was comfortable discussing about it with his classmates.”
School Owner
“ThatMate is doing an amazing job, we needed someone in this field who could deliver it to our kids and make kids understand this topic in a better way.”
Piyush
“I now understand the difference between gender and sex. Also, I used to get scared of Transgender before, after the workshop I have realized that they are also a part of the society and should be treated equally.”
Neha
8th Std, Nagpur
"I was abused by my neighbor in my 2nd standard I didn’t know about it till I was a part of the Safe Unsafe touch workshop.”
Father
“My daughter used to talk to her coach, he was actually her crush, She used to stalk him on social media. She was obsessed with him, after talking to ThatMate trainers she realized this was infatuation and slowly has got out of it.”
Shreya
“I wanted to have a boyfriend when I was in 9th Standard, it was like a competition amongst my classmates. I said yes to the first guy who approached me, later to only realize he was only using me to go to good restaurants. After talking to the ThatMate I realized this is just infatuation and I was part of an unhealthy relationship which I had to get out from.”