Who We Are ?
Light Up (Emotions Matter Foundation) develops programs that build skills in children and young adults to break the cycle of generational trauma and poverty from marginalized communities to be able to exercise their rights and agency , and live a life of dignity and respect.
We design holistic community mental health, social - emotional learning and leadership programs for children, young adults, teachers and parents to democratize the access to preventive and promotive mental health resources..
Our programs are built with an intersectional, arts-oriented, and a trauma-informed lens. We utilize and promote an integrated approach to design solutions that focus on building sustainable systems, designing for scale, and creating 360° social change.
We work with children and youth from sex workers community, child care homes , urban slums and schools.
Our Vision
Marginalized youth break away from the cycle of trauma and become social change agents.
Our Mission
Our mission is to systematically democratize access to resources, mentorship, and opportunities, empowering marginalized children youth to attain:
Our Expertise
Program Design & Implementation
Capacity Building - L&D Initiatives
Advocacy - Drive Public Engagement
Our Approach
Holistic
Providing a comprehensive 360-degree solution that fosters access, awareness, and action.
Transformative
Redistributing resources at the community level to build an equitable society and achieve social justice and create systemic change that transforms individual lives.
Arts-Based
Using arts as an expressive tool to collaboratively work with communities, and explore their unique strengths while promoting holistic healing and well-being.
Trauma-Informed
Through a trauma-informed approach, the aim is to co-create a safe, dignified, and empowering environment for healing and recovery.
Intersectional
Understanding how social problems intersect and addressing them through a gender, caste, class, and human rights lens.
Our Values
Light Up (EMF) is committed to aligning our outcomes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals:
