SAVE-UK was registered in 1994 by the members of the Indian Diaspora settled in the UK as a non political, non religious, voluntary, charitable organization with the sole purpose of working amongst the poor, particularly those who are living below the poverty line, initially in India but ultimately in all the South Asian countries included in the SAARC group, i.e. Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and in Myanmar.
Violence against women is widespread, particularly related to the dowry system in India. Early marriage, female foeticide, lifelong economic dependance of women, all are related to dowry system.
For over eight years SAVE-UK has been supporting Ashadeep, a well known NGO in Assam, in their work on psychosocial rehabilitation of persons with mental illness, and providing assistance to their families.
