About us
Our story
Darpan Sangati is a socially-conscious outreach and initiative to spread awareness amongst the rural
Indian population about the harmful ingredients in cosmetics and personal care products in daily use.
Innocence stemming out of educational and economic compulsions often makes certain demographics the victim of harmful, unethical and disease causing cosmetics. This can be reversed by making them aware of the ghastly chemicals and ingredients they are consuming and the simple choices and alternatives they can adapt to.
Darpan Sangati is also a movement to make new educators and mascots who take up the cause to make a cooperative of inspired teams to practice, manufacture and promote sustainable and ethical consumer products.
Combating the barriers of education, age, language and economic factors, Darpan Sangati aims to create consumers that are free and safe from misleading advertisements, harmful ingredients, and ill-informed choices.
OUR MISSION
Educate Enlighten
Elevate Empower
why?
desire to change
and adapt
Every day the ignorant rural people are hoodwinked by false media and point-of-sale promotions in consuming a dangerous poison or chemical that is making their health deteriorate. Often they realise, too little and too late when life-threatening diseases grip them.
We at Darpan Sangati strongly believe that self-regulation works more than government regulations, which often fail to go beyond guidelines and standards for the urban population. We have been delighted to see the desire to change and adapt in these consumers, and make healthier choices, only if they know. Our enthusiastic ambassadors reach the grassroots to educate, empower and facilitate these populations while enlightening them to become aware, educated and powerful consumers
Our Campaigns
Our journey so far
01
Workshops and Training Sessions to train attendees to make their own cosmetics
We conduct workshops where we teach attendees to be self-reliant. Attendees learn to make their own safe cosmetics using natural and easily available ingredients.
02
lnterviews of ethical cosmetics manufacturing companies
We conduct interviews with ethical cosmetic manufacturing companies on how to make cosmetics safer, improve consumer awareness and make a positive impact to make the cosmetics and beauty industry safer.
03
lnterviews of leading Dermatologists regarding ill effects of harmful cosmetics
We conduct interviews with dermatologists to understand how some ingredients in cosmetics can be harmful and how to identify harmful cosmetics. We also talk about alternative ingredients to make safer cosmetics without comprising the quality of the product.
04
Awareness Classes to differentiate between various ingredients and safe and ethical cosmetics
We conduct awareness classes where the attendees are taught how to differentiate between various ingredients and understand which are safe and ethical
05
Social Media Campaigns
We conduct social media campaigns on our activities, actively promoting our mission to improve the accessibility of safe cosmetics to all and educating the audiences on the platform about the importance of using safe cosmetics and the harmful effects of using cosmetics with unsafe ingredients
06
Outreach to government bodies and Ministries
We write and reach out to government bodies and ministries to push forward to agenda for safe cosmetics and enact purposeful change in the cosmetics and beauty industry through better regulations
07
Collaboration with like minded NGOs
We undertake collaborative efforts with various like-minded Non-Governmental Organizations to promote consumer awareness and safety. We also aim to improve quality standards in the cosmetics and beauty industry.
08
Partnerships with Dermatologists
We conduct social media campaigns on our activities, actively promoting our mission to improve the accessibility of safe cosmetics to all and educating the audiences on the platform about the importance of using safe cosmetics and the harmful effects of using cosmetics with unsafe ingredients
09
Outreach to government bodies and Ministries
We write and reach out to government bodies and ministries to push forward to agenda for safe cosmetics and enact purposeful change in the cosmetics and beauty industry through better regulations
Because we can
How Can You Help Them?
Darpan Sangati is delighted and emboldened to see and witness the change and impact of its efforts. The small baby steps that Darpan Sangati is taking shall steadily and patiently bring about awareness and change. The criminal and evil impact of harmful cosmetics not only damages the skin of innocent consumers but also their soul and spirit of trust. Darpan Sangathi has received accolades,endorsements and pat on the back from the fraternity, academia, industry and stakeholders to this beautiful industry of cosmetics. It was heartening to see excellent coverage by the press, socialmedia, trade magazines and TV channels for this noble cause. We hope that Darpan Sangathi grows into an able and spirited body that reaches out to the industry to adopt ethical manufacturing of cosmetics and be a facilitator to educate and protect the rights of innocent consumers who are hoodwinked and sold evil, unethical and damaging cosmetics. Darpan Sangathi is indebted to manypartners, individuals and unknown faces who have joined hands and continue to encourage us to do her little bit for this noble cause
10 stories of change
Government impact
packaging
laws
regulations
Interviews
Dermatologists and doctors
Beauty parlours Influencers
Home-grown brands/ small businesses
Recognition
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