Daughters are valued breadwinners in many tribal communities EVEN today, many families across India celebrate the birth of a boy. Whereas a girl child is often unwelcome or tolerated at best. Sadly India has the dubious distinction of having one of the highest numbers of incidents of female foeticide in the world. In many parts…
Kamalini requires committed and dedicated volunteers, who can teach basic computers, at their Kishangarh center. They also requires volunteers to conduct surveys, do promotions, and undertake creative work like designing posters etc. All opportunities can be done during the week or over weekends. Those interested should send across an email to mailto:jasminejose@kamalini.org
“As a lotus flower is born in water, grows in water and rises out of water to stand above it unsoiled, so I, born in the world, raised in the world having overcome the world, live unsoiled by the world.” – Gautam Buddha Kamalini, which is the Sanskrit word for lotus, is also the name…
In view of the pitiful situation in which many underprivileged women live in the NCR, three female members of Educational & Development Initiatives (EDI), a registered society to promote social values among the youth, – Maria Mendes, Monica Rita De Souza, and J.J. Kunnacheery – started a new organization dedicated only for underprivileged women. What’s…
When I first heard about ANEW, I figured from its name that the organisation was working in an area that posed to be quite a challenge in modern society. And that became clear to me as Sathya, who is on their Managing Committee, walked me through the work that they do. ANEW specializes in offering…
The Association for Non-traditional Employment for Women (ANEW) was conceived by the management of Paracor, a New York based private equity firm. The inspiration for ANEW came from an organisation in the USA named Non-traditional Employment for Women (NEW). Mr. M.K.Kumar, the then Chairman of Pierce Leslie India Ltd. and a member on the Advisory…