We are work in slums where the women are working to save their families. They work for almost 14 hours a day.  Yet they have no rights. They take no decisions for their life.  Their husbands decide what they should do or how they should pass their days.

The husbands are normally addicted or lazy so the women are shouldering the major responsibilities but have no voice to live their own way or take a decision of their own. The traditional believe systems hold them back to revolt and prompt them to accept the injustice against them.

Under these circumstances we try to make the women realise that they are capable to take right decision using their own knowledge, they can follow their own choice to be happy.

We organize monthly awareness meeting and discuss the life situations and try to find solutions together.

Women Empowerment project has the following components:-

1. We form Self Help Group under municipality or Corporation. Since they are illiterate, we help them carrying on the group. After some months we hand over the groups to the members.
2. We also run a micro savings and credit project called “Matri Prochesta”. We have about 125 groups under this programme.
3. We run a Tailoring class for garment production skill generation.
4. We run a Goat raring project by the rural women.

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