February

25th February

Jasu devi with other members of the Sambhali sheerni self-help group project..

24th February

The other day volunteers were invited to get themselves checked from a local acupressure (Vaidh=ji), Paula and Jule were continuously asked not to laugh and take the Vaidh-ji seriously. Paula getting her belly chakra checked..

 

13th February

We need your help to facilitate this family of four children and a single widowed mother Kamla nat. A dalit woman begging on the streets of Delhi and we have been approached by her well wishers to rehabilitate her back in her community and family in a slum of Jodhpur. Without your help this would not be possible. We need a simple room with bathroom, schooling for the four children, setting up of a little shop selling grocery items, giving some start-up money for six months, facilitating the house with basic amenities and food. The budget is about 1800USD which is about 1 lakh. Help us help this family have a second chance in life...

 

10th February 

8th of February we visited shelter for boys in Gangani village by an organization funded by our partner organization called SAMPARC and we were invited at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Jodhpur for Discussing Women Empowerment and gender equality.

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 Corinne has dedicated nearly four years by now for Sambhali Trust helping the women of today and tomorrow. Corinne is from UK and lives in Jodhpur looking after, administrating the Sambhali Boutique and the Graduates Sewing center.. photo by Rahel Kauer

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Introducing yourselves to Kanwar raj singh who is positioned as Tuition teacher for Sambhali Setrawa Empowerment Center and as field worker for Sambhali Sheerni women self-help group project..

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Since the Sambhali's shop has been made permanent at the fort, Asha had to move for taking care of it. We have employed new person, one of our empowerment center's participants Sanju for the Sambhali Boutique enroute Mehrangarh Fort.

4th February

 Dear Friends of Sambhali, we are very proud to announce our newest project (Brothers for sisters) in a very poor area of Jodhpur. We have very overwhelming response from the community. We had 110 women and girls approach us for participation but unfortunately we can only accept 30 applicants.

2nd February

 Monthly team meeting for finishing January 2013 and beginning of February 2013