tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219930422024-03-14T13:34:30.921+05:30Sambhali TrustSambhali Trusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09407996235091683797noreply@blogger.comBlogger234125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21993042.post-42870144258014411462020-12-07T13:49:00.001+05:302020-12-07T13:49:26.616+05:30Haruka, Sambhali's Intern from Japan!<p> Hello, this is Haruka! I joined Sambhali Trust as an internet in October. This is my final work
because my internship ends now in November. Today, I tell you about what I learned during
this internship. During the last week of my internship, I conducted a survey about marriage.
I asked several questions to people in Japan, India and Germany. In this graph, the answer
“Yes” is shown in red and “No” in blue. From the survey, I realized that more people in India
emphasize the social status or class than in other countries like Japan or Germany.
Additionally, I was surprised that the way of thinking about marriage is different in the
counties. In Japan and Germany, marriage is always connected to love but in India, it isn’t
always with love.
In India, the women’s status in families is lower than in other countries. But still, it
also depends on the family and the region they live in. In some families, both men and
women’s status are equal like in most families in my country Japan. The women‘s family status
in India is similar to old Japanese tradition: the wife does the household and the husband
works for they family. In Japan, this old tradition was changed because of globalization. I think
with lots of effort of the Indian government, stimulation from other counties, NGOs, and also
women’s effort itself can solve problems about women’s empowerment in India. During this
internship, it was difficult to help women in bad situations because of COVID-19. However,
I think learning something is the first step to help people. My next step is to tell my experience
to my friends. After this pandemic, I want to go India, and join these activities in person!<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m6Mye1wt3Ow/X83lYOpROsI/AAAAAAAAJEQ/ZXFzXIqJ8TE6ODLKyfcYzRPq-HtSfqCjgCLcBGAsYHQ/s828/WhatsApp%2BImage%2B2020-11-30%2Bat%2B6.37.33%2BPM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="623" data-original-width="828" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m6Mye1wt3Ow/X83lYOpROsI/AAAAAAAAJEQ/ZXFzXIqJ8TE6ODLKyfcYzRPq-HtSfqCjgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/WhatsApp%2BImage%2B2020-11-30%2Bat%2B6.37.33%2BPM.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4R34rH4NXVU/X83lYJ2GMuI/AAAAAAAAJEU/GwvE9yjbOY0ta7z2G8JaTS1mORvC3WseQCLcBGAsYHQ/s828/WhatsApp%2BImage%2B2020-11-30%2Bat%2B6.37.53%2BPM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="615" data-original-width="828" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4R34rH4NXVU/X83lYJ2GMuI/AAAAAAAAJEU/GwvE9yjbOY0ta7z2G8JaTS1mORvC3WseQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/WhatsApp%2BImage%2B2020-11-30%2Bat%2B6.37.53%2BPM.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21993042.post-65339185025713110352020-11-30T11:12:00.003+05:302020-12-07T12:21:33.676+05:30 LAWS RELATED TO WOMEN<p><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;"> INTRODUCTION TO LAWS RELATED TO WOMEN</span></span></u></span></div><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACT 2005<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;"></span></span></u></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uIhPQ4Oj3Eo/X83QoAkfqfI/AAAAAAAAJD4/h_PzobpR5t0zpS36GZov9nDPsdFSJslHQCLcBGAsYHQ/s480/DV%2BPIC-I.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uIhPQ4Oj3Eo/X83QoAkfqfI/AAAAAAAAJD4/h_PzobpR5t0zpS36GZov9nDPsdFSJslHQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/DV%2BPIC-I.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></u></div><u><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;">“Domestic violence became a lifestyle for me and my
children….” </span></div></span></u>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">We have decided to dedicate this blog to those
violence survivors who can relate to the above-mentioned statement and we are
also eager enough to share a story that left a lasting impression on us. For
confidentiality purposes, we have changed the name of the abuse survivor.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">Reena who is 37 years old was married to Suresh 15
years back, accepting the patriarchy and supremacy of the male members it was
quite normal for Reena that all her actions were controlled by her husband,
meeting her parents was also not in her hands. She never revolted back because
of her husband’s controlling behaviour she as a kid she saw her mother obeying
her father and there was nothing odd in it. Things became odd when the medical
condition of Reena fluctuated and she was asked by her gynaecologist to stop
sexual activities for some time with her husband for proper healing after their
first child, she explained the same to her husband. Suresh was a casual drinker
so he uses to force his will every day on Reena neglecting her medical
condition; it became worst when due to adverse sexual activities her problem
increased and left her in excruciating pain and when she spoke about the same
to her mother-in-law she asked her to suffer a little because it was her duty
to fulfil her husband’s vows.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">Now looking at Reena’s condition we feel there is
an immense need to understand that <i>“there is no excuse for abuse” </i>and
the chain of abuse needs to be broken by raising one’s voice. To break the
chain we need to understand how to identify abuse. There are the following kind
of abuses-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 54.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 54pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(i)<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]-->Physical abuse: Any act or conduct which is of such
a <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>nature as to cause bodily pain, etc<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 54.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 54pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(ii)<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]-->Sexual abuse: Includes any conduct of a sexual
nature that abuses, humiliates, degrades, or otherwise violates the dignity of
a woman;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 54.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 54pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(iii)<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]-->Verbal and Emotional abuse includes-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 74.25pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 74.25pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -20.25pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(a)<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]-->insults, ridicule, humiliation, name-calling, and
insults or ridicule especially concerning<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>not having a child or a male child;
and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 74.25pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 74.25pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -20.25pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(b)<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]-->repeated threats to cause physical pain to any
person in whom the aggrieved person is interested.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 54.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 54pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(iv)<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]-->Economic abuse includes-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>deprivation of all or any economic or
financial resources to <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>which the
aggrieved person is entitled under any law or custom whether payable under an
order of a court or otherwise or which the aggrieved person requires out of
necessity including, but not limited to, household necessities for the
aggrieved person and her children, if any, <i>stridhan</i>, property,
jointly or separately owned by the aggrieved person, payment of rental related
to the shared household and maintenance; etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;"><br /></span><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">Fig 1: The Cycle of Abuse<o:p></o:p></span></p><u><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"></span></span></u><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;"> </span><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jSmUpkfKLow/X83QoDnyHHI/AAAAAAAAJD0/hy9DANlj4kYCVqieOBDps-jO0khVDtZzACLcBGAsYHQ/s591/Untitled.png" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: times; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="591" data-original-width="588" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jSmUpkfKLow/X83QoDnyHHI/AAAAAAAAJD0/hy9DANlj4kYCVqieOBDps-jO0khVDtZzACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Untitled.png" /></a></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">With the proper understanding of the type of abuse,
one should always know what must be the individual efforts-<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">Raise
your voice.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">Speak
about it to your friends and relatives.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">Take
help from the nearest police station.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">You
can even take the help of the Magistrate.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">Rules and regulations are not enough only when we
don’t know the understanding and applicability of them, but when we get well
versed with it they become our rescue which is the whole idea of this blog.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;"> </span></p><p align="right" style="margin: 0cm; text-align: right;"><i><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">- Article by Palak Mahecha
(Volunteer) and Shivani Singh (Legal advisor at Sambhali Trust)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">If you have any queries or doubts related to
domestic violence - feel free to consult our Toll-free Helpline number -
180012000200 or Consult/WhatsApp us for free legal advice at +91 63677 11327</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">COMPREHENSIVE METHOD LEGAL AID</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">This blog is in continuance with the earlier blog - focused on the psycho-social</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">aspects and aid available to the victims of gender-based violence. This part of</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">the blog is an effort to elaborate on the legal services which are essential for</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">gender-based violence survivors.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">Regarding the earlier blog, we have analyzed as to how is psycho-social help</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">very essential to the women who has suffered violence and is a victim of</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">gender-based abused. We also mentioned that all around the world, one out of</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">three women suffer gender-based abuse, and it is even painful to summarize that</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">the number is drastically increasing.[1] The lockdown period during the corona</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">virus pandemic was the darkest period for the women as it witnessed the highest</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">number of domestic violence cases in not just India but all around the globe</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">alongside fighting the pandemic.[2] We believe that a proper kind of legal</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">counseling and guidance can solve a lot of problems because belonging to the</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">legal fraternity of this country, we believe that every person suffering has the</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">right to access justice.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">Legal aid will enable the woman to stand for herself as it will equip her with the</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">information of her legal rights available to her. We have witnessed that the</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">women who are a victim of gender-based violence are even scared to register a</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">simple F.I.R (first information report) or complaint, which is the primary</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">importance for starting the legal proceeding. We at this organization provide</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">legal counseling to the women and help them understand their legal rights</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">available to them and also stand with the women from the filing of the case till</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">the disposal of the same.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">Apart from counseling, with the help of workshops and campaigns, we educate</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">women about the rights, benefits, and schemes available for women and the girl</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">child. We aim to spread awareness about legal information and its importance in</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">their daily lives. With the simple motive of “EASY AND SUBSTANTIAL LEGAL</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">ASSISTANCE,” we hope to remove the hesitation they face from police</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">machinery and the judiciary. We aim to make the women so fearless that in the</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">coming future, they can reach out to the system without being scared of it. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">There have been various compensation schemes introduced by the National</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">Legal Services Authority like “Compensation Scheme for Women</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">Victims/Survivors of Sexual Assault/other Crimes - 2018.” That has been</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">available for the victim of sexual abuse and violence survivors. We found that</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">the lacuna for the arising number of gender based violence cases was</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">unavailable access to justice and unawareness about the laws and prevention of</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">crimes. So with this comprehensive approach, we work on providing education</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">on the benefits available to the victims. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">It is a general phenomenon that the person who is legally-equipped tends to feel</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">much wiser and independent, so by this holistic outreach - we tend to make the</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">women feel strongly about themselves. By this promising approach, we tend to</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">become the bridge between the victims and the system so that no voice goes</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">unheard. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">If you have any queries or doubts - feel free to consult our Toll-free Helpline</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">number - 180012000200 or Consult/WhatsApp us for free legal advice at +91</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">63677 11327</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;"> </span><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">- Article by Palak Mahecha (Volunteer) and Shivani Singh (Legal advisor at Sambhali Trust)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">Source:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">[1] https://news.un.org/en/story/2019/11/1052041</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">[2] https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2020/10/world/coronavirus-impact-domestic-abuse-</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">global</span></p>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21993042.post-72797001962772423282020-11-07T17:06:00.002+05:302020-11-10T16:56:58.466+05:30Communication from Her Majesty the Queen of the UK, Microsoft 365 and much more<p> <b style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US">Communication from Her Majesty the Queen of the UK</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">The Trust </span></b><span lang="EN-US">stood proud and
humbled by the letter from Her Highness of the UK in acknowledgement of our
invitation to her to visit the Trust. She expressed her gratitude over the
invitation and was touched to receive the invitation. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US">Expressing her
warmest wishes for the Trust, she, however, expressed her inability to accept
the invitation to visit the trust as she no longer undertakes long distance
overseas travels. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US">We had also sent
her two pieces of decorative items prepared by the Trust as souvenirs along
with the invitation letter, which also caught her fancy. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m3Ug9gKkJwg/X6aA47r80aI/AAAAAAAAJBw/KbSLSEs-6nISzI_jhK5iEUUMtTXE_Fc1ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1183/121806627_3537110712998488_353337936747100556_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1183" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m3Ug9gKkJwg/X6aA47r80aI/AAAAAAAAJBw/KbSLSEs-6nISzI_jhK5iEUUMtTXE_Fc1ACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/121806627_3537110712998488_353337936747100556_o.jpg" /></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US">It was indeed a
gesture of great pride and blessings for all the Trust members and all those
associated with us directly and indirectly to have such a kind words in
recognition to our work. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Culmination of Covid-19 Awareness Campaign<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1mvwcPhJjSc/X6aGBcR5dyI/AAAAAAAAJCo/WdC4fj7olFMg0HYPc0dOJE77JZoGspGzgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/cO1sOPDQ-1.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1mvwcPhJjSc/X6aGBcR5dyI/AAAAAAAAJCo/WdC4fj7olFMg0HYPc0dOJE77JZoGspGzgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/cO1sOPDQ-1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>We successfully
wrapped up our 3-month long Covid awareness campaign on October 31, which we
are in partnership with the city administration and Municipal Corporation. We
had begun this campaign with manufacturing of handmade reusable masks by our
sewing center women primarily with a view to provide employment to them. These masks
were initially distributed among police officials, administrative officials and
mason labourers at different spots of the city free of cost. Later, the Trust
made masks were also donated for the Mask Bank, set up by the Municipal
Corporation. <o:p></o:p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Later, this
mission of the Trust attracted attention of the city administration and
together with the administration, the Trust launched a unique “Toko-Corona
Roko” (Intervene and Stop Corona) drive with a view to spread awareness among
the people about masks and social distancing.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US">We have achieved
the target of manufacturing 15000 masks, of which over 10000 masks have been
distributed free of cost and rest have been kept as reserved in order to meet
any urgency in future. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Sambhali Nirbhaya Helpline<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US">Our Helpline has
received incredible response since its inception. In one month over 70 women
have called up on Helpline for seeking help from our psychiatrist Ms. Abhilasha
and legal expert Ms. Shivani. Victims of domestic and other gender-based
violence or abuse, especially in the situations arising from pandemic situation
that has hit the economy and family incomes, these women have suffered the male
aggression in and out of their families. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4okfrfWh8NI/X6aEMId2AxI/AAAAAAAAJCc/Nrbihm7J3hkXy5ebOKZit6UARqv_RqIFQCLcBGAsYHQ/s581/123136968_3577710682271824_2415378439921079510_n.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="581" data-original-width="581" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4okfrfWh8NI/X6aEMId2AxI/AAAAAAAAJCc/Nrbihm7J3hkXy5ebOKZit6UARqv_RqIFQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/123136968_3577710682271824_2415378439921079510_n.jpg" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Besides
counselling on Helpline, some women have also visited our office in person to
have one to one conversation with our counselors. The Trust has strived hard to
satisfy them and provide them any assistance, the Trust could provide within
its capacity.</p><o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US">Both Ms.
Abhilasha and Ms. Shivani been walking door to door distributing flyers
prepared by the Trust in Hindi language reaching out to more and more women
apprising them about the Helpline and its objective. They are knocking on about
100 doors every week distributing these flyers sensitizing them about the
gender-based abuse encouraging them to report it on Helpline instantly, even if
it is happening in their neighbourhood or even with any unacquainted woman in
their knowledge.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Simultaneously,
legal awareness workshops are being conducted continuously at our centers
sensitizing the women and girls about domestic violence and mental health.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-32PvNVtt94U/X6aGXfZk93I/AAAAAAAAJCw/2mpWz1yp5AU26GQMieA1Mv98uioN8blHQCLcBGAsYHQ/s780/123301020_3586619018047657_3914696864745382814_n.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="780" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-32PvNVtt94U/X6aGXfZk93I/AAAAAAAAJCw/2mpWz1yp5AU26GQMieA1Mv98uioN8blHQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/123301020_3586619018047657_3914696864745382814_n.jpg" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">This initiative
of the Trust has also caught the attention of one of the leading global media
houses, the </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2020/10/world/coronavirus-impact-domestic-abuse-global/?fbclid=IwAR2W22_FA-8pXX4Yh5ZHE5E1knVkp175qBfGHC9M9eeTxzHIuytvv5UlmKs" target="_blank">CNN</a>. The documentary made by the CNN over reported surge in
domestic violence in pandemic era has covered our counselling sessions to the
victims and spoke to our counsellor Mr. Abhilasha about the issue and its
gravity. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Handmade products draw demand <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Intensive
efforts in developing new designs by our designer Ms. Kavita and hard work by
our team of sewing center in converting these designs into a real product have
brought desired results. We have fresh demands from overseas buyers for these
products and we are presently working hard on ensuring timely delivery of the
orders.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K6LycyzOMvY/X6aA5KdeRgI/AAAAAAAAJB4/SitzFse7HpI4rKkHwkkEPvz6Pt7co0ZrQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1440/123552973_3593934113982814_5148684887605928608_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K6LycyzOMvY/X6aA5KdeRgI/AAAAAAAAJB4/SitzFse7HpI4rKkHwkkEPvz6Pt7co0ZrQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/123552973_3593934113982814_5148684887605928608_o.jpg" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US">This growing
demand of our products has infused a fresh lease in our sewing team as it has
resulted in continuous employment for them helping them to support their family
income, which has been hit by the pandemic slowdown. <o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zAaxQm9U4h0/X6aA5wQNK1I/AAAAAAAAJCA/0srtCdAQNGMayQ83Ss7vmnCVuT71sp9tQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1440/123597468_3593934110649481_4951341435850583261_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zAaxQm9U4h0/X6aA5wQNK1I/AAAAAAAAJCA/0srtCdAQNGMayQ83Ss7vmnCVuT71sp9tQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/123597468_3593934110649481_4951341435850583261_o.jpg" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US">With the
deliveries of these orders, we believe that the stories and dreams of these
underprivileged womenfolk will reach the homes of the buyers this Christmas and
New Year. Each of these products is a signature product by our design and
sewing artists and a testimony to their craft skills, we have inculcated in
them. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US">These homemade
ethical articles for home and Christmas decorative articles and gifts are also
available at Sambhali Boutique, which had been shut due to lockdown but under
revival now. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US">The products
listed on our website, can also be ordered by e-mail at <a href="mailto:boutique@sambhali-trust.org">info@sambhali-trust.org</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Microsoft 365 Business Premium Service for the Trust<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US">In a major
development, the Trust has earned the eligibility for free nonprofit donation
from the global tech giant Microsoft. Our volunteer and Project Manager Mr.
Aram Bishop signed the Trust up to Microsoft’s nonprofit portal and as a
result, we are now entitled to use Microsoft 365 Business Premium services
including full Office 365 Suite for computers and mobile phones and many
advanced Cloud services with upto 1 TB of Cloud space. <o:p></o:p></span></p>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21993042.post-69595016497449695722020-10-23T15:44:00.001+05:302020-10-23T15:48:16.121+05:30Positive signs on Sambhali's fight against Covid 19, update on Sambhali's Nirbhaya Helpline and Sambhali Boutique<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="color: #050505;">Positive signs on fight against Covid 19</span></b><span></span></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #050505;">There is relieving news on Covid 19 here. The positive cases are now showing the signs of decline for the past few days. With the festive season of Diwali approaching, this is good news for all of us, who have been looking forward to the return to pre-lockdown normality, especially with the economy getting on track. The development is also an acknowledgement of tireless efforts of the government and its agencies to sensitize and to encourage people to keep precautions like wearing masks and keeping distance.</span><span></span></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kN4S5PfNiZs/X5KsdsyRASI/AAAAAAAAJBY/m0C6k5LDDTwOfGxBMWVuEkhHFFnL-t51QCLcBGAsYHQ/IMG-20201005-WA0074.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1280" height="200" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kN4S5PfNiZs/X5KsdsyRASI/AAAAAAAAJBY/m0C6k5LDDTwOfGxBMWVuEkhHFFnL-t51QCLcBGAsYHQ/IMG-20201005-WA0074.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times;">We also have been constantly working with the city administration in this drive to fight against Covid 19, which had commenced with making and distributing masks to the police and administrative officials in August. With this making of masks also is in progress and we are close to our target of 15000 masks. All of the masks, made so far, have been provided to the administrative officials and Municipal Corporation for their mask bank free as well as their free distribution to the people on the roads.</span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #050505;">Trust’s anti-Covid endeavours have also been recognized and appreciated by the city administration time and again. The officials of administration have not only endorsed our efforts but have also preferred to partner with us to take this fight to the ground.</span><span></span></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #050505;">Recently in a meeting with the voluntary organizations of the city, the District Magistrate Mr. Indrajeet Singh shared with other participants, the work of the volunteers of our Trust and appreciated us for our initiatives and ideas like “Toko, Corona Roko” (Intervene and Stop Corona) and “Mharo Mask, Mhare Shahar Ro Maan” (My Mask, Pride of My City).</span><span> </span><span style="color: #050505;">Jodhpur Municipal Corporation has also provided us with some vehicles for the campaign, which have joined Trust’s 4 vehicles, already taking rounds of the city sensitizing people and distributing masks free. Trustee Mr. Virendra Singh and volunteers Saurav, Ranveer and Praveen have been walking the narrow market lanes of the walled city with a public address system appealing people to wear masks and maintain distance.</span></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xO9-Wis6TL0/X5KscjtyX4I/AAAAAAAAJBU/rGvRP7o6KVY6_ObBBo5g4juYxqB2-r82ACLcBGAsYHQ/IMG-20201006-WA0088.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img alt="" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="1152" height="148" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xO9-Wis6TL0/X5KscjtyX4I/AAAAAAAAJBU/rGvRP7o6KVY6_ObBBo5g4juYxqB2-r82ACLcBGAsYHQ/IMG-20201006-WA0088.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></p><p></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #050505;">This week we also muster support of very special volunteers (transgender community) to boost our drive against Covid. We owe the community head of Jodhpur seat, Kamla Bua, for accepting our proposal to join us in this fight without any hitch. 18 of their volunteers are walking with us in markets asking people to wear masks in their own style. People first hesitate on their intervention and then quickly follow their advice.</span><span></span></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times;"> </span></b></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="color: #050505;">Sambhali Nirbhaya Project Workshops</span></b><span></span></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times;">While our psychologist Ms. Abhilasha and legal expert Ms. Shivani are already providing much needed counselling and guidance through our Helpline to the aggrieved callers, the victims of gender-based exploitation or atrocities, we have also launched workshops on Domestic Violence and Mental Health at our centers in Jodhpur. These two experts have been joined by 3 more volunteers Ms. Palak and Ms. Falguni, both advocates, and Ms. Anukriti, a journalist.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rVaxL-d6odo/X5KrySXV-PI/AAAAAAAAJA8/v3hLLuoD44EXa7gK3mbbvU4j_-0IX6uVQCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rVaxL-d6odo/X5KrySXV-PI/AAAAAAAAJA8/v3hLLuoD44EXa7gK3mbbvU4j_-0IX6uVQCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="240" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-K_WnpJVd0Gc/X5Kr2smMS7I/AAAAAAAAJBA/3dZwh3YveEIkpEvqtFUbS_md-ztLK-QOgCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-K_WnpJVd0Gc/X5Kr2smMS7I/AAAAAAAAJBA/3dZwh3YveEIkpEvqtFUbS_md-ztLK-QOgCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="240" /></a></span></div></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><span></span></span><p></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-53wSYKB2wFI/X5KqQNnTlCI/AAAAAAAAJAU/-pZqsAgzd20w4gxJwOYWgJVEBr9N46bWACLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1080" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-53wSYKB2wFI/X5KqQNnTlCI/AAAAAAAAJAU/-pZqsAgzd20w4gxJwOYWgJVEBr9N46bWACLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="192" /></span></a></div><p></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times;">Another proud moment guys!</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times;">Good afternoon all, this is the broad interactive <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2020/10/world/coronavirus-impact-domestic-abuse-global/?fbclid=IwAR1EnQONCEKmrX8TbcPJUc2bzgg80av-bdW1f6qoiPZHLrCG2jmEG4aTjFg" target="_blank">CNN</a> just published on global domestic violence. </span></div><p style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #050505;">The entire team of 5 very enthusiastic members has been striking discussions with the women and girls of our centers on various aspects of gender-based violence and persuading them to open up about the subject for an objective discussion. They are encouraging them to ask questions, share doubts and seek solutions to this very social problem victimizing the females.</span><span></span></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times;"> </span></b></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="color: #050505;">Sambhali Boutique gears up for festive season</span></b><span></span></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #050505;">Our sewing team has prepared new products with the festive season in view. Ms. Kavita and Ms. Rashi have worked tirelessly harnessing their creative instincts to come out with some very beautiful designs for Xmas tree decoration and other festive occasions ahead. The sewing center team have devotedly worked on these designs and worked wonders on converting them into reality with their craft skills. This is a very encouraging development in the time when we all are struggling to return to normal routine at our centers.</span><span></span></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-NW6e_y_HD1Y/X5KrnNCcM6I/AAAAAAAAJAw/R332BRL07Tk8tn0MHFreWllLrMxSGukggCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-NW6e_y_HD1Y/X5KrnNCcM6I/AAAAAAAAJAw/R332BRL07Tk8tn0MHFreWllLrMxSGukggCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="240" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fZ0ldrGRl20/X5KrhU-8LKI/AAAAAAAAJAo/OeGz7TStc_Avp7vKbriISbuenamYQxZUACLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fZ0ldrGRl20/X5KrhU-8LKI/AAAAAAAAJAo/OeGz7TStc_Avp7vKbriISbuenamYQxZUACLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="240" /></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-N_Y5LpNXeWo/X5KrpvjMIwI/AAAAAAAAJA0/GaqFjzcgkJE1epBx_GUC_LjMGIthf8xngCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="720" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-N_Y5LpNXeWo/X5KrpvjMIwI/AAAAAAAAJA0/GaqFjzcgkJE1epBx_GUC_LjMGIthf8xngCLcBGAsYHQ/w233-h240/image.png" width="233" /></a><img alt="" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-UUQCMW7g83Y/X5KrkVJNcXI/AAAAAAAAJAs/uZpBQlnuAlEi-UZSWhfT6m-1wkovo6i9gCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="240" /></span></div><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fZ0ldrGRl20/X5KrhU-8LKI/AAAAAAAAJAo/OeGz7TStc_Avp7vKbriISbuenamYQxZUACLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><span style="color: #050505; text-align: justify;">Trying to make a comeback in business and not being able to open our Boutique in Jodhpur, we are still providing work for 10 of our graduates, who desperately rely on their income from the Sewing Centre. We are introducing a new range of beautiful hand-crafted products for Diwali, Xmas and New Year and we do hope you like them...!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #050505; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #050505; text-align: justify;">Written By Ajay Parmar (Mr.)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div></div><p style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-UUQCMW7g83Y/X5KrkVJNcXI/AAAAAAAAJAs/uZpBQlnuAlEi-UZSWhfT6m-1wkovo6i9gCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div></div></div></div></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21993042.post-48768755427601066992020-10-12T16:57:00.000+05:302020-10-12T16:57:32.820+05:30<p><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;"> <b style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">A new milestone in fight against Covid 19</span></b></span></p><span class="im" style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;"><p style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">We achieved a new milestone in our fight against Covid 19 pandemic, when the Trust-designed awareness campaign, christened as “Toko, Corona Roko” (Intervene and Stop Corona) and “My Mask, Pride of My City”, found endorsement with the City and Municipal Administration.</span></p><p style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzBKxk2NjXg9arInGM3aQQbhukEOEuP302ZUQDA6EBIkIw78S5YYHsqUEaP7x0QRgOfRRn39oafxE4' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Under this campaign, which was designed by us to take our fight against Covid 19 down to the masses, the Trust roped in 4 vehicles equipped with a public address system and banners bearing messages to make the public aware about use of masks and taking other precautions. <p></p></span></span><p style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">Divisional Commissioner Mr. Samit Sharma and District Magistrate Mr. Indrajeet Singh along with senior officials from Municipal Corporation, flagged off these vehicles from District Collectorate on Tuesday morning with some vehicles of the Municipal Corporation. Trustee Virendra Singh and volunteers of the Trust in anti-Covid 19 campaign Saurav, Ranveer and Praveen took responsibility for this campaign. All these vehicles have been taking rounds across the city with masks made by our women at our sewing center.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xtFw5GNyVYc/X4Q7ka3zXgI/AAAAAAAAI_M/D5wPF9IZ-sIOhbfiD1B_lECQlK3Nj2wPQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1152/IMG-20201006-WA0086.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="1152" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xtFw5GNyVYc/X4Q7ka3zXgI/AAAAAAAAI_M/D5wPF9IZ-sIOhbfiD1B_lECQlK3Nj2wPQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG-20201006-WA0086.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></span></p><span class="im" style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;"><p style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">The Municipal Corporation, which is a nodal agency for awareness about masks among the people, has also given place to the activities of Trust on its social media page on Facebook as a gesture of acknowledgement of our endeavors.</span></p><p style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">We have, so far, distributed 9500 masks including those, donated to the Administration, Police department and Mask Bank of the Municipal Corporation. 5500 more masks are under process of sewing at our sewing center employing our women in this difficult time.</span></p></span></span><p style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">The partnership of Trust with the administration in anti-Covid 19 drive has brought tremendous recognition and appreciation for the Trust for its sensitivity and concern for public life. This has provided an important platform for the city officials to have a deeper understanding about the Trust and its activities.</span></span></p><span class="im" style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;"><p style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Girls observe International Day of the Girl Child</span></b><span style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"></span></p><p style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">The girls and women also celebrated the International Day of the Girl Child on October 11. We know that the world is home to more than 1.1 billion girls. Many of them have no access to education. Due to COVID19, the situation has been getting worse for girls around the globe. So, with a view to acknowledge the importance of the occasion and supporting the girls through education, the participants of the Trust designed their own beautiful posters to mark this special day, prepared short presentations and wrote poems expressing their sentiments and vision about the issue. We are very proud of their enthusiasm in participation and expression. We all agree that Girls can do anything! Below is the glimpse of their solidarity and creation :</span></p><p style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxkSQ7TrBquj8hYgd4bLN3X0VVu5TdmvX4pFC1Zzn_98M3gLcuTGliYIK5bb0qb7S4zkXDCR0oGvGw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></p><p style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e4YIFxU57UQ/X4Q7khY6VYI/AAAAAAAAI_Q/WESViSwlMywanYRCqN6CdSXVewjVyBS8QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1032/IMG-20201010-WA0065.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="774" data-original-width="1032" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e4YIFxU57UQ/X4Q7khY6VYI/AAAAAAAAI_Q/WESViSwlMywanYRCqN6CdSXVewjVyBS8QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG-20201010-WA0065.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><p style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">Meanwhile, the empowerment centers and sewing center have started buzzing with activities with all 8 centers in Jodhpur and 1 center in Setrawa reopened on 1 October. Due to the restrictions, the class is sub-divided into 3 groups attending 2x per week, each center being open on Monday-Saturday. Tutors have been well-prepared in all the safety and hygiene precautions as well as discussing their revised curriculum with the Head of Vocational Training, Rashi Kwatra and Head of Educational Services, Rajshree Rathore. Most centers are learning Hindi, Maths and English as well as Sewing and Embroidery. </p></span></span><p style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JV9mzEWU-bc/X4Q7le9BaLI/AAAAAAAAI_U/_q8kOdflM5ofd5M3ERYcr0-VTA3vbQMEQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/IMG-20201010-WA0084.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JV9mzEWU-bc/X4Q7le9BaLI/AAAAAAAAI_U/_q8kOdflM5ofd5M3ERYcr0-VTA3vbQMEQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG-20201010-WA0084.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></p><p style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SSELflbUlgQ/X4Q7kdb8qHI/AAAAAAAAI_I/IRBNtpybVZQm5BxPFqrUj3-laFJWatUEACLcBGAsYHQ/s1152/IMG-20201010-WA0066.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1152" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SSELflbUlgQ/X4Q7kdb8qHI/AAAAAAAAI_I/IRBNtpybVZQm5BxPFqrUj3-laFJWatUEACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG-20201010-WA0066.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></p><p style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;"><b><span style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Sambhali Nirbhaya Project</span></b><span style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">The pandemic and consequent lockdown had brought to mankind some harsh experiences based upon their socio-economic conditions and gender orientation. One of them is the noticeable rise in violence against women, who were compelled to be in homes constantly with their partners, mostly abusive, and family. The National Commission for Women (NCW) received 2,043 complaints of crimes committed against women in June, the highest in the last 8 months.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwJk6uUOXMIqmKAsof0eh7Se92Y9Lgxjp_4BHaM_Br_hJy6sj6PXV7gfB-bCbh9ToAivn2e0UKKBjE' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></span></p><p style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">With this surge of violence against women, the Trust has expanded the purview of its Nirbhaya Helpline to include the women and girl victims of violence/atrocity/exploitation of any kind under its Sambhali Nirbhaya Project. During this 3-month pilot, started on 1 October, our aim is three-fold: to provide psychological and legal support to the afflicted women through our telephone Helpline, to provide improved crisis management channels of referral with the local police and hospitals to enable survivors to receive Sambhali’s support and to create, publish and distribute educational material on legal rights in an awareness campaign. This project is led by 3 new members of our Sambhali team, a psychologist Abhilasha Chouhan and a legal expert Shivani Singh, who are providing the women in need with much-needed advice and counseling and assisting their long-term rehabilitation. </span></p><p style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">write-up by Ajay Parmar </span><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;">(Mr.)</span></p>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21993042.post-1859120919260675522020-10-05T17:17:00.000+05:302020-10-05T17:17:52.578+05:30<p> <b style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Reward for Sam</b><b style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">bhali</b></p><div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="text-align: justify;">The past week was of rewards and recognition for the Trust.</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> We received India’s COVID Soldier Award for the week by the Better India, a digital publication of the stories that inspire, jointly by ATE Chandra Foundation. Govind was chosen</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> out of a total 8 nominees, chosen by the organizers to honour the inspiring acts of bravery, compassion and kindness in the fight against COVID-19.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--6U1aK2Pv1k/X3sEylkCPvI/AAAAAAAAI9c/NFc8_K4RcWMY1J3uGUPkjdYM4ycDyjHbgCLcBGAsYHQ/s800/IMG_20200929_222600_693.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--6U1aK2Pv1k/X3sEylkCPvI/AAAAAAAAI9c/NFc8_K4RcWMY1J3uGUPkjdYM4ycDyjHbgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_20200929_222600_693.jpg" /></a></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">We are prompted to dedicate this award to all our friends, family, well-wishers, board members, staff, volunteers and donors and all those, who directly or indirectly made Sambhali, what it is today, standing eligibly for this prestigious award. We believe that this recognition will fuel more energy and devotion in us in our pursuit to serve the humanity and of course, in our fight against COVID-19.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Fight against COVID 19 continues with City Administration</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our endeavours to rise against the COVID-19 by making and distributing masks for the past 2 months have also been recognized by the state government and the administration. We had been invited by the administration to the video- conference with the state government to discuss the seriousness of the situation of novel coronavirus and ways to deal with it, especially in context of the tremendous spike in the positive cases as well as deaths. Our trustee Mr. Virendra Singh and Secretary Mrs. Shyama Tanwar represented the Trust in the conference, which was chaired by the state’s health minister Mrs. Raghu Sharma with many other leaders of political parties.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9f-B7wsun5o/X3sEx_1x_II/AAAAAAAAI9Q/HfBN0vg87XwuL35K8iFx4MOJRZptII-kwCLcBGAsYHQ/s934/20200926_211224.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="814" data-original-width="934" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9f-B7wsun5o/X3sEx_1x_II/AAAAAAAAI9Q/HfBN0vg87XwuL35K8iFx4MOJRZptII-kwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/20200926_211224.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Same day, a meeting was also organized by the District Magistrate Mr. Indrajeet Singh at his office to chalk out a joint strategy to deal with the menace of the infection in the city. All those, present there, shared their views and ideas. Managing Trustee Mr. Govind Singh and trustee Mr. Virendra Singh attended this meeting.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">With support of the Administration, the Trust has launched a forceful campaign for the compulsory use of masks amongst the masses by intervening those who are negligent about the mask. Our volunteers’ team has been roaming through the city distributing masks, especially to those, who are without masks on the city streets or shops and pasting posters at the shops with the message “No Mask, No Service”.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AbZoonmP-5Y/X3sHTPtB9gI/AAAAAAAAI-o/5UH8yUFBOuE6ECB0_f8fL26KaXZ7LXxywCLcBGAsYHQ/s1024/IMG-20201002-WA0121.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AbZoonmP-5Y/X3sHTPtB9gI/AAAAAAAAI-o/5UH8yUFBOuE6ECB0_f8fL26KaXZ7LXxywCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG-20201002-WA0121.jpg" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have also donated 4500 masks to the municipal corporation of the city, for which we were given a certificate of appreciation by the Administration which has recognized us as an important partner in its efforts to battle COVID 19 in the city in an effective and uncompromising manner. Not only the zeal of the trust in this fight but also the quality of the masks, has won the appreciation from the Administration and its officers in person.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sDgD9jmb204/X3sEx08Iv4I/AAAAAAAAI9U/XR8Ze5Nzv4APWqPK-FFcpnqKZZlGXltLgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/IMG-20201002-WA0131.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sDgD9jmb204/X3sEx08Iv4I/AAAAAAAAI9U/XR8Ze5Nzv4APWqPK-FFcpnqKZZlGXltLgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG-20201002-WA0131.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">In such an adverse time, when the masks are nothing but life-shields, these masks have also turned out to be shields for our women against the economic crisis; they have had thrust upon themselves due to pandemic. Stitching masks at our sewing center above the administrative office at Sambhali HQ has helped them get employment and earn money. We are happy to continue working for this noble cause assisting the Administration and supporting our women.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Reopening of Empowerment Centers and Sewing Center</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Meanwhile, our empowerment centers started buzzing with activities from October 1. We re-opened our 8 urban and 1 rural centers apart from the Sewing Center for girls and women after 7 long months. We know that the time is quite unfavourable and Jodhpur is having 400-500 positive cases with 4-5 deaths every day, but at the same time, we cannot afford to let our women be at their homes in disappointment.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZuzZFaltFQM/X3sGUzHOyVI/AAAAAAAAI-U/r8Oc-ZzwHS0KlFCSoKWfknEngzl_nNlXwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/IMG-20201004-WA0024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZuzZFaltFQM/X3sGUzHOyVI/AAAAAAAAI-U/r8Oc-ZzwHS0KlFCSoKWfknEngzl_nNlXwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG-20201004-WA0024.jpg" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0iV6UaaJDik/X3sGVEHDdoI/AAAAAAAAI-Y/ikg09NGRM10gzNxlntdWlmThEiRl2kpBwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1040/IMG-20201005-WA0037.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="1040" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0iV6UaaJDik/X3sGVEHDdoI/AAAAAAAAI-Y/ikg09NGRM10gzNxlntdWlmThEiRl2kpBwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG-20201005-WA0037.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;">All the girls begin their day with a brief session of yoga in the morning with the rising sun, so that they could have adequate fitness and energy in their body for the rest of the day. Good immunity is the need of the time these days and always. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FjbA8U2s1MI/X3sHTFr3LhI/AAAAAAAAI-s/xrgNEb8X_E42ZDV74tR5KNHtRd6wxMFqQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/IMG-20201005-WA0007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FjbA8U2s1MI/X3sHTFr3LhI/AAAAAAAAI-s/xrgNEb8X_E42ZDV74tR5KNHtRd6wxMFqQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG-20201005-WA0007.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6_kIkCjtwz4/X3sGUR4aAgI/AAAAAAAAI-M/ofd9F8yJ2HAkJlD7vGRJjXF52Q2Shz_iACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG-20201002-WA0107.jpg" width="320" /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t9586Rz_rFQ/X3sGUeniYfI/AAAAAAAAI-I/V3Udof8eAlIuUGgGDt-mZT0lOGNHv0HfwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/IMG-20201003-WA0079.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t9586Rz_rFQ/X3sGUeniYfI/AAAAAAAAI-I/V3Udof8eAlIuUGgGDt-mZT0lOGNHv0HfwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG-20201003-WA0079.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PMtfX_O37yo/X3sGUYq9hqI/AAAAAAAAI-Q/nGWVMS2YGTsk_kustfS46x-BVNA1A9sCgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1032/IMG-20201003-WA0054.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1032" data-original-width="774" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PMtfX_O37yo/X3sGUYq9hqI/AAAAAAAAI-Q/nGWVMS2YGTsk_kustfS46x-BVNA1A9sCgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG-20201003-WA0054.jpg" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;">We are taking all the required precautions and have been receiving girls and women in small groups at the centers to maintain social distancing. The prayers of our well-wishers and blessings of all those, whose lives, we have affected, will help us sail through this difficult time.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LAIT-8YAXCY/X3sEx1tOtzI/AAAAAAAAI9Y/D4nHRdF30pIT6_xDzBmpXPeoIQHc5gbywCLcBGAsYHQ/s1048/20200926_211246.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="907" data-original-width="1048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LAIT-8YAXCY/X3sEx1tOtzI/AAAAAAAAI9Y/D4nHRdF30pIT6_xDzBmpXPeoIQHc5gbywCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/20200926_211246.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Author: Ajay Parmar (Mr.)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21993042.post-44827383987523960372020-09-26T13:42:00.004+05:302020-09-26T13:49:14.506+05:30Life towards "New Normal", some news from Sambhali Trust<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9xIkTsCqQgk/X27y-TeEjCI/AAAAAAAAI8U/gXR7u3xIaMUSffuHomKu769zBzZ6UMQSwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/1823%2BSambhali%2BTrust%2BJodpur%252C%2BIndia%2B-%2BPWB%2BMarch_April%2B201834.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1360" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9xIkTsCqQgk/X27y-TeEjCI/AAAAAAAAI8U/gXR7u3xIaMUSffuHomKu769zBzZ6UMQSwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/1823%2BSambhali%2BTrust%2BJodpur%252C%2BIndia%2B-%2BPWB%2BMarch_April%2B201834.jpg" width="320" /></a> </span></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;">Finally we are all prepared to resume our work from October 1 by reopening our women and girls empowerment centers both in Jodhpur and Setrawa after a long and difficult phase of 6 months of pandemic. Though, we are concerned about the constantly growing number of positive cases in Jodhpur and resuming work amid such situation will be a challenge, but we have ensured strict compliance of the Covid guidelines prescribed by the government.<br /></span></span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: times;">Local administration had declared a two days lockdown last weekend and has been constantly running campaigns to spread awareness about the precautions, one need to keep, we also have been following all these precautions and holding training sessions parallelly for our staff and trainers in a run up to reopen our centers. This will be a new normal to integrate in our work now on for all of us until there is any solution to this virus. <br /></span></span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: times;">As Sheerni Boarding Home girls from standard 9 to 12 are to return from villages to continue their schools, which have been already opened after government’s decision, however, the attendance in the schools is quite low.</span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hWAW4oD4DQc/X27yZZaUFWI/AAAAAAAAI8E/s-tfdrcchvY7zOt_9YMSL03yH4j7uHitwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/920A4442.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hWAW4oD4DQc/X27yZZaUFWI/AAAAAAAAI8E/s-tfdrcchvY7zOt_9YMSL03yH4j7uHitwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/920A4442.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></span></span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;">Meanwhile, we have continued distributing ration kits in and around Setrawa to 25 families, which we had identified as most vulnerable families even after the lockdown was over. These families had been </span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;">found t</span>o </span></span><span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: times;">be</span></span><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: times;"> in a condition, where they had been finding difficult to access work and food.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: times;">So, we are grateful to all those, who stood by us and supported us during this taxing time in enabling us to accomplish a daunting task. During this period since March 22, we have distributed 2303 ration kits to 591 families across 12 villages including Setrawa, battling the scorching sun and arid desert landscape.</span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1363" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QgIDYKKcah8/X270MhzICJI/AAAAAAAAI8g/9YCnUqJoX8s1CGxT1gCm-06eLmBLOV86ACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Setrawa_Food%2Bdonations%2Bfor%2Btthe%2Bvillagers%2BV-8.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;" width="320" /></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iE_XZfjkrI" target="_blank">Sambhali Fights COVID19</a><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: times;">Masks making and distribution also remained continue all through this period. Our sewing teachers and staff of our graduate center upstairs the administrative office, achieved a feat of making 5000 reusable washable masks, which were distributed among local police and administrative officers.</span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XI268NE2L0U/X27yYOhvQoI/AAAAAAAAI78/AB28N0Nb0DU8aEyuYTwpERDu_tYxEJL4wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1152/pic5.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1152" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XI268NE2L0U/X27yYOhvQoI/AAAAAAAAI78/AB28N0Nb0DU8aEyuYTwpERDu_tYxEJL4wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/pic5.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></span><br /><span style="font-family: times; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mQ3nia1omG0/X271in-bOeI/AAAAAAAAI8s/e5M4eRpFjREaxil0LDQNlS8EHAijapH_wCLcBGAsYHQ/s960/118771674_3386055374770690_358190228248832307_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mQ3nia1omG0/X271in-bOeI/AAAAAAAAI8s/e5M4eRpFjREaxil0LDQNlS8EHAijapH_wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/118771674_3386055374770690_358190228248832307_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></span><br /><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;">Making sure that the vulnerable communities of the society also practice precaution and have access to masks, </span><span style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;">Sambhali’s Trustee Mr. Virendra Singh Chouhan, Director Mrs. Vimlesh Solanki, Volunteer Coordinator Ms. Roxanne Naeschen and some of our graduates including Hindi teacher Mrs. Havlesh Kanwar Khichi visited the gathering-spots of mason-workers/laborer every Sunday morning to distribute masks among them and encouraging them to take precautions as advised by the administration.</span></span><br /><span style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are proud that our women have been working hard steadily to prepare themselves for resuming the activities. At our administrative office and graduate center, we have worked hard towards capacity building.</span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><span style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RjQ6hohJN0A/X271i2c1fVI/AAAAAAAAI8w/3sL2-_qX8ggn58Q0XbtZ1DaeoDm4hCpzgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/119512416_3421010741275153_8763228875097312077_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RjQ6hohJN0A/X271i2c1fVI/AAAAAAAAI8w/3sL2-_qX8ggn58Q0XbtZ1DaeoDm4hCpzgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/119512416_3421010741275153_8763228875097312077_o.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></span><br /><span style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: times;">Rashi and Kavita are efficiently working together to strengthen our boutique by working on new product ideas and designs, exploring sale potential and attending to the ongoing orders. A concept of competition among sewing teachers has been introduced with a view to obtain precision, speed and focus in work. We are happy that all of our sewing teachers have fared well in these activities.</span></span><br /><span style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: times;">Rashi will also be heading our vocational skills training wing with 8 urban (Jodhpur) empowerment centers and 1 rural (Setrawa) empowerment center. Educational empowerment centers, primary education centers and education of both the Boarding Homes </span></span><span style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: times;">will be headed by Rajshree, who along with Govind, is working on fresh recruitment of tutors.</span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: times;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: times;">*Help empower Women & Girls in India during COVID-19*</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: times;">Sambhali Trust is an NGO focused on the development and empowerment of marginalized women and girls in Rajasthan. 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Please do contribute and share the campaign.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: times;">Read more - https://milaap.org/fundraisers/support-sambhali-trust?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=fundraisers-title</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: times;">To pay via Paytm (for Android users only) - https://milaap.org/fundraisers/support-sambhali-trust/deeplink?deeplink_type=paytm</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: times;">For UPI payment: *https://milaap.org/fundraisers/support-sambhali-trust/deeplink?deeplink_type=upi* (You can send money to this ID using BHIM, PhonePe or any UPI app)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: times;">You can also do a bank transfer to the below mentioned account:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: times;">Account number: 2223330036363419</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: times;">Account name: Sambhali Trust </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: times;">IFSC code: RATN0VAAPIS</span></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: times;"></span></span><span style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: times;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Written by - Ajay Parmar (Mr.)</div></span></span><p></p>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21993042.post-46941560741226420172020-07-31T16:00:00.003+05:302020-07-31T16:00:01.659+05:30Sambhali’s production of reusable face masks<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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beginning of June 2020, all remaining Sambhali teachers are coming to our
Sambhali House Monday to Saturday from 11am to 4pm. The Hindi & Math
teachers are sitting downstairs in the hall and office and are working on their
English, Volunteer Coordination and Computer skills. They use this time to
improve as much as possible so that they are ready to handle everything at work
once our centers can reopen. It is especially important for them since we don’t
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upstairs in our Graduate Center and are working on remaining international
orders. They are embroidering and sewing tote and saree bags, frocks, etc. and
are enjoying to do what they love: sewing and being creative.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Additionally, they are now producing
reusable masks in different colors and designs. We started to work on this new
idea because we wanted to thank the local police for protecting Jodhpur’s inhabitants
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Therefore, some sewing teachers and our
Graduates around their Manager, Ms. Kavita Bihal, made around 500 2-ply face masks
with elastic ear strings for the city’s police officers. Once all masks were
done, Sambhali’s Trustee Mr. Virendra Singh Chouhan, Director Mrs. Vimlesh
Solanki, Volunteer Coordinator Ms. Roxanne Naeschen and some of our Graduates &
Hindi teacher Mrs. Havlesh Kanwar Khichi went to the Department of Jodhpur’s
police. Over there, four of them distributed all masks to the Commissioner of
the police and his team. The commissioner, Mr. Jose Mohan, seemed happy and
pleased with Sambhali’s donation and got to know about our work and the NGO in
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people who risk their lives trying to make sure that we are all safe. They take
care of our neighborhoods and the streets. For five months now, they do
everything in their power. Sambhali Trust and its participants want to thank
all their sisters and brothers for doing an amazing work out there. <span></span></span></span></div>
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case more people need our help to protect themselves in this difficult time. We
offered to sew masks for Jodhpur’s jail inmates as well. The police now knows
about our capacity to distribute more masks and our Nirbhaya Helpline, too. We
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21993042.post-76877693103100477332020-07-29T12:33:00.000+05:302020-07-29T12:33:00.266+05:30The end of our food project in Rajasthan's Thar Desert<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;"><em>Sambhali </em>during the longest lockdown in history</span></b></h2>
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<em>Sambhali Trust </em>has come a long way since the first 3-weeks-lockdown was announced by the Indian government on the 24<sup>th</sup> March. We have reached many tribal families around Setrawa that didn’t have access to groceries anymore by distributing food packages (lentils, flour, spices, chai powder, salt, sugar and oil) that lasted up to 15 days. We have been able to deliver to 544 families in the villages of Setrawa, Viramdeogarh, Dera, Happansar, Chordiya, Jetaniya, Gumanpura, Sagra, Khanodi, Ramdevnagar, Mandla Khurdi, Lawaran and the city of Jodhpur between 22<sup>nd</sup> March and 31<sup>st</sup> May. In addition to the families, migrant workers at the Bawkan Government School and people at the Abhaygarh Isolation Camp nearby benefited from this project. In total, around 2,100 ration kits were provided.</div>
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Furthermore, the field workers were able to reach more than 1,140 houses to raise awareness on COVID-19, how to protect themselves from it and to deliver soaps. More than 400 reusable masks made by Sambhali students at the Setrawa Women Empowerment Center were supplied additionally.</div>
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End of May, <em>Sambhali </em>put an end to the food distribution project in the Thar Desert. However, we decided to still keep the project going for the most vulnerable families of the villages that have no possibilities at all to sustain themselves. We are still feeding 22 families in Dechu Tehsil for the 9th time and in total 24 families this month with rations for about one month.<br />
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Our team of more than 15 volunteers, both national and international, worked very hard to make this all possible, despite many obstacles such as village politics, the blazing heat and sandstorms. All of this was possible thanks to the help of the villages’ Sarpanches, our field workers and generous donations through our fundraising campaign on Milaap. </div>
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We are grateful to everyone who has been part of this life changing journey. It has made a tremendous difference in the lives of those people. Every donation made the difference.<br />
A big thank you to all of you! </div>
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After 3 months of lockdown in Setrawa, the last <em>Sambhali</em> volunteers went back to Jodhpur and left their "quarantine home". Despite all unexpected events during this worldwide crisis and the closure of <em>Sambhali’s </em>main projects in Jodhpur, the volunteers were able to invest their time and energy in new activities in Setrawa, such as the food distribution project, living with an Indian family and participating in household chores. They could learn more about life in the desert and its people. </div>
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<u>Statements of the three last volunteers who went back to Jodhpur in beginning of June:</u> </div>
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Maigane, French Service Civic Volunteer from Haiti: “<em>Being in quarantine in Setrawa was definitely a roller coaster experience. Between the 46°C heat, the frequent power cuts and the everyday heavy sandstorm, my wheel of emotions was all over the place. However, we wanted to maximize our time there at its best. We tried to stay positive by focusing on our work for Sambhali around the villages & enjoyed and learned as much as we could living there with an Indian family. We are really thankful for their hospitality. And we certainly have a lot to talk about and a lot to remember</em>”.</div>
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Leana, French Service Civic Volunteer from France: “<em>The quarantine in Setrawa was very emotional and powerful with the many power cuts, the heat and especially the limitation of resources. Being there in the international crisis put all things in a different perspective because we were deep in the Indian culture thanks to the hospitality of Govind’s family. Thankfully, we could continue a little bit our mission with Sambhali’s beautiful new project: the food distribution and also our Admin work. It was is a big adventure and a challenge.</em>”</div>
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Roxanne, volunteer coordinator & administrative assistant from Germany: “<em>We spent more than two months of the lockdown in the Thar Desert and it was a crazy adventure. On most days, the heat, long power cuts and heavy sandstorms controlled our days and nerves. Thankfully, we had Sambhali’s food donation project that got us out of our comfort zone and straight into the field. We have met many people in the last weeks, from orphans, widows to poor families in bungalows made out of sticks. Some stories and living situations shocked us and reminded us again how life can be and what we can do to help those who weren’t that lucky. Additionally, I learned much more about Indian families and their culture by living together under one roof in a time like this. I am thankful for this experience and very grateful to my Indian family that takes care of me like one of their own.</em>”</div>
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End of May/beginning of June, the <em>Sambhali </em>office<em> </em>reopened with limited staff and the new regulations. On 8<sup>th</sup> June, the 3 last volunteers joined as well. Very different from the desert, the volunteers had to adapt to the city's much stricter way of life regarding COVID-19. Everybody is aware of the higher risks and is taking all necessary measures. The office is open from Monday to Saturday from 11am to 4pm. Everyone who enters the office must wear a mask; antibacterial sanitizer is available and we all maintain social distancing. </div>
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Despite the closure of <em>Sambhali’s</em> empowerment centers on 14<sup>th</sup> March, reopening the office has allowed us to launch new programs to improve the skills and knowledge of our staff. This project includes Computer training, English classes and Volunteer Coordination Workshop for our Empowerment Centers’ teachers. They are given training to use programs such as Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint in the hall of <em>Sambhali House</em>. Such skills are essential for their work in the future, especially because we don’t know when everything will go back to ‘normal’ and volunteers can join us again. From now on, the teachers will be able to write their monthly reports, attendance sheets, prepare workshops, etc. independently.</div>
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Roxanne on the new timetable at <em>Sambhali</em>: “<em>I am glad to be back in Jodhpur and to work again. Next to my usual Admin work in the office, I am teaching the staff in computer skills, volunteer coordination and English. They are very motivated and their improvements in the last 4 weeks are amazing. Like that, we can use this time in a useful way. I am happy I stayed and that I am still able to help as much as possible.</em>” Manju S., Hindi & Math teacher at Shakti Women Empowerment Center and Laadli Primary Education Center, agrees: “<em>It is very difficult for us right now without the centers. I miss my students and teaching. But it is very nice to learn how to use a laptop properly, especially because we have to be able to write our reports, etc. on our own and not depend on the volunteers so much. I am learning a lot.</em>"<br />
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Thanks to all the people that have supported us in all those years and especially in the past few months. We are happy that we were able to help so many people in the desert and that we can continue to help 22 very vulnerable families. We hope to come back even stronger. Stay tuned for our next newsletter and events – we are all in this together! </div>
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<span style="background: white;">When the first schools had to close in
Rajasthan, <i>Sambhali</i> decided to close all Centres, both
Boutiques and the other projects on 14<sup>th</sup> March as well. Only
the office remained open but limited to work inside as visitors and tourists
were already prohibited. From 16<sup>th</sup> March on, all volunteers
joined the office staff and worked on Admin tasks. They were divided into small
groups and concentrated on the <i>Trust</i>’s fundraising, branding and
social media. The atmosphere was relaxed and small meetings were held
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<span style="background: white; color: black;">Nevertheless,
due to the increasing complications in the volunteers’ home countries and India
itself, most of them left us spontaneously. Additionally, the <i>Trust</i> decided
to close down the main office on the 20<sup>th</sup> March, 2020. Since
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Trustees, saw the current situation as an opportunity to bond and become
closer. “We all worked together as a team, hand in hand and heart to heart. What
we had there would not be possible in the city as everybody has its own life.
There, we had to count on each other. It worked very well. My husband was like
a big tree, we all were branches around him and our children were the wild
birds chirping here and there. We had many animals around us, from cows and
chickens to a horse, that brought new energy into our lives and my family.”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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families with food packages for two weeks on the 31<sup style="text-align: left;">st</sup> March. One
package includes lentils, flour, chili powder, turmeric powder, chai powder,
salt, sugar and oil. For a family of 5 to 6 people, it will last 10-15 days and
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By end of April, we have reached 255 families in the villages Setrawa,
Viramdeogarh, Dera, Happansar and Lawaran and have already given second
packages to all. The third round started beginning of May. We were able to not
only deliver food to families but to also share some with migrant workers at
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“I liked to be a part of it. It made me happy to help the people around us who
really need it. I liked to see them smile and how thankful they are for the
work we did. </span><em style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Sambhali Trust</span></em><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> does an amazing
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One of our volunteers, Maigane, has been living in Setrawa since the beginning
of January and was then adapting to the new situation: “Our project and aims in
the desert have changed since the Government schools have closed. We then
participated in the food distribution project which made us feel useful in this
crisis. It was very inspiring to be able to help the vulnerable families in the
villages. To see their smiles made me happy. Co-living with the family and
having our own duties in the household allowed us to learn more about the
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">To be able to maintain our newest project
in the Thar Desert, we updated our Setrawa fundraising campaign on Milaap. We
are beyond grateful for all your support. It has made a tremendous difference
in the lives of those people! With your help, families from all castes,
religions and backgrounds in need receive regular food packages, hygiene
articles and general information on COVID-19. One family of 5-6 people is
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Every donation can make a difference. Our work here is not finished and we
still need more support to continue this important mission. Stay tuned for new
updates on our campaign and posts on <em>Sambhali</em>’s social media. </span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Thank you so much!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">October was the beginning of a new era for </span><i style="font-size: 11pt;">Sambhali Trust</i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">: the opening of its own house in Raika Bagh, Jodhpur. By being able to buy the ground floor and rent the second one (partial advance payment paid, to hopefully raise enough funds until 2021 to pay the rest) of the former guest house Durag Vilas right next to Durag Niwas, the office, boutique and Graduate centre could move to a bigger place.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 11pt;">On the ground floor, the new office on the left offers enough space for all administrative employees and volunteers. We have extra rooms for the boutique’s stock and a kitchen which can be used by the whole staff. The boutique is right next to the office and the first room you see when you enter the house. Since many groups are visiting us, it is great to finally have a boutique big enough for more people at once. Recent feedbacks have only been positive and have therefore confirmed our decision to move. Furthermore, visitors can see where, how and by </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">whom the items are produced. On top of that, our second boutique in the old town of Jodhpur has moved as well. It is now located next to BlueBird and Namaste Café. By the help of volunteers, especially Clair C. from the UK, the boutique has been painted and decorated in the beautiful pink color of <i>Sambhali</i> and Jodhpur’s blue.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 11pt;">The relocation of <i>Sambhali Trust </i>was a big step for the NGO. It gave us more sustainability and credibility. Vimlesh S., the Director of the Trust, says: “We all are very happy about the new <i>Sambhali</i> House. Finally, we have enough space for everybody, whether it’s in the office, boutique or with our Graduates upstairs. They can sit comfortably and have good light. Many shops in Jodhpur don’t have proper changing rooms because they are just too small. Since we also have more space in the boutique on the ground floor, visitors can try on our clothes and </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">even changes can be done before they leave. It was a good decision to move.” Mrs. Tanwar, <i>Sambhali’s</i> General Secretary, adds that everything is now in one place and connected. When guests are coming, they know where they are and can be shown around very easily.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></div>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21993042.post-61575801865681476952019-10-15T15:23:00.000+05:302019-10-15T15:23:15.281+05:30A letter from Kavita<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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My name is
Kavita Bihal and I am 29 years old. I was born in Punjab, a less conservative
state in the north of India. In 2007, my family moved to Jodhpur. Unlike most
women working at our centres, I went to school for 12 years and studied at a university
in Jodhpur. I got my degree in fashion design in 2013. At the end of 2012, I
joined Sambhali Trust. At first, I was working as a sewing teacher in an
Empowerment Centre, but after a year I started to work at the Graduate Sewing
Centre as a supervisor, back then we were only 15 women, and I taught them all
the things we are making for the boutique. I am now in charge of the Graduate
Sewing Centre as the manager. I am responsible for national and international
orders, making samples, buying fabrics and training the women as well as
teaching them new skills.</div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I enjoy my job at Sambhali Trust a lot. I
learn everyday something new from the ladies and no day is the same. I like
fashion, it's my passion, I am a shopaholic!</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span lang="EN-AU" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">I have a lot of freedom regarding my future and live a more independent
life than most women in Rajasthan.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">I know that
Rajasthan is a tough ground for women’s rights and I am glad to be part of
Sambhali Trust to support the women. I am happy about every little step to come
closer to gender equality.</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span lang="EN-AU" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Child marriage is very bad. The girls don't
know what happens to them. And now they are only 18 years old and don't have
dreams. The biggest problem is that most families think that education is not
important for girls and women. The women here, before they started at Sambhali
Trust, they thought they would never be able to work because they had dropped
out of school early or did not complete a course. They thought being a
housewife is their destiny. But now, women understand: Work and creativity do
not need education, we do not need a diploma or a degree for that, just the
willpower to learn. They understand that they can be an inspiration for other
ladies, that they can support their families financially as well. Now, all
women have understood that they have the power to earn money, that they have
the power to speak, that they have the power to go out alone. So, they have
learned about their rights, which is most important. And because they
contribute to the family’s income, they are being respected more as well. The
husbands, brothers or fathers, they trust them now, they trust their wives,
their sisters, their daughters. The girls are so happy to work for Sambhali
Trust. It's also a big deal for their families because the girls are leaving
the house from the morning until the evening. The girls and women love it
because it's a safe place, when they come here they feel empowered and free. I
love to see that they are getting more confident.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Here, the women find their second family. They
never talk about their own families, their problems at home, no, they have
other topics to talk about while working in the centre. They have an own,
different world here, in the sewing centre. This is empowerment, when you
forget the pain from the past and move away from that. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I have always wanted to be a designer, and
here, I am a designer. This has always been my dream. I chose to work for
Sambhali Trust because it feels like family. I am not coming here as a manager,
we are coming here as family. There is no hierarchy. We do not say sir or mam
to anybody, we say didi for sister or bhaiya for brother. We all have a lot of
freedom here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21993042.post-52699026731269464002019-09-22T09:37:00.000+05:302019-09-22T09:37:05.258+05:30A letter from Mumtaz<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">My name is
Mumtaz, my name means “good things”. I joined Sambhali Trust about three years
ago. I went to school until I was 14 years old.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mumtaz has been with Sambhali Trust since three<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Three years
ago, I talked to some women on the streets and they told me about Sambhali
Trust. I haven’t paid much attention to what they were saying. But, a few days
later, I met them again and they said that going there has already changed
their lives. I talked to my husband about a possibility of me joining too, and
I did.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">When I went
to Fatima Empowerment Centre, they did not ask any questions except my name and
address. All the other women greeted me with a big smile on their faces. Among
them, some were learning sewing, some were studying English. Just watching them
already made me feel more confident about my decision of coming here. I learned
that there is no age restriction when it comes to education. Understanding this
inspired me to become a stronger woman. I will never forget that time. Since
that day, I’ve been going to the centre daily – my husband also encouraged me. During
the first few months I faced some problems since I wasn’t able to complete all
my works at home anymore. However, once my family saw how I have started to
benefit from Sambhali Trust, they encouraged and supported me to continue
studying. I give my money to my husband and as soon as I want to buy anything,
he gives it back to me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I never
thought that my life would ever change for the better, that I would carry the
power of self-confidence inside of me. I learned sewing – I liked making
stuffed animals the most. Seeing all my good work, Govind bhaiya offered me to
work in the Sambhali Trust Graduate Sewing Centre, so that I would earn money
and become financially independent. My husband also wanted me to go out of the
house and contribute to our family’s income. Thanks to this, I am not afraid to
go out in the streets anymore. We have two children and my husband tells them
to take an example on me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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started to teach some other women my skills and inspire them to make a change
in their lives. After some time I started noticing the happiness in their faces
– and seeing them happy makes me feel happy too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">From my point
of view, I have achieved the goal of my life. Because my daughter receives a scholarship for her education, I am confident that she will have success in her
life as well. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Last thing I want to say: We should all respect and appreciate
education for women and girls. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21993042.post-78880200508086135172019-09-04T15:28:00.000+05:302019-09-04T15:28:55.800+05:30A letter from Mamta <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-GB">My name is
Mamta. I work in the Sambhali Trust Graduate Sewing Centre. I want to thank
Govind bhaiya a lot, first of all, for everything, because he has done so much
for all of us and he continues to do so, all the time. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">In today’s
world, no one even gives ten rupees without expecting anything in return. Apart
from our support and work here, we are loved as a family and are connected to
each other. We are loved and we are treated like a family, in today’s time no
one treats us like that. I think we would never be treated with this much love
at any other place. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I got
married when I was 20, I moved to my husband’s family and took care of the
household and our four children. I left the house only occasionally to buy food
at the market. I hardly met any people. As a young girl, I was already
interested in handicrafts and decorating, but I wanted to become a doctor. When
my father’s sister got married, my family took me out of school because they
couldn't afford the school fees anymore, ending my education at 7th grade. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">It is the
work of every woman to get up early and do the household works, I do the same,
and after that, I come to the centre. I had never been a courageous woman - before
joining Sambhali Trust, I was very introverted and was scared to face people or
to talk to them. But now, I am brave and strong, independent. Here, I have a
family, and family is something that I had lost a long time ago. I care about
all of my family members and my relationship to them is important to me. If I
was working at any other place, then I wouldn’t be able to have so much freedom
in my life. It is very special, freedom. I enjoy the work at Sambhali Trust
because I can be myself at the centre and can bring in new ideas which are well
appreciated.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We have learned
a lot of things here at Sambhali Trust. We all like to come here. I work here,
and because I earn money now, my children’s future is also bright - they are
getting a good-quality education. I like to do all types of sewing here, more
sewing rather than embroidery. Because I have a very weak eyesight, it is
sometimes hard for me to do, but I try my best. I’d like to thank Rekha Pandit
that she recommended Sambhali Trust to me. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">My family never stopped me from
coming to Sambhali Trust, thank god, because they also trust Govind bhaiya. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">My wish for
the future is that no one should have worries, I wish that no person on earth
is suffering. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21993042.post-67105883398121099112019-08-13T11:22:00.001+05:302019-08-13T11:22:58.906+05:30The Story of Rita<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="text-align: left;">My name is
Rita, I am 50 years old. I live in the suburbs of Jodhpur with my family.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I get up at 5.00am, I clean the space outside
my house. I clean my house, I drink tea, clean the toilets and shower. I make my prayer, I cook breakfast and after feeding
everyone, I cook lunch and leave it behind. I bring a little tiffin box with
food with me to work. I come to the Graduates Sewing Centre, I make embroidery
and other handicrafts like Christmas decorations.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">When I go
home at 5.00pm, I rest a bit and make tea, and I refill water from the tank for
my home. At 7.00pm I make my prayers and prepare dinner. When my husband comes
home by 9.00pm, I warm up the food, and feed him. Around 10.00pm I do some work
for Sambhali and my family watches TV. I sleep around 11.00pm.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Before I
started at Sambhali, I worked at home doing little lace work in my free time.
Some women came from my neighborhood for some sewing orders. They also introduced
me to the Sambhali Trust. I asked for the permission from my husband and mother-in-law
if I was allowed to go to sewing centre. They encouraged me, they said
"you do a lot of work at home, yes, go and learn sewing". I enjoyed
learning sewing, I learned for six months and was then gifted with a sewing
machine. Once the centre closed, we joined the Graduates Sewing Centre and from
that moment, my life was changed. I come here, meet the volunteers, learn new
things. When I work here, I earn money from which I bought marriage symbolic
ornaments, and jewellery.</div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">All the
other women here are full of love. We work here for 5 hours, laugh and spend
quality time together.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We forget
all the tension from home, we get busy here, we are happy here.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The biggest
thing is that I have learned so many techniques in sewing. I have started to
earn money for myself – I have no children, so I am not in need of a
scholarship. Every day I do sewing, I earn money, and I have a lot of interest
in my work.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The Trust
is a safe place, there aren’t any problems, which makes me very happy. We can
now make a living, whereas if we stayed at home, we would not be able to
sustain ourselves financially. Nobody helps me at home. Then I come here, I
meet other people, it is a relief. I am financially independent now. I am
self-confident. I am glad that I am no burden on anybody. Since I left home and
came to Sambhali Trust, I have learned a lot for myself. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Most
importantly, through Sambhali, I have become independent.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21993042.post-48710989372777995322019-08-05T12:46:00.000+05:302019-08-09T15:12:46.636+05:30Voices of Shakti Empowerment Centre<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Photos by: Linda Roemer<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">"My name is
Prem. I am 19 years old. I am a student of Shakti Centre.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love coming here. Besides sewing, we learn
many different things here. We learn English from the volunteers. So many women
want to study, but as they come from poor families, they were forced to drop
out of school or not go to school at all. Now, through the centre, they have
the opportunity to continue their studies. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">When I first came here, I was taught
all the different kinds of embroidery, and later on, I got to try sewing with the
machine. We learn how to make umbrella frock, salwar suit, patiyala suit,
rajputi poshak, and much more. In the workshops every Wednesdays we are
learning a lot too, especially regarding health-related problems. Because of
this, the women come to know about their own health problems and how to deal
with them. And every Saturday, we do special activities – dancing, singing,
playing games and the teachers also give us food. The aim of Shakti Centre is
to make us independent, to teach us how we can rely on ourselves in all
situations. We gain a lot of self- confidence here – now, we are not afraid to
go anywhere. We get to go outside the house, get to explore and experience the
world. This centre has been running for nearly three years, and most of the
women and girls find jobs after joining the course. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">These women do not need to
depend on anyone else and are now walking proudly with their heads up. They are
now walking every single step equally with men, on the same level, yes, we are
all equal. We are also making other women aware of injustices and encourage
them to fight against them - thus, we are good examples for others. That way,
our lives are happier, and more enjoyable. I want to thank all the people in
Shakti Centre – Because of them, women are now living their lives with pride
and self-confidence. Women are raising their voices when they are experiencing
injustice in their own lives and in the wider community. We are no longer
silenced. Yes, the women that were silenced, those women, are raising their
voices today."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">"My name is
Sunita. I am 33 years old. I have three children. My mother-in-law and
father-in-law live with me. All the responsibilities of home are on me. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am now the sewing teacher of Shakti
Empowerment Centre of Sambhali Trust. I have a job now, and earn money to be
financially independent. I am able to stand on my own feet now. I have been
given a path for my future.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">One day, my
husband went to work as usual. There he spoke to one aunty who told him that if
someone wants to learn sewing, then you can come to Shakti Empowerment Centre -
and a few days later, on 4<sup>th</sup> October 2017, I went there with my
sister in-law. During the first four days, we just watched the other ladies and
tried a few first stitches ourselves, and continued with more difficult
embroidery later on. We were also taught English by the volunteers. We like to
talk in English and we have a one hour class for Hindi and maths as well. On
Wednesdays we have workshops in which we gain new knowledge about other important
topics. On Saturday, we play and read magazines. After joining Shakti
Empowerment Centre, I told a lot of women and girls about it in our
neighbourhood, that’s how ten more girls joined the centre. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">8<sup>th</sup>
March 2018 was the day where we celebrated International Women’s Day. On that
day, at 4pm, my husband came home and he told me he had some burning sensation
in his chest - and we went to the hospital. The doctor said it is nothing serious.
Medicine was given to him, an hour later we came back home. He told me he was
feeling better, that he will take care of the children and the house, and I
should go and join the other girls and women and Sambhali staff for the big
march on the streets for International Women’s Day. I went. At 7.30pm I got a
call from him. He said he needed to go to the hospital again, that I shouldn’t
worry. When I reached the hospital, he was in the emergency ward. He still
continued to tell me that I shouldn’t worry about him, but the tears started
flooding down my face. My Mother-in-law assured me that he is in good hands,
the doctors will take care of him, and we should remain calm and hopeful. Later
that night, in the hospital, some relatives came to the hospital as well. I
asked them “what happened?”, and they said that he is going to be shifted to
Ahmedabad. Everyone told me, my mother-in-law and my mother to go home and
rest. My husband died that night. When we came to know, a mountain of sadness
has crashed on our home. Only sadness and sadness. When my husband left, Manju
mam, the teacher at Shakti Empowerment Centre, the volunteer Roxy and the other
women of the centre came to my house. Manju mam gave me rupees for me and my
children. And she told me that she will make sure that I will still be able to
send my children to school. Then Manju mam and Roxy, they gave me the sewing
machine and a certificate. After the death of my husband, for ten months, I was
alone and sick and sad. I had to stay at home and mourn. I did not go to the
centre during this time. Manju mam and Roxy told me to stay strong. Manju mam
talked to Govind regarding my kids’ school fees and told him about me and my
sewing skills. Now, my children are able to continue their education since
Sambhali Trust has granted them scholarship. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Manju and Roxy – thank you. Thank
you for helping me to stand on my feet again. I learned sewing, and later I was
assigned as the sewing teacher of Shakti Empowerment Centre. My parents-in-law
are happy that I earn money now, and that I have a job nearby our house. The
salary is very good, 4,500 rupees a month. My brother gave me scooter which I
take to go to the centre every day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Long live
the power of women."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21993042.post-35746452668247239202019-07-25T15:47:00.000+05:302019-07-29T15:03:46.522+05:30What is new at Sambhali Trust?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #444444;">Text & Photos: Linda Roemer</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #444444; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In 2018-2019, we have experienced a number of changes at Sambhali Trust, all very positive developments for our organization.</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">This year, we have increased both the numbers of women and children we can
reach and the quality of the lessons within the centres. </span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">While our existing
centres continue to flourish, we have opened a new empowerment centre:
Sakhi Empowerment Centre, opened in May 2018 and supported by our
teachers Shenaz and Hawlesh. It had its first volunteers in January 2019 and is
targeting women and adolescent girls in the local community. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">The opportunity to go to the Empowerment Centre every day brings a big smile on the women's faces</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><br />We have also collected valuable feedback from some of our international
sponsors and volunteers over the year regarding the content of our lessons.
With a greater focus on testing as well as dividing the groups according to
levels, we are making it easier for our teachers and volunteers to track each
student’s progress and see who needs additional help. Each centre has redesigned their timetable for the teachers, volunteers and students.</span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #444444; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #444444; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">With the establishment of one more centre and additional
teachers at our boarding homes, we have increased the total
number of our local staff: Our team now consists of 41
dedicated and passionate people.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">The first Aadarsh workshop was held in Sheerni<br />Boarding Home</span></td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #444444; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A few centres plan to change their location in the following
months, to provide space for more children and women and
to ensure a better and more productive learning experience
for everyone. We will shift the Graduate Sewing Centre to the building next to our current office, where the graduates will have more space and a more pleasant working environment. The office will be shifted to this building as well.</span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #444444; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #444444; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A new venture was founded this year, called the Aadarsh
Project which is designed to teach adolescent girls and boys
about topics relevant to them, such as the body change in
puberty, sexual harassment, and the dangers of the Internet.
We intend to take this workshop to all schools in Jodhpur,
that we have connections with through our No Bad Touch
Project. The first workshop was held in February 2019 at
Sambhali‘s Sheerni Boarding Home.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #444444; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In the Sambhali Graduate Sewing Centre, we have
refined the responsibilities of the supervisors posts,
so that the new graduates now have their own
supervisor, Anita, whilst Pushpa and Praveen
supervise implementation and quality checking of
orders. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">166 women and girls received a sewing machine at the graduation ceremony held in May</span></td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #444444; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br />The establishment of a garden for both boarding
homes is in discussion for the end of 2019 – the garden
should be a place where the children can grow their
own herbs, fruits and organic vegetables, which
would give the children valuable skills in farming and
nutritious food. An extra plus is that the garden would
reduce the costs for food in the boarding homes.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #444444; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Furthermore, art exhibitions are organized both by
British and Canadian volunteers, including members
of Sambhali UK who came in February and March
2019 to do workshops with the sewing classes. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #444444; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We also try to connect with newspapers and
magazines more to increase our outreach and expand
out public audience, to raise funds as well as
awareness about our work.</span></div>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0Jodhpur, Rajasthan, Indien26.2389469 73.02430939999999326.0111289 72.7015859 26.466764899999998 73.347032899999988tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21993042.post-53188396864970623742019-04-07T08:44:00.000+05:302019-04-07T08:44:14.568+05:30The Power of Microfinance<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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women living in poverty are financially vulnerable for many reasons. Especially
in rural areas, they often have very limited earning opportunities with an
irregular income, or they have none at all. This is accompanied by an inability
to access formal financial services and systems such as credits.<span style="letter-spacing: -0.3pt;"> The Financial Express states:
“</span>Gender inequalities in access to formal credit have long manifested in
India’s scarce gender-wise financial statistics. For example, distribution of
outstanding credit in small borrower accounts shows 24.5% share of female
account owners against 72% by men as on March 2017.” Yet, access to financial
services is a universal need for all individuals and families for building up a
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">One of the goals at
Sambhali Trust is to provide women with the opportunity to gain control over
their family’s resources through microfinance. The Microfinance Programme has
been first introduced in 2009. Now, 10 years later, </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">104 women in the desert village of Setrawa are
currently divided in 6 groups, coming together on a regular basis to discuss
problems and to find solutions by deciding who is in need of a loan for goats,
cows, medical help, sewing machines or for setting up shops. Every woman pays
approximately 200 Indian Rupees per month into a common fund – and by the end
of each month, the total amount is counted and the receiver of the loan is
chosen.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "accord light sf"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The Microfinance Programme ensures access to
loans at an interest rate that is catered to their income - and</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">in the 10 years the Microfinance Programme is
operating, not one woman has been negligent in paying back after the loan had
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to earn a living transforms the women's lives – numerous tailoring shops as
well as vegetable and fruit stalls only exist because of the Microfinance
Programme by Sambhali Trust. Women are now able to start their own businesses,
and in the past year, many have received goats and cows whose milk they sell on
the local market or to their neighbours. This allows them to provide to their
families’ well-being and to be financially independent. Meera is one of them.
She is now the leader of the microfinance group in Setrawa, successfully
guiding the 6 groups towards financial security. Meera, originally from
Pakistan, moved to Setrawa 20 years ago. With her husband working far away, in
Surat in Gujarat, she was eager to also make an income and to provide for her
three children. She started by taking a loan for a small shop inside her house
– since she lives right opposite a public school, she thought of selling school
supplies and snacks for the students. She was able to pay off quickly – and the
shop turned out to be a huge success, which led her to taking loans for a flour
mill as well as a sewing machine. Later on, she decided to open another shop in
the centre of the village, which served as a tailor shop as well as a place
where the villagers could buy accessories and snacks.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in Setrawa are construction workers – a job that is not only hard labour, but
also risky as well as unreliably and badly paid, as it is not continuous work.
Being able to have an additional opportunity to make an income, such as through
setting up vegetable and fruit stalls or selling milk, gives the women access
to continuous financial security, also because there is a constant demand from
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examples that prove that the Microfinance Programme strengthens women’s ability
to decide over important matters, thus contributing to their self-confidence
and independence – in an environment where women and girls are otherwise often
suppressed and underprivileged at all levels. “The Microfinance Programme has
had a big positive impact on their lives, and is greatly appreciated and
respected by their husbands as well”, states Meera. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21993042.post-16287381950000683862019-03-25T10:53:00.001+05:302019-03-25T11:03:30.612+05:30Defining Empowerment<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Text and Photos: Nicole Karpus and Linda Roemer</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Em</span><span style="background-color: white; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">·</span><span style="background-color: white; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">pow</span><span style="background-color: white; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">·</span><span style="background-color: white; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">er</span><span style="background-color: white; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">·</span><span style="background-color: white; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ment.</span><span style="background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Four syllables strung together to create such a powerful, beautiful sound. It is a word that has held me, captivated me, and one I’ve kept close. My fascination with this word comes from trying to deconstruct its meaning; it is a concept so powerful to explore. </span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">Because, sure, we can try and put a simple definition around it, quoting Oxford’s dictionary to start - “the process of becoming stronger and more confident, especially in controlling one’s life and claiming one’s rights...."</span></span><br />
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<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VnSmQ7vOpa8/XEFmcydivWI/AAAAAAAAIpQ/obVTuLj24jQ2ydwhdC_5ZKmxItnCt32SgCLcBGAs/s1600/empowerment%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="212" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VnSmQ7vOpa8/XEFmcydivWI/AAAAAAAAIpQ/obVTuLj24jQ2ydwhdC_5ZKmxItnCt32SgCLcBGAs/s320/empowerment%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" width="320" /></span></a><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-92c70145-7fff-59df-a029-f166a2fc2328"><span style="background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">....But what one person must go through to become the main narrator of their life is shaped by their unique experiences and the hopes and dreams they aim to reach or even just understand.</span></span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"> So, that's why I think hearing someone define what empowerment means to them is to often take a peak at the struggles they have overcome and everything they've fought so hard to carry.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">How then do the Sambhali women and girls define this word?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">On January 11th, Sambhali Trust gathered the women from our different empowerment centers to explore this very concept. </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "cambria";"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">A group of women from each center prepared speeches that explained what empowerment means to them and one by one got up to read what they had to say. </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">In all, 265 students and staff gathered and together we all listened to these women. </span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">For most of them, this was the first time they ever spoke into a microphone and in front of a crowd. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">What we heard spoke loudly. </span></span><br />
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"...When a woman decides to take her first steps toward empowerment, her family progresses, the village progresses and the entire nation. But to empower the women in India, we need to destroy the backward thinking of people that are destroying our society, like dowry and sexual harassment."</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">-Rekha</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br />"...We have to fight for ourself with complete power and self-confidence. We have to overcome our fear and fight against wrong. In this male dominating society we can get respect only when we know what we want. Girls are not meant for cooking food in the kitchen. Girls are also human beings and can also achieve high goals in life. The only requirement is to give them opportunity."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">-<b>Rubina</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">According
to an analysis by Amnesty USA, India can be classified as the G20 country that
makes it most difficult for women and girls, their circumstances being even
worse than in Saudi Arabia. In fact, India is one of the fastest developing and
emerging countries in the world. However, millions of people, particularly
girls and women and those who live in the rural areas, do not benefit from this
rise of their nation at all. The combination of being female, poor, and lower
caste goes hand in hand with a systematic devaluation and the hindrance for any
social and economic improvement.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Rajasthan
belongs to the most conservative and patriarchal states of India. A survey
published by the Times of India (2016) has revealed that just a little over 70%
of Rajasthani girls in the age group of 15-17 years attend school, which is the
worst in the country. This is accompanied by shockingly high numbers of child
marriages and significantly low employment rates among women. Women in Rajasthan
are also among those who have the lowest literacy rates, are likely to be
aborted as children, have very limited access to good health care, bear the
most children, and frequently face all types of violence. This does not cast a
good light on the large desert state of India. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">It is when
I heard about the stories of the girls living in the Sheerni Boarding Home, that was opened by Sambhali Trust in 2012, that
I realized that these girls had been particularly vulnerable to facing all the
challenges mentioned above, since they come from very poor and low-caste families
that live in the desert villages - most of them were born in Setrawa, around
100km west of Jodhpur. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">In Jodhpur, through living in the boarding home, they
are able to pursue good education up to university level and have access to
high-quality health care at all times if needed – a gift that they would not be
able to have back in their villages. Education can be one of the most powerful
tools to enable them to avoid early marriage in the village, and eventually fulfil
their potential and become an empowered woman. Living apart from the family is not easy. The girls have to
rely on their friends and roommates to have a shoulder to cry on when problems
arise. But they all are aware of and appreciate the benefits of living in the
city instead of in the desert village. They all have a clear idea about how
they want their future to look like, and thus dreams they are willing to fight
for no matter what. I was curious to get to know these girls and their
perspectives on a deeper level. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">Aasu is 14
years old and was born in Setrawa. Her father arranged for three of her older
sisters to get married when they were really young. After his death due to an
unknown illness, all of the responsibility was in the mother’s hands. Aasu told
me: “A few weeks later, a centre of Sambhali Trust was opened in my village. I
learned that they teach children and women there for free. I started going to
the centre every day to study there in the afternoons. I liked going to the
classes. I didn’t like school that much, the teachers didn’t teach very well
and didn’t pay attention to our needs. But the teachers at Sambhali Trust were
really good. And they gave us biscuits every day too! Sometimes I had to stay
at home to help my mother – and that’s when the teacher came to our house and
told me to come to the centre every day. Sambhali has helped my family a lot -
They gave my mother kitchens supplies and other gifts every time they came to
our house”. That time, in 2012, Sambhali Trust opened the girls’ boarding home
in Jodhpur, and the Sambhali team selected Aasu to go there to have access to a
better future. “Now that I am here, I learn many good things. I get a good
education, and learn about good habits. I have many friends here too - I love
the other girls at the boarding home a lot. We are a big community. After
school, I want to work in a government-run office or as a fashion designer – and I think my mother will
be happy about that too. I remember my mother was very sad when we had so many
problems, and I said to her: ‘Please, don’t be sad. I will become a good person
and I will study hard to get a job, so I will be able to support our family’.
My mother smiled. When I have a job and my own income, I will do something for
Sambhali Trust. I want to give back to those who have given me and my family so
much, and I want to support other girls who have had similar struggles”. </span><span lang="EN-GB">Aasu’s
biggest passion is art and sewing. She designs her own clothes and knows how to
make them due to the sewing lessons. As she is drawing a woman working at a
sewing machine, she writes “independent” and “brave” next to it. </span>When I asked
Aasu why she added these words to describe the woman on her painting, she
explains: “The girls and women here at Sambhali Trust are empowered. Women
empowerment means that a woman can decide what she wants to do in her life, and
set her own rules. She can do anything for herself. To feel empowered, girls in
India can go to school and study, and it is their decision to do everything
they want to feel freedom”.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Her 15-year-old
roommate Leela adds: "Malala Yousafzai is an example. She is a brave girl.
Also Mother Teresa was a powerful woman. I know that girls can do anything,
they can do any jobs. We can dream of becoming teachers, doctors, or
politicians. Women are so strong - and we all are bright too. To feel
empowered, we need to learn English first, and learn that we can defend ourselves.
I can do everything." </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Strong words that come from a girl that has not
always had an easy past. Leela’s mother died when she was very young. Her
father got married again to another woman. Anytime he gets sick, he
wants Leela to come back to the village to take care of him and the household. Leela
stays in Jodhpur – she does not want to give up pursuing an education. Her
6-year-old sister is living in the other boarding home run by Sambhali
Trust, opened two years ago and primarily housing the younger sisters of the
Sheerni Boarding Home girls. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Most of the
girls living at the boarding homes and many of those who go to the empowerment centres are Dalits - born into the lowest social
group in the Hindu caste system. Dalits face severe discrimination and
often violence from members of higher castes, making it difficult for them to ever
break the cycle of poverty. Yet all girls are on their way to break down the
barriers that society has built against people like them over so many
years.</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Their education through Sambhali
Trust has led them to growing into empowered and strong-willed girls that have
all the capabilities to change the social norms that had been pushing them down
– and still affect millions of other Indian women and girls that carry similar
stories. </span></div>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21993042.post-27279880079850190682019-03-15T11:40:00.000+05:302019-03-15T13:54:56.426+05:30The rise of the widow<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Text & Photos: Linda Roemer</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Seven years ago, Afsana and her husband decided to kill themselves. Her husband died. Afsana survived. This is when her life as a widow began.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">India has recorded the highest number of widows in the entire world. The desert state Rajasthan in particular has a strong patriarchal culture, an environment in which widows are generally suppressed and discriminated against at all levels. Marriage is still of great importance for families living in India - it is regarded as a lifetime commitment. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Before Afsana’s marriage, she had lived a happy life. But once she got married and moved to her husband’s house, it is where things started getting worse. Her mother-in-law and her brother-in-law abused her verbally and physically daily, without her husband standing up for her. Financial problems burdened the family. The three children needed to go to school, yet their educational needs were overshadowed by other necessities that had a clear priority. It was one night in 2012 where Afsana and her husband felt that they could no longer carry all this weight on their shoulders. The doctors could only save Afsana – and the label ‘widow’ has been ingrained into her identity ever since. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The traumatic experience of losing a husband is increased by the cultural and social restrictions and suppressive rules placed on an Indian woman after her husband’s death. Once married, Indian women are supposed to live in their husbands' multi-generational family homes for the rest of their lives and it is seen as not acceptable for the widows to move out of this home after his death or to remarry, which exposes many to exploitation. In general, regardless of the religion, an Indian widow is often considered as a carrier of bad luck and the cause of her husband’s death, and in some extremely conservative places in the rural area, they are being discriminated to an extent that people keep their distance from them or even clear the road as soon as they see the widow. Therefore, most widows in India are excluded from any interaction in social spaces - private and public - and are abused mentally, but also financially, by the communities they live in, as well as the in-law family. In the past, widows in India have faced multiple discriminatory legal barriers, as it is hard for them to obtain inheritances, land or even get access to their passports.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The great majority of Indian widows is illiterate, meaning that they cannot read and write. The high illiteracy rate results from the fact that many got married in their childhood, which eventually led to the end of their education. Because most of them lack sufficient education, financial resources and self-esteem, widows in India generally avoid pressing charges when they are being abused or in any other way mistreated.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Afsana was left alone with taking care of her children and doing the housework with only very limited financial support both from her own and the in-law family. Yet her brother-in-law encouraged her to go to the women’s centre at Sambhali Trust, hoping that she’d be learning skills that could be of help for the family’s survival. Afsana learned a new important skill – sewing and embroidery. Her work had been so good that after one year she was gifted with her own sewing machine and a paid job at the Sambhali Graduate Sewing Centre. Afsana loves to create room decoration, silk trees and stars – symbols of growth and light. Afsana’s parents in-law were pressing to get rid of her daughter by marrying her off. Friends at the sewing centre have encouraged her to stand up against her mother-in-law and brother-in-law, against their on-going devaluing comments and harsh actions. Afsana now knows how to say “no” to them. She now lives in a different room, and cooks her own food for herself and her children. Not only her friends were proud to hear that Afsana has gained the confidence to fight for herself, it is also Afsana who has now learned that her voice should no longer be suffocated, neither in her family nor in the wider society.</span></span></div>
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />Parveen shares a similar story. The 32-year-old woman, who lives in a Muslim slum in central Jodhpur, lost her husband five years ago due to cancer. Ever since, she has had to borrow money from her neighbours and friends, as her parents-in-law refuse to support her in any way. She hardly sees the doctor for her worsening problems with anemia, as she cannot afford to pay the medical fees. Parveen’s in-law family want her to make money so that they’d no longer have to pay for their son’s and Parveen’s two children’s needs – and if she needed any help, she would need to continue asking her neighbours and friends or consult her own parents, who live far away and have very limited resources themselves. Ever since Parveen’s husband’s death, she has to suffer mental abuse coming from her in-laws on a daily basis – they see her as completely useless in the household, thus sent her to study at Sambhali Trust. In one month, Parveen will graduate from the centre, meaning that she will be gifted with her own sewing machine. This will enable her to start her own tailoring business and continue creating clothes for herself and her children at home. </span></span><br />
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“Sambhali Trust is my whole life”, says another woman with the name Parveen. An illness was responsible for her husband’s death in 2011. Before she joined the Fatima Empowerment Centre of Sambhali Trust two years later, she did not know how to hold the needle that she would need for the piece of embroidery she was going to work on. Now she is the supervisor in the Sambhali Trust Graduate Sewing Centre, making sure that all products made by the graduates are finished on time with exceptional quality. She assigns tasks to the graduates and helps them when problems arise. “Before I joined Sambhali Trust, I was living at my husband’s house. My mother-in-law and sister-in-law were always fighting with me. They used bad words all the time. Not only against me, but also against my three children”, explains Parveen. “My parents-in-law did not support me in any way, and they did not grant me any rights for our property”. In the rare times that Parveen was angry with her children, the mother-in-law told them that their mother didn’t care about them, that she never wanted them, that she just wanted to find a new husband – which was not true. “They blamed me for my husband’s illness, and eventually, for his death. I thought that this is my destiny now”. </span></span><br />
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Parveen finally decided to move back to her own parents’ house in 2013, after two years of living with her in-laws. It was also that time when she heard about Sambhali Trust. Anju Choudhary and Vimlesh Solaki, both Sambhali staff, were investigating the area Parveen was living in – a Muslim slum in Jodhpur. 120 ladies immediately signed up for joining the newly opened Fatima Empowerment Centre. “I didn’t have any skills. I had never been educated”. Parveen was eager to start learning. It was not an easy start at Fatima Empowerment Centre. “I slowly learned sewing and embroidery, but when we had this big order of bracelets, I made a major mistake. All the 305 bracelets that I had been doing had the wrong measurements and wrong stitches”. But Parveen continued, and after a year, she graduated from the centre, being gifted with her own sewing machine. She wanted to open her own tailoring shop, but the profit from that would never be sufficient for a single mother of three children. So she joined the Graduate Sewing Centre of Sambhali Trust, where she was making a good income. “Yet, when I wanted to pay the tuition fee for my children, I needed to borrow the money. It was 600 Rupees. Somehow, I lost the money. I cried a lot, desperately trying to find it on the streets that I had been walking on. I couldn’t find it. I knew I would need to make three more elephants at the Sewing Centre to have these 600 Rupees back. The father of three children living in the Sheerni Boarding Home of Sambhali Trust saw me looking for the money, and he told Sambhali Trust about my needs. A few days later, I was offered the job at the supervisor at the Sewing Centre. It would give me 3,500 Rupees extra per month.” Parveen was not sure whether she could handle the big responsibility that comes along with the job of the supervisor. But she did find a way to work with it – very successfully. </span></span><br />
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sambhali Trust now also sponsors her three children’s education. Recently, her youngest boy suffered an eye injury and needed to be sent to a clinic in Ahmedabad, which Sambhali Trust offered to pay for. “Everyone around me is supportive. My father and my brother’s wives are still giving their bad comments sometimes, but I have the love and support from my mother, my children, my neighbours and the Sambhali Trust family”. Parveen loves to spend time with her friends at the Graduate Sewing Centre. Kavita, the manager of the Sewing Centre, explains that all women working in the centre have similar stories to Parveen. “All of them have pain in their hearts, but they keep wearing smiles on their faces”. Parveen loves producing elephants as well as Christmas decoration. “My children, now 8, 13 and 14 years old, know they have to study hard. It is what Sambhali Trust is offering to our family. If Sambhali is not helping us anymore, we don’t get education anymore. They all have dreams they are willing to fight for – jobs as a doctor or police man”.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Prem is a cook at Sheerni Boarding Home in the eastern parts of Jodhpur. She’s been working at the boarding home for two months now. Her husband died of a heart attack. Through working at the boarding home, she takes care of the meals of 25 children, therefore actively contributing to their well-being and health. Her sister helped her to get the job at the boarding home, since the family had many burdens to carry. Her sister was sure that Prem would feel comfortable doing that kind of job. “She was right. From the very beginning, all the children welcomed me. The job allows me to not only take back something for myself, it also allows me to give something very meaningful to others”. Prem is like a mother for these 25 children, who all come from the desert area around Jodhpur. “Whenever I leave the boarding home, the children ask me: ‘mother, where are you going?’”. Although she states that her mother-in-law and her husband’s brother are generally supportive, she now sleeps in the boarding home, an environment full of laughter and love. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Then there was another woman in the Graduate Sewing Centre of Sambhali Trust, Sairayabhanu. She was a widow, but never stopped listening to her own needs and feelings – she remarried after her husband’s death, something which is seen as an absolute taboo. All of these women are examples that it is worth it to try break down the walls that society had been building up for so many years, it is worth it to challenge the norms that had been pushing those down who in reality have the ability to rise the highest.</span></span></div>
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Build Smart, Innovate for Change”, all our women, girls, staff and volunteers
came together to call for change and raise awareness in breaking the walls of gender inequality. We marched to show the world that girls and women are
powerful and strong, have courage and determination and all the rights to grow
in their lives just as much as men do. All of us have proved that our voices
should no longer be silenced and that our achievements should always be
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Women are still underrepresented in power and decision-making, all
over the world. Rajasthan, where we are, belongs to the most conservative
and patriarchal states of India. Many girls do not go to school and the numbers
of child marriages are high - we have heard stories where girls around Jodhpur
are married off just at the age of 2! Women in Rajasthan are also among those
who have the lowest literacy rates, are likely to be aborted as children, have
very limited access to good health care, and frequently face all types of
violence. International Women's Day casts light on such inequality, but even
more so I have come to realize it is to celebrate the beauty, strength & the
resilience of women. The Women's Day March has been the most powerful
experience of my work with Sambhali so far, and it was incredibly uplifting to
capture the women's and girls' determination as well as the sense of community
that we had all felt. It was beautiful to see, having heard
many of their background stories, how much the girls and women have grown
through the work done by Sambhali Trust and how this has contributed to
unlocking their power. If we don’t start talking about the freedom,
capabilities and dignity of women & girls, we won’t come far in changing the
stigmatising and repressive social norms and attitudes that are present in this
world - this is why I think International Women's Day is of such great
importance." </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- Linda Roemer</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Celebrating International Women‘s Day in India was an amazing experience! I was so lucky to spend the day here for the second time and once again, I have never felt that powerful than while we were all marching in the evening of the 7th. The preparation for that day was a big deal and my students were so excited for everything. Shouting slogans in Hindi like “Nari Shakti Zindabad“ (“long lives the power of women“) as one team left their marks on people. The march symbolizes that not only girls and women, but everybody has to work together to achieve equality. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We raised awareness and got other people’s attention. I am always smiling when I think about it." </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- Roxanne</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"As a french volunteer coming to India, the march
for women’s empowerment was something really powerful to me. I know about the
struggles of women in France, but here, in India, especially in Rajasthan, the
situation is a lot worse. When I was at the march, I was just impressed by the
strength of all the girls walking together, wearing pink sari, chanting the
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21993042.post-2304429035883277152019-01-18T09:59:00.000+05:302019-01-18T09:59:36.854+05:30Science, technology, engineering and mathematics at Sambhali Trust<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The number of women in science and technology is growing,
yet men continue to dominate in this field, especially at the upper levels in
these professions. That's why 11 members of the Society of Women Engineers
recently came to Jodhpur to conduct science workshops for the women and
children in our empowerment centres for a duration of two weeks. The
organization based in the United States aims to make use of women's full
potential in careers such as engineers and leaders.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Besides playing maths games, our women and children built towers made of straws
and constructed paper airplanes as well as kites - a definite prove that women
can indeed be successful in science!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yQQYoVSg5V0/XEFQaLBY1dI/AAAAAAAAIms/9fe-lxroYN4FonvBH1OqhA7UW4MvBiQAgCK4BGAYYCw/s1600/IMG_8994.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yQQYoVSg5V0/XEFQaLBY1dI/AAAAAAAAIms/9fe-lxroYN4FonvBH1OqhA7UW4MvBiQAgCK4BGAYYCw/s320/IMG_8994.JPG" width="320" /></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I asked Ricka, Jessie, Celina and Meghan from the
Society of Women Engineers about their intentions, expectations and lessons
learned at the end of their work with Sambhali Trust.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Meghan: We thought going abroad would be a good
opportunity because we do not have much international outreach. Sambhali Trust
stood out to me because we wanted to do something about women’s empowerment and
women’s education – and it fit our objectives and goals very clearly. Women
empowerment is very strongly supported in the Society of Women Engineers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Jessie: The reason I joined the Society of Women
Engineers is because I wanted to be part of a community that empowered women.
STEM – science, technology, engineering and mathematics – is such a
male-dominated field, so having a community that empowers each other was very
important to me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Ricka: Connecting STEM and women empowerment on a
global scale is something very important indeed. I thought to myself: How can
we go and help other women, in other countries, who also feel that there is a
problem with women representation in STEM?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><i>Did you have any expectations on how it would be,
specifically concerning the women at Sambhali Trust, with regards to their
interest and capabilities in science?</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Ricka: We didn’t know a lot before coming here, and
this helped us keep an open mind. We didn’t know what it is like for them, but
we were open to learning how they live, how they work, what their interests
are, and what they want from us. They all have different goals in life. I
wouldn’t say that all of them are super interested in going into science, but
they all have dreams which they are fighting for.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the women and children?</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jat-4ZX-YsE/XEFTktPE6gI/AAAAAAAAIpI/MxebN8pJhdMyeVHi1P_xYpd3VT8XIIxowCK4BGAYYCw/s1600/IMG_8922.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jat-4ZX-YsE/XEFTktPE6gI/AAAAAAAAIpI/MxebN8pJhdMyeVHi1P_xYpd3VT8XIIxowCK4BGAYYCw/s320/IMG_8922.JPG" width="213" /></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Ricka: We built towers out of straws and tape with the
women – we divided them in smaller groups and turned it into a small
competition. With the younger ones, we built paper airplanes and kites. We also
practiced the different shapes with the kids – which basically is something
that you need every day. We wanted to show to all of them: Hey, there is
science around us. Also, very important are the skills that you use. Many of
them are planning to be a doctor, or a policewoman – where you still have to
use a lot of the skills that were important in our STEM workshops: Teamwork,
problem solving, critical thinking, planning and designing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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empowerment centre, and I was amazed about how quickly everyone got into it.
Everyone was participating and had a lot of fun supporting each other in
solving the tasks. It is good to show that there is an option, that women can
go into science, that we can go this path.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Jessie: What I loved the most was their passion for
learning. That’s the one thing we all have in common: We all want to learn. And
sometimes, being in a different country, gives you a bigger picture of what
types of opportunities there are – and Sambhali Trust gives opportunities to
them, it opens new doors for them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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giving us the opportunity to come here. It is not only that they are learning
from us, we are also learning from them. Being part of the work of Sambhali
Trust was very eye-opening. We in America take education for granted sometimes
– and there are so many people out there who do not have the chance to pursue a
higher education. It has given me so much to think about, what I should be
grateful for. Also, there is a lot of media discussion about the negativity of
India, and we are able to bring back the positive sides of it, and thus have a
positive impact on our country as well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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know with them. But in a lot of ways, we were actually learning a lot from them
too. It is a two-way exchange for sure. I hope that they are taking the STEM
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0Jodhpur, Rajasthan, Indien26.2389469 73.02430939999999326.0111289 72.7015859 26.466764899999998 73.347032899999988tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21993042.post-44102868542918425002018-10-22T19:28:00.000+05:302018-10-22T19:31:31.108+05:30How Sambhali Trust celebrated International Girls' Day<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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is always an occasion to celebrate ‘womanhood’ at Sambhali. The
‘International Day of the Girl Child’, declared in 2012 by the
United Nations in order to focus on the progress of girls, was such
an opportunity. It is celebrated annually on 11th October to raise
awareness of the issues facing some girls, such as forced marriages,
being pregnant at a young age, being forced to leave school and being
subjected to violence. The volunteers and the staff at Sambhali
organised activities linked to such issues, to celebrate the day at
the centres.</span></span></span></span></div>
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Laadli </span>centre, workshops were set up to remind the girls of
their rights and to raise awareness about gender inequalities. In
these workshops, there were to be opportunities for the girls to
create posters about issues<span lang="sv-SE"> still</span> happening
in India such as dowry, female infanticide, domestic violence, human
trafficking, child labour but also hopeful ones, like women rights! Me, the other volunteers and the staff, wanted the girls to have an
active role in the workshop, and to not simply be passive observers
as these are issues<span lang="it-IT"> affect</span>ing them in their
daily lives; they have more experience of this and can talk about it
better than the european volunteers! </span></span></span></span>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We
were delighted to see how committed the women were to this project.
They took <span lang="fr-FR">initiative</span>s in choosing a name
for their team related to their particular issue, in writing
slogans... and in the end, everybody used their particular skill to
make the most beautiful posters!</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We
also showed videos to the women about girls activists they would be
able to identify with, such as the 20 year-old Indian spoken word
poet, Aranya Johar, who condemns patriarchy, and the 21 year
old-Afghan rapper,<span lang="pt-PT"> Sonita Alizadeh</span>, who
wrote a song against child marriage when her family tried to sell her
into marriage.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In
Abhivyakti centre, the volunteers and the staff asked the women there
to reflect in small groups and to consider the changes that need to
happen to make India a better place for the next generation of girls.
What came out of this was that they said women should have more
freedom, such as being able to be out after 7 o'clock (this is
usually their curfew), have free self-defense classes, and that child
marriage and violence against women should be stopped.</span></span></span></span></div>
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is an overview of what occurs every week in the empowerment centres.
Women rights gather !</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 12pt;">Today, I met Nirmala,
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 12pt;">Nirmala is a
40-year-old woman from the region of Varanasi. She now lives in Jodhpur with
her husband, and her 4 children – 3 daughters and 1 son. She has been a
part of the NGO for approximately 10 years now, and she is still passionate
about the Trust and what we do. Despite being a graduate of our Sewing
centre, passing a 2 year training course in sewing and embroidery, Nirmala
prefers to be considered a worker at the Trust like the other women working
with us in our centres and sewing groups.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 12pt;">Before Nirmala came
to Sambhali Trust, she had a fairly traditional family: she stayed at home and
took care of her children, and her husband was earning the money for the
household. But their life was not always easy, and she got the feeling that it
would be better for her children if she could also earn money to allow them to
achieve more in life. She wanted to learn sewing and to start earning herself.
Shortly after she heard about Sambhali Trust. She started to attend the lessons
displayed there, learning embroidery and sewing and after 2 years, she was
offered a job in Sambhali Trust.<u1:p class=""></u1:p></span><span lang="EN-IN"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 12pt;">Nirmala is now sewing
for the boutique, making clothes and toys and decorating them with her
embroidery skills. She prefers sewing to embroidery because her vision is deteriorating
making embroidery more and more difficult for her. She is also using
her new skills to make and repair clothes for her family.</span><span lang="EN-IN"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 12pt;">Nirmala has now been
able to achieve her dream for her family; they have more opportunities with an
additional income in the family and her new skills have made her feel more
independent giving her joy in life. Her opportunity has taught her the
importance in independence and self-reliance, and she is determined to impart
this advice to her children.</span><span lang="EN-IN"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 12pt;">When asked what she
would say to a young woman encountering Sambhali Trust for the first time, she
replied that any young women who comes into touch with the trust should be
aware of the opportunity working with Sambhali can provide. Sambhali Trust
provides vital help for women by giving them knowledge and practical skills.
Whatever happens in their life, the NGO stands by their side and supports them.
The organisation can give women a helping-hand by getting them jobs, opening
opportunities and providing funding if needs be. The organisations focus on
education also means the Sambhali Trust provides deprived children with
scholarship. To women with young children this can mean the world. She hopes
that her words will inspire more women to get involved with the trust to
allow more and more people to benefit from such opportunities.<u1:p class=""></u1:p></span><span lang="EN-IN"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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