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Women's Empowerment
As our charity expands we are employing women as social workers, tuition
teachers and wardens which is a great opportunity for them in part time
well paid work in an environment free of oppression and sexual harassment
which is sometimes present in a male dominated society.
Women from impoverished backgrounds often grow up without access to proper healthcare, hygiene, education, confidence and the ability to stand on their own feet. They are sometimes oppressed and married prematurely. When women marry too young, they endanger their health and are unable to pass on wisdom and financial security to their children because they are not independent and are without an income/education.
The Bodhicitta Foundation has improved the lives of several young women, counselling sufferers of domestic violence and sponsoring poor women and single mothers.
Women from impoverished backgrounds often grow up without access to proper healthcare, hygiene, education, confidence and the ability to stand on their own feet. They are sometimes oppressed and married prematurely. When women marry too young, they endanger their health and are unable to pass on wisdom and financial security to their children because they are not independent and are without an income/education.
The Bodhicitta Foundation has improved the lives of several young women, counselling sufferers of domestic violence and sponsoring poor women and single mothers.
Support for Women suffering Domestic Violence
- Mrs Kalpana Meshram 2006
- Mrs Sujata Patil 2007
- Mrs Josna Kobraghade 2007
- Mrs Manorama Kumar 2008
Sponsoring Girls from Poor families to Stay in School
- Vaishali Khamble 2005
- Shraddha Shende 2006
- Rani Ukey 2006
- Vaisaka Chandricapure 2007
- Ankhita Kobraghade 2009
- Mrs Sujata Patil 2007
- Mrs Josna Kobraghade 2007
- Mrs Manorama Kumar 2008
Sponsoring Girls from Poor families to Stay in School
- Vaishali Khamble 2005
- Shraddha Shende 2006
- Rani Ukey 2006
- Vaisaka Chandricapure 2007
- Ankhita Kobraghade 2009
Women's Job Training Centre
- tailoring
- beauty therapies
- computers
- English
- Leadership skills
- beauty therapies
- computers
- English
- Leadership skills
Learning
Tailoring
Tailoring
Our job training centre empowers
economically disadvantaged women to get
out of poverty by training them in vocations
they can do from home whilst they mind
their children.
We also provide
small business loans
small business loans
We teach
Women and girls suffer most from poverty
and have higher rates of death, malnutrition
and illiteracy. Bodhicitta Foundation is
making a difference in their lives and helping
them gain independence, self esteem and
dignity.
Empowerment group and female employment
Our computer
training course
for women and
young girls.
As the photo
illustrates, many
women and girls took
part in our Retreat for
Indian Buddhists.
The retreat was enjoyed by all and helped people deepen their practice and compassion (those who work as social workers for Bodhichitta Foundation and those who are recipients of our programmes).
The retreat was enjoyed by all and helped people deepen their practice and compassion (those who work as social workers for Bodhichitta Foundation and those who are recipients of our programmes).
People sometimes ask why we
mostly focus on women and
children.
70 % of women in developing countries live in poverty. Worldwide more women have died due to bad pre-natal care in the last 50 years than all the men who died in all the three major wars of the 20th century. Women do 60% of the world's work and own 1% of its land.
Women are more likely to be trafficked, sold into the sex industry, face death or violence at the hands of a partner, be raped, be uneducated, not allowed the basic human right to decide their own life, have a child marriage, face genital mutilation or be unable to get out of poverty. It is for these reasons that we focus on helping women and children more.
70 % of women in developing countries live in poverty. Worldwide more women have died due to bad pre-natal care in the last 50 years than all the men who died in all the three major wars of the 20th century. Women do 60% of the world's work and own 1% of its land.
Women are more likely to be trafficked, sold into the sex industry, face death or violence at the hands of a partner, be raped, be uneducated, not allowed the basic human right to decide their own life, have a child marriage, face genital mutilation or be unable to get out of poverty. It is for these reasons that we focus on helping women and children more.
Padmini's Story
"Ever since I can remember my life has been a battle. My father became seriously mentally ill when I was 4 years old. He would wander here and there with no clothes. We had to tie him up. My mother needed food, so she took my younger siblings and moved to Nagpur where she started a vegetable stall. We had always had trouble with money and struggled, but after my father went insane, the burden of supporting the family fell on my mother who started doing various kinds of work from morning till night. I left school after kindergarten to watch my father. I would travel between the village and the city. My whole childhood was taken up in caring for my father."
"Ever since I can remember my life has been a battle. My father became seriously mentally ill when I was 4 years old. He would wander here and there with no clothes. We had to tie him up. My mother needed food, so she took my younger siblings and moved to Nagpur where she started a vegetable stall. We had always had trouble with money and struggled, but after my father went insane, the burden of supporting the family fell on my mother who started doing various kinds of work from morning till night. I left school after kindergarten to watch my father. I would travel between the village and the city. My whole childhood was taken up in caring for my father."
Padmini's Story continues in the December
2013 Newsletter
Women
Job Training
Empowerment
Education
Self-Help
Empowerment
Education
Self-Help
'I am Malala'. Ayya Yeshe
told the girls in the slum the
story of Malala Yousafzai.
Her book has been
published in Hindi. They also
want to be child activists for
girls rights to education
(including the boys!)
Enjoying sewing at
Bodhicitta Foundation's
tailoring classes!
Bodhicitta Foundation
Taking Light into the Dark Places of the World