THE PROBLEM:
Girls and women in the tribal and rural belts of Maharashtra, face a stark future as their household incomes are low and employment opportunities are few. Specifically in the Palghar district (located about 100 kms from Mumbai) the situation is rather grim. The background is as follows :
- Increased poverty levels in the tribal areas of Palghar is a challenge. Located just 3 hours from Mumbai this is a very backward and hilly area with no significant industry or livelihood for rural folk.
- Many poor families are financially stressed simply because young girls and women do not have any proper skills to earn a living or make a livelihood.
- Many girls and women in economically poor families are keen to work and earn to improve their household income.
- Many of these families face a grim future financially and every day is a struggle.
- There are thousands of such young girls and women who need assistance of some kind so that they can earn a livelihood and enhance their earnings.
THE SOLUTION:
The solution is to teach them tailoring and also give them a sewing machine so that they learn a life skill and have a livelihood.
Through this campaign, we aim to support such young girls and women and help them stand on their own feet and achieve financial independence. This will have a cascading effect on the well-being of their families. They have SIBLINGS, CHILDREN and ELDERLY who depend on them. This will help them generate sufficient income to become financially sound and impact their day to day lives - they can send kids to school and invest in their future, provide their families with 3 wholesome meals a day and become economically independent.
The Rotary Club of Bombay Hanging Garden and the Inner Wheel Club of Bombay Hanging Garden are partnering with the SAMTA FOUNDATION to execute this initiative. They are committed to helping these young girls and women. They will provide fashion design and tailoring expertise plus provide sewing machines to these young girls and women upon completion of the training. Each young girl and woman would receive a kit consisting of a sewing machine and a stand.
They would then be able to set up a small business by building a customer base in their own locality stitching daily wear items like blouses, salwar kameez, frocks, etc.
The cost to impact one girl/woman is just INR 7500
THE MACHINES THAT WOULD BE GIVEN :
THE IMPACT YOU CAN MAKE:
PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS:
ABOUT ME AND THIS CAMPAIGN:
My name is Vihaan Manik. I am 13 years old and in Grade 8 at Mount Litera School International (MLSI), BKC, Mumbai.
I am doing this campaign to help these young girls and women and give them a livelihood. The beneficiaries are mainly in the Palghar district of Maharashtra (located about 100 kms from Mumbai). This will give them a sustainable livelihood by providing them with suitable training in fashion and giving them sewing machines. This will completely transform their lives and also impact their families.
The fact that it costs just INR 7500 to impact a girl/woman is amazing. I was surprised to learn that with just this much, they can have a sustainable livelihood. Through this campaign, I aim to transform the lives of many young girls and women and their families. This will make them financially independent and impact their families for generations to come.
Please support my campaign and let us together transform their lives.
GLIMPSES OF GIRLS/WOMEN BEING TAUGHT:
LOCATION MAP:
ABOUT ROTARY CLUB OF BOMBAY HANGING GARDEN:
Rotary Club Bombay Hanging Garden was chartered on 16th May 1986. The Rotary Club of Bombay Central sponsored it. The charity arm of the club Rotary Club of Bombay Central Island Trust was formed in the year 2004 under the umbrella of the Rotary Club of Bombay Hanging Garden.
The mission of The Rotary Foundation is to enable Rotarians to advance world understanding of goodwill and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education and the alleviation of poverty. The Foundation is a not for profit corporation supported solely by voluntary contributions from Rotarians and friends of the Foundation who share its vision of a better world.
INNER WHEEL CLUB OF BOMBAY HANGING GARDEN:
Inner Wheel is the world's largest women centric organization and is present across 100+ countries with 4000 clubs and a membership of over 120000 women across the globe.
The Inner Wheel Club of Bombay Hanging Garden is involved in many projects. Some of them include
1) Making government aided schools Happy schools.
2) Cleaning and maintenance of wells in villages to get fresh water.
3) Construction of borewells and rain water harvesting in dry rural areas.
4) Upgradation of medical facilities in government aided hospitals by donating equipment.
5) Planting trees and making barren land into forests.
6) Teaching kids and making them aware about good touch and bad touch.
7) Doing workshops with Remand home kids to make a better future.
8) Helping differently abled schools with equipment and resources.
9) Sewing machines for girls and women.
TAX BENEFITS:
The funds from this campaign go to the Rotary Club of Bombay Central Island trust . Funding for this campaign is eligible for tax breaks as this trust is a registered NGO. You can avail of benefits under section 80G of the IT act.
NOTE : FOREIGN FUNDING IS NOT ALLOWED.
FEEDBACK THAT YOU GET:
To ensure that there is complete transparency I shall get a report from the NGO (this takes between 1 to 3 months usually after the funds are raised and transferred to them) telling me who benefitted from the funding. The details will then be posted in the UPDATES section of my campaign and will be in a format like the one below. As soon as I post an update, the platform will send an EMAIL alert to all the funders - i.e. to you. Click on the link in the email and you can read about which woman benefitted.
FAQs
Will we get to know the details of how the money was spent?
Yes. After the money has been collected it will be transferred by Fueladream to Rotary Club of Bombay Central Island trust. It will take from 60 to 120 days after that to get details of who the beneficiary was with details of them. Once I get this information from them I shall upload the picture of the beneficiary on the UPDATES section of this campaign. You will then get an alert and can read details about the beneficiaries.
When do I get the receipts?
It takes up to 2-3 weeks after the campaign is closed for the monies to be transferred to the NGO. The receipts will start getting processed about 6 weeks AFTER the campaign is closed and will be sent to you directly.
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