Nirnaya Trust

Mission

To support the advancement of the most marginalized sections of urban and rural grassroots women and girls. To change the general perception in society that women are not good decision makers or lacking in capability To create a resource base for women who are unable to match the requirements to participate in the regular development programs for grassroots people. To raise the consciousness in our society about these marginalized women

Programs

Grantmaking to community based women's groups. Fundriasing and Human Resource Development of grantees and staff / board

Funded Projects on GlobalGiving

Empower Indian Women With Legal Aid and Training	Sewing cooperative for isolated Muslim women	Restore Land to Tribal Women in India	Vikasini: educating girls of urban Indian slum
India: Financial support for urban girl's school	India: Dalit Women and girls receive health edu.	Health classes for Dalit women and girls in India

Personnel Overview

Indira Jena - Founder/ Managing Trustee, Nirnaya
Indira is an economist with 20 years experience in the women’s movement, including heading a funding agency’s women’s department. She specializes in networking female employees in rural grassroots NGOs, and providing training on project management and monitoring. She is the author of Herstory, a book on the role of women in the Indian Independence struggle in the states of Orissa and Bihar.

Supriya Rao - Programs Associate. Nirnaya
Rao works towards strengthening Nirnaya’s mission by documenting grantee progress and learning about the relevance of global trends of the women’s funding movement and feminist and development campaigns to the work Nirnaya supports. She compiles the newsletter, prepares fundraising material and records case studies for benchmarking progress.

Syeda Faizunnisa - Manager, S.F.T. Training Center
Despite coming from a middle class background and facing much resistance from the people she knew, Faizunnisa had moved to live in the slum area where she had decided to begin her work. It is of great credit to her, being a woman of a minority community, to be able to cater to the needs of the marginalized sections of both the communities without any nepotism.

Personnel Statistics

Indira Jena,
Mananging Trust / CEO
Founded in 1998
Employees: 6
Volunteers: 10

Financial Statistics

Budget (2006): $ 150,000
Budget (2005): $ 120,000
Maximum Budget: $ 180,000
Overhead: 30 %
Other funding sources: Ford Foundation, Global fund For Women, Mama Cash, A&C Kumar Family Foundation, individual donors / Diaspora, corporates in India
Religious Affiliation: Secular organization supporting communal harmony