The women of Bihar need your help
Summary
Bihar is a state in the North of India. If it were a country it would be the sixth poorest in the world. Women in village communities have a low social status and often suffer social isolation.
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
The Trust runs 3 sewing centres in our project villages, but we urgently need sponsorship to help keep all these centres open. They provide a supportive environment and training in sewing skills to up to 40 women and young girls at any one centre. When a certain skill level has been reached the women can apply for an interest free loan to buy a sewing machine which provides a very important source of income.
Activities
This project brings women whom have no voice together in supportive companionship whilst they learn a skill which can give them financial independence. Through the centre the women often become empowered in other ways, standing up to physical abuse.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $2,560
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $2,440
Total Funding Goal: $5,000
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
We work in areas of great poverty where sometimes it is difficult for people to see hope. Women can be terribly isolated often with no one to turn to for help or support. This project brings women together and gives them new found strength and hope.
Project Message
Before I was alone, I had no one outside my family to talk to. Now I have friends and I am learning to sew, my husband does not beat me any more as the women got together to stop the men drinking.
- Lalia Devi, Sewing centre member
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Nick Hansen
Founder
Gyan Vikas Centre
Dhobi Gaya Rd
Bodhgaya, Bihar 824231
India
0631 2230212
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
People First Educational Charitable Trust
Gyan Vikas Centre Dhobi
Gaya Rd,
Bihar
824231
India
00919934054182
http://www.peoplefirstindia.net
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Where this Project is Located
Country
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India
and can also be found under 
Women and Girls.
For more information about India, read the Human Development Report on India or the Wikipedia entry for India.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 18, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on March 23, 2009
Latest Update from the Field
KEEPING WARM
By Siv Nandan Kumar - Student, November 18, 2009 04:20 PM
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