Swadhina.org
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Swadhina - A Voluntary Organisation for Women and Children
Description
We tell this story to all who come to our office for the first time...It all began sixteen years ago in a small, very small room in Calcutta- barely accommodating three people at a time, a few rupees in hand and some energetic people wanting to make a difference. And that is where was born - Swadhina.
Those were hard times - two broken type-writers and two tables; there were times when there was no provision or luxury to have new, fresh papers and so used envelopes, folders were torn open so that the empty spaces could be used for office work. For months there was no salary but smiles and dreams remained intact.
Slowly but steadily Swadhina programmes expanded to wider areas. What began as rural camps in a localised manner gradually culminated into concrete activities like Non-formal Education centres, Environment Programmes, skill trainings from 1989 onwards, spreading to areas like West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka. From 1991 onwards Health was brought into the programme agenda through Health Education Promotion Effort. In the year 1993 work began in areas of Bihar, beginning with establishment of NFE centres. Much expansion took place in the year 1994 when a new project in Orissa was started, entitled: "Orissa Women and Child Development Programme". At Kanyakumari, a Tailoring Training unit was developed in this year. Another very effective programme namely "Orissa Health and Cultural Regeneration Programme" was developed and initiated in the year 1995 stressing on the health needs of women and reviving old cultural values in the tribal areas. A programme for the self-reliance of tribal women was initiated at Midnapore and Bankura area of West Bengal in the year 1999. This apart 30 rural libraries have been formed at Rayagada, Dhenkanal, Mayurbhanj of Orissa. Rural libraries are also functional at 20 places in Kanyakumari.
Contact
- Swadhina
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- Kolkata West Bengal
- India 700019
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- +1.913322477944
