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ABOUT US
The Goa Branch of the Trust was
started in Cancona, Goa in 1991. The Trust has undertaken
various activities from then on till date.
To mention a few :
The Trust started off with balwadis
at Canacona to educate the local population as well
as the construction workers.
The Trust also started a canteen
in the Canacona Industrial estate to cater for the industral
workers in the area as well as provide
self employment for the women in that area.
The Trust also encouraged a group
of women to work from their homes at Poinguinim. They
prepared eatables such as papad,
pickles and sold to various hotels and shops.
The Trust also trained girls for
home nursing.
The latest venture of the Trust
is Hamara School and the Kasturba Gandhi Center for
women and children.
Our next venture is to put up a
hostel for girls hamara balika gram
Hamara School
Hamara school is an effort to educate and empower the
underprivileged through integrated methods and to initiate
and implement
progressive change. Hamara school was started by Mrs.
Mangala Wagle , Pratinidhi ( Goa Branch ) of the Kasturba
Gandhi National
Memorial Trust and a few volunteers who believed in the
cause.
Hamara school is run at present at St. Inez in panjim
at a premise donated to the trust by the government. Hamara
School serves
communities of Panjim and areas surrounding panjim. Living
conditions in these communities are poor: for many there
is no place to live,
most of these children suffer from malnutrition and have
no means to education or medical help.
It was Mangalaji and a few volunteers response to their
observation that children from these slums were being
deprived of an education
and being forced to earn a livelihood at this tender age.
The school is on from 9:00 a.m to 4:00 p.m. Children are
provided with Breakfast,
lunch and an evening snack. The children are taught hygiene
and basic primary level education. There are also volunteers
who teach
certain vocational and extra curricular activities. We
at Hamara school believe that the only way to teach children
from deprived sections
of society is through love and care. Thus we try and provide
that to the utmost.
Hamara School has grown, continuing to support those members
of society traditionally neglected. Hamara school believes
that every
child has a right to childhood and every person a right
to dream. Hamara School works to emancipate childhoods
and to fulfill dreams.
Hamara School also strives to initiate and implement social
change, by encouraging genuine relationships to develop
between privileged
and underprivileged groups .
Betim Street School
After the success of hamara school we decided to start
a similar set up at another location Betim in Goa where
there are children of
mostly ragpickers who live under appaling conditiond in
crowded slums without basic sanitation and water facilities
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We do not have a premise there as yet so one of the teachers
from the school carries cooked food there from hamara
school and teaches the children for 3 hours everyday.
Kasturba center for
women in Cancona
In the hilly areas which are inhabited mostly by tribals,
the only employment available is in agriculture and that
on;ly for four months
in a year. For the rest of the time women are employed.
This programme aims to impart new skills to women, enabling
them to become financially independent members of their
families.
This would benefit women in several ways:
- Build their confidence :
This is the first step towards empowerment.
Social position and respect at home is enhanced as
the women become providers rather than being dependants.
- Develop social skills :
Social interaction in the classroom creates a support
group that helps them in times of difficulty and hardship.
- Supplement family income :
The women will produce items for sale.
We have already started a small scale production unit
for locally grown food items. Our plan is to diversify
into production of health
food items such as ragi , a locally grown cereal widely
cultivated in the area and rich in iron , calcium and
proteins,
Honey produced locally, Amla ( Indian berries ) , fruit
preservation, Cashew and kokum products. |
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Address:
Hamaraproject,
c/o Kasturba Gandhi National Memorial Trust Venture
Attn. Mrs. Mangala Wagle, 4C, IInd Floor Model Complex, Taleigao
Market, Panjim, Goa 403 003
Phone : 0091 - 832 - 2452010 Email : info@hamaraproject-goa.org |
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