Women
Sakhi Trust works with women, who suffer from a variety of grievances. It helps those, who are forced into the Devadasi system and it encourages Dalit women, who belong to the most discriminated castes in India. Sakhi also supports mining affected and labour class women to stand up for their rights and to improve their living conditions and their healthcare. Furthermore, legality trainings and income generation programs for a sustainable way of living are held.
Crisis Intervention & Support
After identifying the Devadasis, families below poverty line and differently abled persons, Sakhi provides basic needs like water, sanitation and shelter by organizing health camps and referrals. Moreover, the Trust supports “Right to Food”, “Right to Work” and “Right to Health” campaigns and offers legal counselling support.
Legal awareness trainings
Indian women have a right to know about their children’s rights and also about their own rights as coequal members of our society. Unfortunately, this right sometimes seems to get lost in our community. Therefore, creating awareness about child labour, child marriage and the Devadasi system is a major part of Sakhi’s interventions. Also concrete informations about governmental and non-governmental issues play an important role. Furthermore, group meetings, MGNREGA programmes and women’s day celebrations arouse the whole society’s interest in this issue.
Skill Improvements
To consolidate and broaden the women’s skills, the Trust organizes vocational trainings like tailoring, catering, food providing and other livelihood trainings.
Livelihood support for sustainability & dignity
For young women, who have to stay at home, while their men and fathers are working, Sakhi provides income generation programmes. These programmes enable them to live their lives independently and to earn their livelihood by themselves. During the lessons we help them to improve their skills in stitching, designing and sewing etc.
Income generation programmes
Sukrushi - Sustainable agriculture training
For marginalized women and farmers, Sakhi is building models for sustainable farming and livelihood, based on organic food production, water management as well as responsibility.
Livelihood training
For widows, Devadasis and Dalit-women.
The trainings enable them to live their lives independently and to earn their livelihood by themselves:
Candle making ~ Food-processing ~ Crafts and arts ~ Poetry ~ Agriculture ~ Animal husbandry ~ Cooperative businesses
Women awareness and justice
Sakhi offers emergency shelters to women, who suffer discrimination, poverty or harassment. We also work on establishing regulate clinics and health camps for underprivileged people.