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Annual Report 2016-2017

Protsahan

Kamalini Shahpur Jat Center33, Shahpur Jat,Ground Floor,New Delhi 110049www.protsahan.in

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To bridge the skills and knowledge gap of underprivileged women,

Kamalini Vocational Training Centre was launched by Dr. J.

Kunnacherry, Ms. Monica Rita de Souza and Ms. Maria Mendes in

2007. They are the founding trustees of Protsahan, a New Delhi

charitable trust. They mobilized friends and volunteers to

encourage marginalized women – migrants from rural areas,

school drop-outs, domestic workers with limited education – to

gain skills and education to bring their families ahead. The

Kamalini project opened its doors in a couple of rented rooms

with one open school teacher in 2007 in the urban village of

Shahpur Jat, near Siri Fort. Since then, the Kamalini team have

trained over 1500 beneficiaries helping them grow in livelihood

skills in sewing, cooking, housekeeping and computers to find a

way forward for themselves and their families.

In 2009 Protsahan enrolled in the Delhi Government Technical

Education Community Outreach Scheme for government

certification of the sewing and cooking classes imparted in

Kamalini’s second location, the Kishangarh centre, near Vasant

Kunj. In 2010 Protsahan signed a Memorandum of Understanding

with the registered society Educational and Development

Initiatives to open a new Kamalini centre in Sohna Road

(Gurgaon, Haryana) with high-quality installations and a bigger

capacity.

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Vision

Women are the key to a thriving future for their family and community.

Mission

To empower underprivileged women to attain holistic development through

encouragement, basic education and vocational skills.

Core Values

❖ Genuine care and respect for the dignity of each person.

❖ High-quality training.

❖ Commitment and spirit of service.

❖ Ethical conduct and transparency.

❖ Fostering solidarity & social responsibility.

Kamalini contributes to a thriving future for all

❖ Boosting women’s self-esteem and confidence

❖ Strengthening the families

❖ Increasing the income-generation possibilities

❖ Preparing employees for area businesses

❖ Promoting job creation

❖ Involving corporate sector and volunteers

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Encouraging women with

technical and life skills

Many of our beneficiaries have been excluded from receiving continuing education due to family or economic

pressures, and have limited voice in their economic and life choices. With our donors’ support, we make livelihood skillstraining accessible for needy women. This year, 332 young women were trained at Kamalini, and are better prepared

to access opportunities to earn a living

Courses Number of students in 2016-2017

Shahpur Jat Centre Kishangarh * Centre

Cutting & Tailoring and Embroidery

107 33

International Cooking 24 -

NIIT Certificate in Basic IT 52 3

English and Short term Classes 19 -

21st century employment skills classes and other activities

94 -

Total 296 36

* Kishangarh centre closed in August 2016

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Tailoring and Embroidery

Cutting and Tailoring continues to be our most popular trade course as women appreciate learning a skill that they can use at home and earn income, as well as one that opens doors to jobs in the many boutiques in the area. The fact that our village has “renamed” the street where Kamalini is located as “Fashion Street” gives an indication that there are indeed many fashion shops that need employees for stitching, embroidery as well as for retail service to customers, and have hired former students of Kamalini.

With the guidance of volunteers, the students of tailoring have the chance to make products that can be sold in charity mela events asmeans for students to turn their earning into learning.

Some of our needy students of these course are sponsored by donors through Give India for three months of training. In this period, we had students complete the course in both the Basic and Advanced level tostand for examinations and earn their certificates.

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Basic Information Technologyand Digital Literacy

At Kamalini, young women can follow a course that introduces them to the computer and the Basics of Microsoft Word, Power Point, and Excel, as well as internet access etc. In preparation for this course, some students complete a typing course as well.

The Basic IT course follows the curriculum prepared and accredited by NIIT Foundation. After 3 months of training and hands-on practice, the students appear for examination conducted by NIIT Foundation representatives at our centre.

This year a total of 40 students appeared for Basic IT CCIB exams conducted by NIIT on 26th July 2016 and 6th March 2017.

Kamalini also offers an introduction to Graphic designing course which is a 6 months course were students are taught how to use the software of Coral Draw, Photoshop, and Illustrator. This course is certified by Kamalini.

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International Cuisine for Domestic Workers

Our international cuisine course provides a skill set for professionalizing and organizing domestic work. For the students, it provides a career progression route within house keeping and domestic work. The course is conducted in such a manner that even beginner can learn to cook well and understand the requirement of the employer. Volunteers prepare the plan of menus to be taught, and conduct a series of sessions in international cooking and kitchen hygiene. This year 24 women attended the sessions and prepared a surprise menu for a jury exam atthe end of the course to successfully be awarded a certificate. The classes are conducted by the Main Tendue Volunteers. The rent of the classroom and the materials of the course have been sponsored in part by Bollore Logistics India limited. We give our special thanks to Main Tendue and Bollore Logistics India Limited for their support.

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Celebrating students’ achievements

and festivities

Kamalini staff and student celebrated Women’s Day by playing games , Dance performance and interaction about the Theme of the Women’s Day 2017 “Be Bold for change” -how to deal with the problems that exist in a specific situation etc.

Students from the Shahpur Jat andKishangarh centres of Kamalinijoined in the inauguration of thenew Kamalini campus built byEducational & DevelopmentInitiatives on the Sohna RoadGurgaon, on 13th September 2016.The event was witnessed bymembers of the diplomatic corps,heads of villages, volunteers andcorporate and foundation donors.

The Independence Day 2016celebration at the Community Hallshowcased our students talents inperformances and speeches.Certificates were awarded to 70students who had successfullycompleted the courseexaminations in Cutting andTailoring, Computer, andInternational Cuisine.

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Employability Skills Training

Students gained awareness aboutemployment and opportunitiesfor entrepreneurship in a sessionheld at Kamalini in Shahpur Jat,imparted by the society forTechnology and Action for RuralAdvancement..

Grooming and personal presentation areimportant for job interviews and forprofessional work. Toward that end, ourstudents participated in special sessionsled by a make-up artist and the staff ofthe Kamalini new campus run byEducational & Development Initiatives onthe Sohna Road, Gurgaon, Haryana.

Employees of Pullman and NovotelAerocity demonstrated baking ofmuffins and shared experiences ofdifferent jobs in the hospitalityindustry for Kamalini students as partof their Solidarity Week outreach.The students asked many questionsabout qualifications required.

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Total Certificates Awarded

Courses Number of students Received

certificates 2016-2017Shahpur Jat Centre Kishangarh Centre

*Centre Closed August 2017

Cutting & Tailoring 56 33

Advance Cutting &

Tailoring

8

Embroidery 4

International

Cooking

24 -

NIIT Certificate in

Basic IT

40 3

English 3 -

Graphic Designing 2 -

Typing 3

Total 140 36

Kamalini has always worked towards the progress of our studentsand we feel proud to see more women are empowered throughour project. This fiscal year, a total of 176 women and girls havereceived the certificates in the various courses, while somestudents are still in continuing batches.

We wish them all the best for their future endeavors!

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First hand Witnesses of Impact

Nargis: 18 Years Old

My name is Nargis. I have learned Basic IT, Advanced Cutting & Tailoring and now I am working in the production center of Kamalini, I have learned many new things like how to make a cake bag, bottle bag etc,. I am studying in class 12 from NIOS, I am paying my fees from what I earn from products I make and help my family as well.

Sushmita24 Years Old

“Kamalini has not only made me Confidence but has given me the best skill”Sushmita is a truly dynamic lady she do not only take care of her family which includes her mother, father and 3 younger brothers but also manages her fees on her own. She started to work from a very young age. Due to lack of skills she could not earn much and it was not enough for her family so she decided to take up sewing course from Kamalini and after successfully completing her course now she is working in a boutique om Creation as well as stitching from home.

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Upgrading skills opens opportunities

Monjula Toppo

My name is Monjula Toppo I have Done International Cuisine Course 2017 I work for Celine as a domestic worker in her house, she encourages me to go for International Cuisine classes, and she enrolled me to take up cooking classes in Kamalini. The teachers (Veronique and Eleonora) are very supportive they helped me throughout the course. Before joining the course I did not know how to cook international food, this course has helped me a lot in enhancing my cooking skills. Now I am working for a Spanish family and earning good. Kamalini has helped me in finding Job fixing interviews they have supported and encouraged me a lot. I thank Kamalini for bringing up such a good course for us.

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Welcoming International VIP Guests

The Kamalini students were proud to host the visit of H.E. Mr. Jean-Marc Ayrault, French Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development, to our Shahpur Jat centre where he visited a demonstration of the International Cooking class, heard student testimonials, and performances. Thank you to the Embassy of France!

His Excellency Mr. Alexandre Ziegler, the Ambassador of France to India, visited the Kamalini centre in Shahpur Jat and toured the IT, Cutting and Tailoring and International Cooking classrooms -and showed appreciation for the work being done at Kamalini for the education and empowerment of women in need.

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Exploring History with Kamalini

An on going event is the Kamalini Village Walk developed by volunteer PreetiSachdeva which allows visitors a chance to understand and discover the heritage ofShahpur Jat and to see our centre in action.

Kamalini in the News

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Punjab Kesari a newspaper in Punjab hasbeautiful description about the importance ofcutting and tailoring and its benefit on itsnewspaper on 5th April 2017 and has givendetails about the course being offered inKamalini Vocational Training Centre.

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Protsahan

Kamalini Shahpur Jat Center33, Shahpur Jat,Ground Floor,New Delhi 110049Ph. +91 11 2649 8556

www.kamalini.org, email: info@kamalini.org

Accountability Transparency Declaration

Highest paid staff in the organization

Centre Coordinator INR 2,98,206 per annum

Lowest paid staff in the organization

Bookkeeper (part time) INR 30,360 per annum

Managing Trustee (CEO) Monica de Souza receives INR 0 (ZERO) compensation from Protsahan,.

Total international travel incurred by Protsahan in 2016-2017 for staff, volunteers or trustees was INR 0 (ZERO).

Distribution of staff according to salary (in INR) levels and gender (per month)

Male Staff Female Staff Total Staff

Less than 5000 1 1

5,000 – 10,000 2 2

10,000 – 25,000 4 4

25,000 – 50,000

50,000 – 1,00,000

Greater than 1,00,000

Board Members of Protsahan Position on the Board Gross Remuneration and Reimbursement

Maria Mendes Trustee INR 0.00

Monica Rita de Souza Trustee INR 0.00

J.J. Kunnacherry Trustee INR 0.00