SI Pune Metro EastSI Pune Metro East

Chartered January 2010

PROJECTS SINCE INCEPTIONPROJECTS SINCE INCEPTION

Project DignityService at an old age home

Blood Check upHealth care for women and girls

Walk for CancerFocus on breast cancer

Domestic Violence

Creating awareness among underprivileged women and educating them about their rights

Sensitizing nurses towards this atrocity, as they are the first to come in contact with victims

Women’s Reservation BillRaising awareness and implications of this bill

Project Green TurnTree plantation

Marine environment

PROJECTS SINCE INCEPTIONPROJECTS SINCE INCEPTION

I wish I could teach you these skills, but I myself am ignorant. Besides, I am busy

earning money for the family to make ends

meet.

Wouldn’t it be great if we could get to know

about health care, first aid, home budgeting, grooming, creative

skills, practical life skills and tackling domestic

violence?

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PUNEPUNE

Is there a course I can attend to learn

such skills? After all I have to raise my own

family some day.

Unfortunately we do not have the financial

means to educate ourselves.

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To address this serious issue, we have started a new project called ...

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This name has been inspired by SI Truckee Meadows’ Project: Women Moving Forward

Our aim is to educate and empower girls from low socio-economic communities with life skills by our very own Soro Sisters of Pune Metro East

We have so far conducted two interactive workshops for underprivileged girls,

aged 12 to 16 years, partnering with

Deep Griha Society and ASHA

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Our members facilitated life skills such as grooming, hygiene, health, first aid, creative skills, home budgeting and premarital counseling

Conducted dedicated sessions on combating domestic violence effectively to build confidence

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Each workshop had an attendance of about 25 girls

SI PME provided materials for the girls’ creative skills session and catered for their snacks and refreshments

Certificates were awarded to all those who attended the workshop

Active participants received rewards

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Workshop 1 (25th - 26th June 2010)

Attendance: 29 girls

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Workshop 2 (19th August 2010)

Attendance: 23 girls

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I am thankful for having this

opportunity to learn to make and paint oil

lamps. Such workshops can hone

my creative skills.

I wish my relatives and friends could

attend similar workshops and

benefit from such sessions.

Such workshops will most definitely help us move forward in

life.

The certificates we received will

encourage others to join.

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Phew! There is so much tension at home. The anger

management session will help me to handle

the situation.

I am relieved that questions which I

cannot ask my mom can now be

answered by Dr. Anupama.

Yes! I’m sure that the paper bag making

session will help me supplement my family’s income.

The Road Ahead: Goals for the futureTo conduct monthly workshops over 3 years at various rural and urban locations in and around Pune to help more underprivileged girlsTo provide assistance with schooling, career counseling, personality development and interviewee skillsTo impart skills that will enable them to be self-sustainableTo raise the socio-economic status of these girlsTo continue to improve the workshops through continuous feedback and ensure that the best is imparted

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Professionals to be invited (when required) to conduct, guide and counsel girls with special requirements

Collaboration with local groups to reach out to girls at various locations

Financial resources to continue providing the girls with required materials for self development

RESOURCES NEEDED TO EXPAND RESOURCES NEEDED TO EXPAND OUR PROJECTOUR PROJECT

SI Pune Metro EastSI Pune Metro EastChartered January 2010

We look forward to your support and encouragement.Thank You!