Women & Livelihood
“Educate, empower and enable women to give a financial autonomy for every woman to build a community and nation”
Our integrated microcredit and finance projects aim to provide a holistic strategy to address financial exclusion in marginalized rural Indian communities. In addition to making small financial loans, we work on a grassroots level forming long term relationships. We offer vocational training and education, provide financial literacy training, promote micro-savings schemes and invest in not only the micro-enterprise but in the individual, family and community themselves.
We endeavour to create opportunities that are not only needed by the community, but also desired by the micro-entrepreneur, thus creating the ownership necessary for the project’s success and sustainability. Kenosis microcredit and finance projects include micro-enterprises such as the production of local foodstuffs and handicrafts, support in establishing micro-savings groups, and the provision of information for micro-insurance schemes. We concentrate on projects which encompass the ethics of KENOSIS: for example, promote the development of the local rural economy; encourage health eating; emphasize the importance of clean water and good sanitation; encourage reducing, reusing and recycling waste, start self business, own income generating programs (IGPs). By establishing an environment that fosters empowerment, self-confidence and creativity, we help marginalized communities increase their autonomy, influence and control over their lives.
What a volunteer can do?
• Teach maths, count money, write saving books, help with record keeping, and help to open an individual and group bank account.
• Teach basic English to read, write and speak
• Teach computer and IT hardware and operating, typing skills.
• Exchange western culture, lifestyle, and language of the local communities.
• Conduct health camp checkups, help in a local health clinic and distribution of medical supply, first aid kit.
• Conduct and facilitate health and hygiene, life skills education, personal health awareness programs, skill of using biodegradable napkins for adolescent girls in schools, and young women in rural areas.
• Visit local community; interact with women and their adolescent girls to study about culture, festivals, and their lifestyle.
How you can help us?
• Computer Skills- Donate towards a computer to educate under-privileged children.
• Gift a goat- Provide livelihood to a rural poor women by donating an adult goat.
• Gift a sewing machine- Provide a sewing machine for a poor rural woman.
• Gift a woman- Provide a one- time grant to a very poor woman for an income generation activity or start and expand self business.
• Gift milking cow or buffalo- Contribute to help a poor, disadvantaged or divorced women living with many children or widow purchase a milking cow or buffalo.
• Vocational skills training- Ensure a job for a poor school dropout, disabled & unemployed youth by reimbursing half of the cost of vocational training in an area of his /her interest.
Your small or large donation of contribution will make a real difference to the lives of the disadvantaged women your funds support. ”
More about us, and apply to volunteer with us, please visit our website here at [ Ссылка ]
Email us at kenosisfoundation@yahoo.com
