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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 .
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:
1. 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.
2. Develop social skills :
Social interaction in the classroom creates a support group that
helps them in times of difficulty and hardship.
3. 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
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