Projects
Women in Kadaloor Aali Kuppam. They learned how to make rope out of cocunut coir.
India - Take your Future into your own Hands
A Tsunami Rehabilitation and Support Project for Women 40+
Women who are – because of different reasons - posed on them live socially as well as economically marginalized.
After the Tsunami disaster the social structures in the villages have been destroyed. In the predominant chaos the traditional social network broke and the village communities are now totally dependent from outside help.
In the context of the Indian social structure women older than 40 are seen as old people. Are they suddenly alone, maybe with children they don´t receive support and, moreover, don´t have the necessary know how to take their life into their own hands and to become socially independent.
The project is realized in cooperation with Archana Kapoor and her NGO "SMART" , Seeking Modern Applications for Real Transformation, a non-profit organization which is working with the marginalized sections of society, especially women and children.
“Together we are strong“
In the district of Kanchipuram social empowerment and entrepreneurship training workshops will be offered for 500 women from a cluster of 15 villages.
Another focal point is on Income Generation Programmes. We act on the assumption the about 5 women join forces to build “business teams” and form small businesses.
The project which supported widows and women 40+ was finished in June 2007. Due to the sustainable structure of the project the initiative is still going on – women built up their own shops, sell their goods to wholesale merchants and sell their good on the local markets.
“Take your future into your own hands” was funded by the Austrian Ministry for Social Affairs and consumer protection.
Archana Kapoor, our project partner who is a filmmaker and represents Women without Borders India produced a film documenting the initiative. “Life beyond Tsunami” was presented together with the Austrian Social Minister Dr. Erwin Buchinger in June 2007 in Vienna. You can order the DVD at Women without Borders!
