Threads of hope: empower women from Tamil Nadu

“Raising a child is equivalent to watering the neighbor's garden". These are the words of a famous Indian saying that explains how Indian women are discriminated before they are born. In India, where the patriarchal system is very deep-rooted, girls are considered a burden for their family: having a daughter does not bring gain, indeed asks a continuous sustenance.

This concept means that there is a preference for male children and girls are discriminated, less cared of and fed. Forced to join prematurely in arranged marriages, women are denied the opportunity to receive adequate education and are destined to depend first on their fathers and then their husbands, thus not being able to achieve economic autonomy.

The "Threads of hope" project aims to give hope to these women, an opportunity to redeem both on a personal and social level. Tailoring and computer courses provide girls, who have often had to leave school, professional skills and help develop their empowerment.

Currently there are 43 girls who attend the computer course and 22 those who follow the tailoring course: the desire to learn is so many and many women demonstrate particular attitudes and qualities. In order to make the project more sustainable, Aleimar is planning to commission the girls tailoring the production of bags of Christmas.

A special thanks to all people who believe in this project and contribute to give a valuable opportunity to these girls!

Links:

• http://aleimar.it/

In march we took part in the GlobalGiving Girl Fund campaign with the project “Threads of Hope” and, thanks to your valuable contribution, we have reached the 26th position (out of a total of 146). The result was really good: we collected 3266 dollars, of which 520 in special bonuses for all donations made on 8 March 2018.

The support received will allow us to increase the services offered by the project through the purchase of new machinery and the possibility of continuing to support the salary of teachers in the rural village of Nagercoil. This, for Indian women and girls, means being able to obtain more and more professional skills and consequently be able to seize opportunities in the world of work.

After the delivery of the diplomas in January, the tailoring courses were restarted in February with a new group of girls. Also the computer courses, organized in several cycles throughout the year, continue for the best: our referent Upalth is satisfied with the results achieved and the great opportunity given with this project.

Thank you very much  for your support and we hope you can count on your precious help: together we are sure we can give that possibility often denied to many Indian girls.

Links:

• aleimar