Fundació privada ADA Món Adivasi

Responsible NGO: Jivhalla Assumption Social Center
Responsible: Sister Deepti
Location: Vasai
Duration: 3 years (2012-2015)
Beneficiaries: 30 women, 15 teenager and 60 children, who will be added to the current programs
ADA’s assistance: 4.000€/year (25% of total budget)
The description of the project:
1. To improve the situation of women in their families and to improve gender relations. This will be reach with lecture classes and workshops.
2. Raising awareness of the rights of young people, and help with the bureaucratic process.
3. Support the already stablished Self-Help-Group (women's groups), create some more and provide the tools to increase their collaboration. The Self-Help-Group meetings allow women to discuss issues that affect them in their daily life.
4. Sign up more women in the microcredit programs, which improve their incomes.
5. Teach personal and community hygiene, through health information programs and the introduction of medicinal plants.
6. Help the children in supplementary classes and other extracurricular activities.