Empowerment of women by Prakash Foundation addresses the ways in which developmental initiatives create the conditions whereby women can become the agents of their own development and empowerment. Empowerment is the ability to exercise power, so each woman should be given opportunities to exercise power. We are providing the resources for them to feel empowered. We are providing them skill based trainings like stitching, crochet work, diya decorations, paper bag making. This helps them to learn and earn After undergoing the trainings these ladies develop products like tray covers, tea –cozy, table mats, runners, dresses, cushion covers, shagun envelops, paper bags, etc. We also conduct workshops on art and craft to enable them to learn various ways to decorate the products. These products are then sold to generate income for the ladies.
English Training for Women
When in school many people do not realize the value of education, especially when it comes to girl education. Same happened with the ladies who came to us to learn English. The realization of valuing education came when their young children started feeling bad about their mother not being able to read English. That’s the time when the ladies come to us, they wanted to learn English and avoid their children from feeling embarrassed. While we teach English the focus is more on writing and speaking understanding instead of speaking. Starting from the basic level we teach them how to read correctly and understand the meanings. We advise them to carry their children’s school books during the training so that we can use those books for teaching. This further helps them in learning and also teaching their own children.
Support to the Artisans!! Wow Trendy
Prakash Foundation supports women and child development programs and in its new endeavor that aims at supporting Indian artisans, the ngo is organizing exhibitions and fares to get the master craftsmen of India and many other regional craftsmen to the fore front of the consumers directly, by opening an e-commerce portal for them….www.wowtrendy.com….This portal is a unique blend of heritage and modern handicraft articles ranging from the lifestyle, jewelry, accessories, gifts and decorative and some masterpieces created by the craftsmen who are the national awardees !!
Rakhi Exhibition
As always EY invited Prakash Foundation to raise charity for our organization by selling Rakhies. The money raised from the rakhi sale goes towards supporting a school for the underprivileged children in Noida.
Beautiful product range created by underprivileged ladies over a period of 2 months was displayed during the Diwali mela at Vasant Vihar club. The range included hand-made paper bags, shagun envelops, table mats, tray covers, tea cozy, crochet sofa backs, duppattas, diyas etc. The diyas were beautifully wrapped in gift packs and sold like hot cakes. The range was appreciated by the people and was bought in heavy quantities. The successful participation and outcome brought smile to the ladies who worked hard to make these articles. The under-privileged ladies were trained by us to make these items and were motivated to explore their creativity. The items produced by them helped them in making some earning especially during Diwali.
Diwali Exhibition at Ernst and Young (E&Y)
E&Y HR department gave Prakash Foundation an opportunity to showcase the talents of the women that were empowered in making gift bags , crochet articles, decorative diyaas etc. The Diwali exhibition was held in E&Y premises in Gurgaon office,… .it was open to only E&Y employees . They appreciated the articles and bought in good quantities. Once again it was a big wow for our ladies and girls who created the beautiful articles for the festival !! Thanks E&Y
Empowerment Talk for ladies
The under-privileged ladies were given a talk on empowerment during an event organized by Lioness Club where the Dignitaries from Lioness Club, Sarpanch of Chalera Village in Sec 45, Noida and Meenakshi Malik from Prakash Foundation were present. Meenakshi Malik the Founder CEO of Prakash Foundation was very happy to meet the enthusiastic ladies from the Chalera Village who have lot of talent but less opportunities. Meenakshi encouraged them to associate with Prakash Foundation to share their talent with other under-privileged ladies and also develop things which can help them in leading a respectable life. The ladies were also shown a nukad natak done by the DU students to further encourage them.
Madhubani Art for Ladies
In accordance to our objective of empowering women we continously keep imparting skills to the under privileged ladies that will help them to earn a respectable living. We took them to Dilli Haat where laides were taught Madhubani by the National Award winner Manisha Jha while she was exhibiting her own Madhubani paintings. Manisha taught them the unique features that should be considered while drawing Madhubani. Ladies loved learning from Manisha and even showed her one complete drawing done by themselves.
Fun and Learning @ Rail Museum & India Gate.
We took our hardworking English learners for a field trip to the rail museum and India Gate. They got a chance to be with themselves, away from household chores and with loads of hope to be seen in their eyes to do more in their life??
