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Women's Programs
Since the beginning of Child Haven, a concerted effort been
made to improve the lives of local women in India and Nepal. This
objective is being accomplished primarily through the provision
of educational and occupational opportunities, legal aid and
direct employment. Approximately 80 disadvantaged women are currently
receiving training in tailoring and computer science.
Over fifty women, in various parts of India, have been trained as
Soya Cow technicians. Literacy classes for village women have
been of benefit to hundreds of women thus far. As a direct result of Child Haven's presence in India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Tibet,
employment has been created for over 70 women at
this time. Child Haven Homes employ women as managers, teachers,
caregivers, dhobis, cooks, office staff, matrons and health care
professionals. Through Manav Vikas Parishad (MVP), a Ghaziabad NGO, Child Haven
is operating a Family Planning Awarenes program for women. Rajni, one of two Child Haven workers is winning the confidence of the local women and accompanies individual women to the hospital for
Family Planning and other services. There are also literacy classes, a homeopathic health clinic, with a volunteer doctor, assisted by the two Child Haven/MVP women and the Soyacow program to provide low cost milk and employment to women.
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