Sambhali Trust in December 2009

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Khamaghani Dear Readers,

I hope you are having good time this December and making lots of celebrations, we all are fine and the family is happy and healthy.

Would like to share some impressions of this time.

Girls of Jodhpur project making a Muriel on the wall with the help of Ms. Mary Quagliata

Payal sewing center and the Jodhpur project together

(we joined both the projects for this Saturday's sports day at the place outside our Office)

we made two different games of Santoliya and Kho Kho, it was great that all the girls got to meet each other.
Ms. Manju Mehta, Administrator/Motivator of the Sheerni Project we have started in Setrawa village, Ms. Mehta is a new team member of our trust, Sheerni project is helping to empower women of Setrawa village with the formation of Self Help Groups, Our target is to make 6 groups of women with 10-14 women in each group in one year for two years program.
We will make a lot of art and craft workshops, health camps and everything related to the three motives of our trust, Self-Esteem, Independence and Unity of our participants.
Meeting in Setrawa with the Sheerni project participants and Introduction of Ms. Manju Mehta on the 22.12.09
Ms. Fiona of UK with friends came to Durag Niwas for high tea and joined me for a polo match.

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I was invited by Kaman Art gallery sponsored Sewing seed program of artists in sir village as one of the guests. welcoming girls above and i was asked to give speech to the villagers.





Villagers of Sir Village!
The Dragoman group came this time to visit the Sambhali Trust but didn't stay with us, instead stayed at some home stay (I dont know how to define a home stay)


Sambhali girls, performing dance, we did a lot of games this day. A good cultural exchange.
While going to see polo match i invited the dragoman group to come and witness the game as well. the group on the pavilion.

Polo Game and trophy's
Polo game

1st dayt at Empowerment Project Payal Sewing center", Dec 2009

Khamaghani Dear Readers,

please have a look at some pictures of day-1 of the "Women Empowerment project Payal Sewing center" in Jodhpur.

1st December 2009 at Sambhali Trust

Khamaghani dear readers,

Today i would like to introduce you to our seventh project called Payal Sewing center, we started this in jodhpur around the airport.
the care taker(administrator) is my cousin, she is a very tough lady and want to help me make difference in the lives of women and girls. we will do this program for hopefully 24 months. please wish us luck, another good news is that we have been loaned 6 sewing machines by the Rajdadiji Veerni project for six months and probably more.we look much forward to their future support to our trust.
The project is now a joint venture of Sambhali trust and Rajdadiji Veerni project.


Payal Kanwar our administrator
Sonu Purohit our teacher
Ms. Rashmi rathore speaking with our participants after inaugrating the project, Ms. Rashmi is Manager and Nutritionist to the Rajdadiji Veerni Project.
Ms. Rashmi Inaugrating our joint Venture- Payal Sewing center
Payal kanwar ji welcoming Ms. Rashmi
The building where we have a base
The Sign Board

Ahead after all the good news i would like to share some more good news with you. Here is something i would like to show to you that our volunteer Ms. Becky Moyce sent to us.

Khamaghani Govind and Tamanna!

I hope you are both well and that everything is good at the Sambhali Trust! We just opened an exhibition of the students work from the photography workshops a couple of weeks ago and it was a real success. Lots of people came and commented on how wonderful the photography was and everyone was really interested in the work you do for the girls. There is even talk of linking the workshops to a project over here where local children could write to the participants of the Sambhali project and exchange thoughts about the different cultures and backgrounds to raise awareness.

I have attached the newspaper articles about the project, I hope that you can use these somehow. Please tell the girls that their pictures have been exhibited here and that they have inspired people to do similar work here too, I hope this makes them happy!!

Best wishes to you all and lots of love!

Becky

Some more news on its way later in the day!!