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Through the Eyes of Maitri Interns: Dignified Widows
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Through the Eyes of Maitri Interns. Tuesday, July 7, 2015. Please visit Maitri’s Indiegogo platform for elderly widows’. This initiative benefits one of India’s most destitute and marginalized populations who is greatly in need of relief. Prior to Maitri’s efforts these women had no alternative to their suffering, abandonment, stigmatization, and poverty. Currently the old age homes and nutritional support offered provide a better quality of life to those in need. Photo taken by Brok Dixon.
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Through the Eyes of Maitri Interns: Help End Open Defecation in Ranchi, India
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Through the Eyes of Maitri Interns. Wednesday, July 15, 2015. Help End Open Defecation in Ranchi, India. According to the United Nations, 47% of India openly defecates on a daily basis. The importance of this project for India and the world:. 8226; Globally about 600 million people openly defecate, making this a very large public health concern. 8226; India has more than twice the number of people who openly defecate than the next 18 countries combined together. Maitri could greatly use your help in endi...
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Through the Eyes of Maitri Interns: June 2015
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Through the Eyes of Maitri Interns. Friday, June 19, 2015. Patriarchy, Politics, and Violence against Women: Delhi's Self-Defense Program for Girls. Ince 2002, Delhi’s Special Police Unit for Women and Children’s (SPUWAC) has trained over 125,000 women and girls in a mixture of physical fitness and martial arts techniques that are intended to protect them from assault, harassment, or “eve-teasing” (often known as “catcalling” in the United States). After screening the video, Delhi’s Police Commissi...
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Through the Eyes of Maitri Interns: July 2015
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Through the Eyes of Maitri Interns. Wednesday, July 29, 2015. Airtel Delhi Half Marathon – Run with Maitri, Run for Kids, Run for Education! The income gap perpetuates lower educational achievement and lower earning potential for poor youth. But Maitri believes these youth have the potential to excel. In order to sustain these critical educational programmes and launch new initiatives, (like a children’s library and reading resource centre), Maitri relies on supporters who share our vision. Join the Mait...
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Through the Eyes of Maitri Interns: February 2014
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Through the Eyes of Maitri Interns. Sunday, February 23, 2014. Exploring Hauz Khas Village. This past weekend Hilary, Anna, and I explored Hauz Khas Village. It was so much fun and was definitely the hippest place I've seen in Delhi yet. It had so many cool antique stores filled with vintage trinkets and old film posters. There was also plenty of high-end stores, offering lux clothing and gifts. While we were exploring HKV we came across this incredibly creepy hallway. Bright pink with fangs! Excuse the ...
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Through the Eyes of Maitri Interns: May 2014
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Through the Eyes of Maitri Interns. Thursday, May 29, 2014. A Tour of Project Jeevan's Lunch Kitchen. Though currently Maitri cannot help every Vrindavan widow, every widow Maitri helps is grateful not only for the material services provided, but more especially for the dignity and respect returned to them as they live out their later years. Here’s Doug in the cafeteria where we served lunch:. And now I’ll take you for a tour of where the food came from:. Dough hooks to make rotis. The work is endless.
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Through the Eyes of Maitri Interns: June 2014
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Through the Eyes of Maitri Interns. Friday, June 6, 2014. Project Samvedena in Action. A peek in one of the slums where Maitri's Project Samvedena is operating. On our way to the community meeting. Doug sitting in on a Domestic Violence workshop. Community members participating in important conversations about violence against women. Violence and knowing how to report and respond to such violence. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Count On Me: My Pledge to End Violence Against Women. View my complete profile.
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Through the Eyes of Maitri Interns: Patriarchy, Politics, and Violence against Women: Delhi's Self-Defense Program for Girls
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Through the Eyes of Maitri Interns. Friday, June 19, 2015. Patriarchy, Politics, and Violence against Women: Delhi's Self-Defense Program for Girls. Ince 2002, Delhi’s Special Police Unit for Women and Children’s (SPUWAC) has trained over 125,000 women and girls in a mixture of physical fitness and martial arts techniques that are intended to protect them from assault, harassment, or “eve-teasing” (often known as “catcalling” in the United States). After screening the video, Delhi’s Police Commissi...
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Through the Eyes of Maitri Interns: An Experience for the Books
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Through the Eyes of Maitri Interns. Tuesday, July 28, 2015. An Experience for the Books. The workers and volunteers at Maitri are making a difference daily to many lives, and I would really like to thank them for the experience I have had while in India. I have seen these individuals stay late tutoring students one on one who needed help with a particular subject to workers volunteering their own personal time on their day off to help promote the NGO and raise awareness about a particular project site.
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Through the Eyes of Maitri Interns: May 2015
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Through the Eyes of Maitri Interns. Wednesday, May 27, 2015. Project Maitrigram, The Slum. Monday, May 25, 2015. Luckily, it was the second day of my internship that I had an opportunity to visit Vrindavan and be a part of the inauguration of Maitri’s second shelter home for widows, there. Without Maitri, these widow mothers would have had very limited access to any necessary resources, as most of them are forced to beg or take up sex work. In today’s times, possessing the working knowledge of Engl...
