Thanks to contributions from various sponsors, donations to ANSHULA as well as through our private financing, we have already achieved the following:

2017

Women and Children Empowerment Centers «Abhaya» and «Fatima» to be continued!
In the two Sambhali Educational Sewing Centers «Abhaya» and «Fatima» women of the Dalit caste as well as underprivileged women from the muslim community receive a free education to become a seamstress or a stitcher. After completion of a one year training, the women can continue to work against payment in one of the «Graduate» Centers where they produce articles which are sold in the Sambhali Boutique.
Should the women not wish or be able to continue their work with Sambhali after their one year training, they receive free of charge a sewing machine to enable them to work from home and to thus contribute to the daily expenses of their families (often the only money earned in the family).
In order to keep «Abhaya» and «Fatima» operating for another year, a total amount of CHF 20,000 was needed from April 2017.

With CHF 30’000 COFRA Foundation in Zug, Switzerland, is financing for two years the operation of the two existing Women Empowerment Centers «Abhaya» and «Fatima» of Sambhali Trust in Jodhpur.
In the two centers, 60 women and adolescent girls receive vocational training and are provided a.a., with literacy in Hindi, English and Maths. In the new Children’s Center, 40 children aged 3-12 years will receive free primary education. The amount will be transferred directly to Sambhali Trust. ANSHULA will be responsible for the controlling of the success of the projects on location.

2016

1. Purchase of a sewing machine – ₨ 8,000:
The sewing machine is made available to a young, married tailor of the Dalit caste (Untouchables) in our private home in Jodhpur. The young woman can now make a badly needed contribution towards the daily life of her family of four. Through this, she has gained the respect of her husband and relatives and is becoming more and more empowered every day.

2. Scholarships  – ₨ 19,200:
Long-term funding of two scholarships for a 4 and a 5 year old boy of the Dalit caste.This scholarship keeps the boys off the street and gives them hope for a better future.

3. Sambhali Boarding Home – CHF 2’950:
Sponsoring of two girls from the nearby desert village Setrawa, as well as the sponsoring of a street girl from the city of Jodhpur. The stay in the Sambhali Boarding home not only gives the children safety and an education, but also saves them from sexual abuse and child marriage.

2015

1. Support of the Government Satellite Hospital in Shahpura in rural Rajasthan with € 42’000:

In this small hospital, an average of 500 patients per day are treated by only 3 doctors.
– Purchase of a generator which provides the hospital with electricity during the frequent power cuts
– Water purifiers which provide purified drinking water to the patients and their family members
– Ventilators which provide air circulation in the often crowded wards (during the summer, temperatures generally reach up to 50 degrees)
– Various medical appliances which facilitate diagnosis and treatment, and which save the patients a cumbersome trip to a larger hospital which is situated a 5 hour drive away.

2. Support of a private Boardinghome in Shahpura where young victims of rape, and their babies, abused and mistreated young women and young widows find a safe haven and receive a qualified education:
– Laptops for the students, so they can now have access to internet and computer courses.

3. Support of the Government Girls’ School in Shahpura:
– Installation of a chemical lab, desperatel wished for by oth teacher and students
– Laptops to add computer courses to their schedule.
– Printer/copy machine/scanner

4. Blankets for the winter season:
– Purchase and distribution of 80 blankets to women with children of the ragpicker caste in 3 roadside slums in Jodhpur.