गुजरात में हुई अंतराष्ट्रीय कराटे प्रतियोगिता (साउथ इस्ट एशिया अंतराष्ट्रिय कराटे प्रतियोगिता South Asia invitational karate championship & camp 2011 जो गुजरात के नाडियाड में आयोजित की गयी थी) मे प्रेरणा छात्रावास की 24 महादलित बच्चियों ने पाँच गोल्ड

गुजरात में हुई अंतराष्ट्रीय कराटे प्रतियोगिता (साउथ इस्ट एशिया अंतराष्ट्रिय कराटे प्रतियोगिता South Asia invitational karate championship & camp 2011 जो गुजरात के नाडियाड में आयोजित की गयी थी)  मे प्रेरणा छात्रावास की 24 महादलित बच्चियों ने पाँच गोल्ड, पाँच सिल्वर व 14 ब्रोंज मेडल जीतकर बिहार का नाम रौशन किया ।

 

 

Introduction About Nari Gunjan

Nari Gunjan is a non-profit, non-governmental organization, unaffiliated with any religious group. It provides education, literacy, vocational training, healthcare, advocacy and life skills for girls/women who are part of the Dalit community ("the Untouchables"), and living in the state of Bihar, the most destitute area of India. These girls/women fall into the lowest rung of India's caste ladder,  and are known as the "Musahars" ("rat-eaters"). The Musahars are landless and assetless; yet their livelihoods depend on agricultural work. Their literacy rate is absymally low (only .9%). Until now, little attention has been paid to their education, health, or sanitation. Nari Gunjan helps these girls/women grow in a way they never thought possible.

OVERVIEW

Nari Gunjan runs over 50 educational centers for Musahar Girls  Here, they are provided with the education that was once unavailable to them. They also are taught vocational skills, proper health care, personal hygiene, and encouraged to be children and just have fun.  Approximately 100 girls from these centers are selected to then live in a hostel, located in Prerna Chatravas, for further studies.  This is an unbelievable opportunity for these girls to live a full life, continue their education, and stay in a clean and supportive environment.

 

THE WOMAN BEHIND THE WORK:

SISTER SUDHA VARGHESE

Sister Sudha is the foundation, the bricks and the mortar of Nari Gunjan. She has been working with the Musahars since 1986. Her name is synomous with women's rights and girls' education. During the past 20 years, she has established a network of 50 informal learning centers in Bihar, and a hostel, where women and children are taught life skills, given an education and a healthy living environment. She was given the Padmashri, one of the highest awards in India, for her relentless social service. Her efforts have no boundaries. When she faced legal obstacles, she obtained her law degree to help fight for the legal rights of women. When she was threatened for her work and empowering women, she ignored all threats against her and continued on. She forges forward empowering the powerless and teaching the voiceless to speak against the injustices that have kept them quiet for too long. 

 

Visit official website http://www.narigunjan.org