Building Women Owned Institutions

1. Building Women-Owned Institutions WHY WOMEN EMPOWERMENT? Gender-discrimination curbs women from achieving their best and stands in the way of living a life free of domination and fear. Stimulate the confidence in women by providing them opportunities to see the skills that they contain and are dormant within them. Better education and awareness enables them to take advantage of income-earning opportunities and support their families. Sampark believes that women who are underprivileged can improve their living conditions only when they realise their potential and become self-reliant. WHAT SAMPARK DOES TO EMPOWER WOMEN Sampark: Women Empowerment NGO in Bengaluru works towards enhancing the voice of women, with the philosophy that all women, men and children have the basic human rights to dignity and self-determination, and that all people should have the opportunity and choice to enhance their own potential and well-being.

2. Work with 7,000 low-income women, devadasis (deprived of human rights) in Koppal, Karnataka through the Self-Help Group (SHG) model. The SHGs are federated into 3 Self Reliant Cooperatives, registered with the government of Karnataka Work with 900 low incomes, scheduled caste rural women (socio-economically disadvantaged) in Chiraigaon Block, near Varanasi, UP in creating sustainable livelihoods. Interventions Training & Capacity-Building Koppal Self reliant credit cooperatives of rural women manage the day to day functioning as well as governance activities on their own, with capacity building support from Sampark. They have nearly 7,000 members across 60 villages who deposit savings and avail credit for income generating activities. The cooperatives have the capacity to liaise with local governance structures to avail support. The other women are in completely independent SHGs that are able to link to government programmes and avail credit and other forms of support. Varanasi The women are trained to run their own Self Help groups, and manage their accounts. They are encouraged to be more confident, mobile , and attend training on a variety of topics such as health and hygiene, leadership and gender. Address: #39, 1st Avenue, Teacher’s Colony, 1st Block Koramangala, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560034 Contact No: +91 080 2553 0196 Mail Id: sampark@sampark.org Website: https://sampark.org/ Helpline number: 080-68972050