Training Space for 600 Poor Girls in Mumbai

Dear Friends,

With your kind support of almost $ 25000.00/- we have been able to pay off for a much needed space for our coordination center for trainings in hard and soft skill for girls in second decade of life. Space is one of the costliest commodities in Mumbai. We had raised 250000.00 over the years but were stranded for this last ten per cent. We are deeply grateful to you for making a permanent place possible for Vacha’s programme with girls. We will send you pictures as soon as it is furnished. Right now it is just empty space of 350 square feet. We are likely to get it designed in a way that this small space can be utilized optimally. This is why we also have to appeal to you and all other potential donors to contribute towards it. We have come a long way already and some essential furnishing will help us get going.

The rooms are in a new residential building as commercial areas would be too expensive for us to even consider. It is fairly centrally located with easy access to public transport. To turn this residential space in to a formal admin and training area will take special planning. Fortunately, a woman architect trained at MIT (Boston, USA) has offered to make this space in to a place for women and girls at the lowest possible rate. She and her sister are supporters of Vacha. Still we will need to raise $ 25000.00 for some demolition (kitchen, second toilet etc., reconstruction (storing space) and furniture. Of this we already have funds in rupees up to $16000.00.  We are looking for the remaining $9000.00 so that we can finally move in to the new place. We hope you will be reach out to us once again and donate generously.

We are sharing some pictures of work of one of our past program participants in a slum. She is now in a design institute and trains other poor girls in to making beautiful things out of waste materials.

With thanks and best wishes,

Sonal Shukla