By Meetu Kapoor | Programme Officer- Communications
A little belief can help provide an ocean of relief
Azad Foundation with the support of generous donors like you could support women chauffeurs and families of women trainees who lost their livelihoods during the COVID19 pandemic. We had shared this in our previous report. As we emerge from lockdown, our support in the form of food relief, access to information and support on government social security schemes, assisting survivors of gender based violence and interventions on sanitation and hygiene continue along with adaptations to access new livelihood opportunities. This report talks of our relief work and exploring new livelihood opportunities.
Our virtual community need assessment indicated that Not only violence but other forms of discrimination was also prevalent in the form of increasing care work and restrictions on mobility. This guided our support, assisting survivors through counselling and legal support
The lack of access to masks revealed by the community need assessment also spurred the Azad teams to work on production of masks, which were distributed, to all community members along with relief supplies across Delhi, Jaipur and Kolkata.
New Opportunities in E-Commerce- In addition to these initiatives to build community resilience, Azad has also been exploring ways to enable more women trainees to get employment. Since the transport sector is still recovering from the shocks of lockdown, the safety concerns related to travel, and the e-commerce sector was the new emerging need of the hour, Azad could successfully transition through some collaborations with e-commerce delivery chains to enable trainees to explore jobs as delivery agents. So far, 12 women in Delhi, 8 in Jaipur 12 in Indore and 14 women in Kolkata have begun working as delivery agents as shown in the pictures below. We continue to explore more such opportunities while we will keep the relief work ongoing with the support of our donors
We thank all our supporters, partners, and donors because of whom we have been able to support our communities and continue our attempts to build back better with resilience.
Thank you all for your support!!
Azad Foundation Team
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