Sanitary Pads distributed
Survivors of gender-based violence & bonded labour trained in vocational skills
Survivors of gender-based violence supported
Trafficked children rescued & rehabilitated
Senior Citizens supported
Cervical Cancer Vaccinations
Sewing Machines to HIV+ Women
TO UPLIFT A COMMUNITY, EMPOWER A WOMAN
Throughout history there have been instances of women facing discrimination, battling taboos, inequality and apathy. Recent years have seen a remarkable shift. Today, women are boldly overcoming all these obstacles by becoming change-makers and taking up roles of leadership. This shift is primarily powered by increased access to education, vocational courses, and skilling and income generation programmes.
Giving more women a pathway to move ahead in their life.Over the last 25 years, we at MMF have put women and their empowerment at our core. With the belief that if you empower a single woman, you empower an entire community, and the next generation too.
We strive to uplift women and girls with education needs, income generation programmes, nutritional support to pregnant mothers and those from the weaker sections, like HIV+ mothers and sex workers, including rehabilitation.Youth are provided with skilling, education scholarships, placement assistance, employability options and entrepreneurship solutions in order to facilitate their growth.
Our commitment to reducing inequalities and increasing dignity extends beyond supporting just women. We support senior members of society with physiotherapy, groceries, health camps, diapers, recreational activities and senior adult literacy, with a novel programme called Aaji Bai Chi Shaala. We also support transgenders, orphans, the differently abled and those marginalised by caste. This drive to reduce inequality doesn’t just embrace the living, but also the right to a dignified cremation and burial.
Equality by definition has to be for everyone. We work relentlessly to make it so.
For detailed reports on specific initiatives, email us at reports@mmpc.in
The Scope of Our Impact
Women Upliftment
We are committed to empowering women across age groups at every given opportunity. Our range of projects spans from providing scholarships to girl students and sanitary napkins to adolescents to supporting young women, especially widows, with livelihood skills and facilities, and running an adult literacy class for geriatric women who can no longer rely on their ageing fingerprints for government verification requirements.
Women Entrepreneurship
We organise skill development courses for rural women in vocations ranging from beekeeping, sheep rearing, dairy farming, betel nut cultivation, soya milk production, vermiculture, organic farming, spice cultivation, marketing and pricing of agricultural produce, radiology, computer operation, plumbing, sewing, and making umbrellas, brooms and handicrafts. We also teach soft skills to assist their entrepreneurial endeavours and link them to mainstream markets to further empower their business ventures.
Institutional Support
We provide shelter to tribal students, orphans and women in vulnerable situations by setting up homes and hostels, old age homes, daycare centres, clean water, and benches for places of pilgrimage. We extend our support to these, and other such organisations, with monthly groceries and infrastructural facilities. We are partnered with Connecting Trust, an NGO dedicated to suicide prevention and providing emotional support to suicide survivors and their family members to spread awareness on the topics of emotional distress.
Reducing Inequalities
Domestic violence, bonded labour, trafficking and abandonment of the elderly are raging issues that need to be addressed at many levels to bring about real, attitudinal change in society. Our efforts extend to rescuing and rehabilitating women and children who have been victims of gender-based violence, trafficking and bonded labour, providing them with a safe haven and the necessary support to rebuild their lives.
Transgender Support
The transgender community faces discrimination in various aspects of life. From limited work opportunities to social exclusion, they often struggle to find avenues that can enhance their emotional and financial well-being. Recognising this, we support the transgender community with scholarships for higher education, monthly groceries and vocational skilling to enable them to overcome barriers and thrive with dignity and equality.