Something very good happened to us at Sambhali Jodhpur project, we were invited at Women's Leadership Conference 2009. It was hosted and organised by two of FSD organization's interns, Mr. Jason and Ms. Savanah.
Ms. Eliane, Ms. Johanna, Mr. Gabriel and I with Meera, Shalu, Saraswati, Bharati, Monica, Sandhya and Soniya went there. |
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Ms. Savannah:
"The 2009 Women’s Leadership Conference included four capacity building workshops on the topics of health, personal banking, microfinance, and women’s rights. Through open discussion women were encouraged to share experiences and stories with each other and ask questions to the guest speakers.
Jason and Savannah hope that by attending this conference women will be able to return to their self help groups, villages, and communities and share the information they have learned. By this transfer of knowledge the organizers hope that a sustainable method of education and eventually development will ensue.
In addition by networking and sharing, women in attendance with have taken away a valuable lesson in women’s unity. Hopefully this will be the beginning of women’s support networks and empowerment through the people rather than only through large organization. Development for women must start at the ground level once women are assembled this will grow organically."
The program started around 10.00 in the morning and lasted till 3.00 pm. It was a wonderful day, we had crafts done by our Jodhpur particpants displayed there and it was very much appreciated by other ladies.
Monica had the chance to speak about her personal life in front of these women participating in the confrence from other NGO's in Jodhpur and Meera got interviewed by the State Television Channel.
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