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Annual Report 2017-2018

Protsahan

Kamalini Shahpur Jat Center33, Shahpur Jat,Ground Floor,New Delhi 110049

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Thousands of women haven benefited in this more than 10 years,

of the encouraging, empowering initiative of Kamalini Vocational

Training Centre. Protsahan opened Kamalini in a rented room in

the urban village of Shahpur Jat. Since then, the founding trustees

of Protsahan, by Dr. J. Kunnacherry, Ms. Monica Rita de Souza and

Ms. Maria Mendes have mobilized hundreds of others to share

their skills and knowledge with marginalized and needy women.

The celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Protsahan Kamalini

Vocational Training Centre in Shahpur Jat coincided with the first

six-month batch completing their training in the new Kamalini

campus developed by Educational and Development Initiatives in

in Haryana. What started small continues to blossom – like the

abundance of lotus flowers that inspired the name of Kamalini. In

the pages that follow you will read how migrants from rural areas,

school drop-outs, domestic workers with limited education gain

skills and education to bring their families ahead.

All of this thanks to the continual self-giving of our staff and

volunteers to guide the beneficiaries. For this we are sincerely

thankful. We are pleased to report a long-time volunteer has

joined as a Trustee, Mrs. Annie Moraes.

We thank our CSR sponsors, donors and partner foundations –in

particular, Main Tendue Trust, Bollore Logistics India, the British

Charity Fund, Give India and the UN Women’s Guild of Geneva –

for making Kamalini continue to bloom.

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Vision

Women are the key to a thriving future for their family and community.

Mission

To empower underprivileged women to attain holistic development through

encouragement, basic education and vocational skills.

Core Values

❖ Genuine care and respect for the dignity of each person.

❖ High-quality training.

❖ Commitment and spirit of service.

❖ Ethical conduct and transparency.

❖ Fostering solidarity & social responsibility.

Kamalini contributes to a thriving future for all

❖ Boosting women’s self-esteem and confidence

❖ Strengthening the families

❖ Increasing the income-generation possibilities

❖ Preparing employees for area businesses

❖ Promoting job creation

❖ Involving corporate sector and volunteers

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Development through technical and

life skills

Women and girls are worst affected when it comes to unemployment and poverty, without any income of their own they are dependent to their family and mostly excluded from receiving higher education. In view of the financial constraints that a family faces, Kamalini offers skill-building programs strives to empower women. When women gain livelihood skills, they raise the socio-economic status of the whole family. In the Financial year 2017-

2018 Kamalini trained and encouraged 301 Beneficiaries

Courses Number of students in

2017-2018Shahpur Jat Centre

Cutting & Tailoring and

Embroidery

109

International Cooking 38

NIIT Certificate in Basic IT 43

English and Short term Classes 44

21st century employment skills

classes and other activities

67

Total 301

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Development through technical and life skills

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Cutting and Tailoring has gained so much popularity not only in Shahpur Jat but around Delhi. With the skill of sewing, the ladies are enabled to work from their homes and earn income. There are numbers of girls and ladies who had successfully completed the course and are working from their homes, boutiques, shops, production centre, etc. Some of our needy Cutting and Tailoring students are sponsored by donors through Give India. We have basic Cutting and Tailoring which is a 6-months course, advanced cutting and tailoring 6-months course and Embroidery is also 6-months course. A total of 56 Students received certificates for Basic cutting and tailoring, and 17 students for Advanced level.

Cutting and Tailoring Duration: 6 months course

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Development through technical and life skillsInternational Cuisine

Duration: 6-months course

Basic IT and Graphic DesignDuration: 3 months and 6 months Protsahan offers a course in Basic IT which is accredited by NIIT Foundation in which students are taught Word, Power Point, Excel and internet access to build their employability skills and job potential. A total of 43 students appeared for Basic IT CCIB exams conducted by NIIT on 20th September 2017 and 7th December 2017. We also offer Graphic designing which is a 6 months course to help students create print-ready designs.

The international cuisine course offers a skill set for professionalizing and upgrading domestic workers to provide a career progression route within housekeeping. Main Tendue Volunteers plan the menus and recipes, and lead the international cooking and housekeeping classes conducted at the Protsahan centre in Shahpur Jat. This year Kamalini awarded 19 Domestic workers certificates for successfully completing the course and the jury exam. We give our special thanks to the teachers from Main Tendue and their support to make it a success.

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Celebrating students’ achievements

Republic Day and Awarding of Certificates to students of the Protsahan centre took place at the new Kamalini Institute on the Gurgaon-Sohna Road run by Educational & Development Initiatives. That day 43 students from our Delhi centre were awarded certificates in cutting and tailoring, Basic IT and, Graphic Designing.

Independence Day and Awarding ofcertificates to StudentsKamalini celebrated by awarding ofcertificates to 66 students who havesuccessfully completed courses.Students showcased their skillsthrough vibrant dance performances.

10th Anniversary Of KamaliniKamalini Celebrated its 10th

Anniversary on the 7th of April 2017at Community Hall whichshowcased student performances,remembrances of the foundingtrustees, and refreshments preparedby the cooking students. We alsopresented certificates to thestudents of Cutting and Tailoring,Computers, Graphic Design andInternational Cuisine.

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Kamalini Success Stories

Sapna Devi: 28 Years Old

“My Name is Sapna. I came to Delhi from Himachal Pradesh with my husband few years back looking for employment. I was working in a boutique but it was not easy for me because I could not take measurement of client and do the fitting, so I decided to pursue Cutting and Tailoring from Kamalini. I have completed my Basic Course on cutting and tailoring. Now I am working in Ashna Boutique as a store Manager for half day and also I do stitching from home while pursuing advanced cutting and tailoring from Kamalini.”

Suparna Das: 19 Years Old

Suparna Das has migrated to Delhi from

Midnapore, West Bengal just 6 months ago to

for job but she did not get any job due to lack

of skills. The requirement for basic computer

skills were in demand so Suparna enrolled in

Basic IT from Kamalini and she is now

working in a jewelry shop were she maintains

the stock and sales.

“I am so thankful to Kamalini and my

teachers for guiding and enhancing my

skills. When I came to Delhi I lost all my

hopes of getting a job but now I am

confident and enthusiastic at work”

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Kamalini Success Stories

Shivani 30 Years Old

Shivani expressed a lot of interest and enthusiasm in pursuing International Cuisine . She was working as a baby sitter but she had to leave the job since her employer were moving out of Delhi. Shivani did not get any job for one year since the employer needed an all rounder and she did not know how to cook. So she decided that she will take cooking classes from Kamalini to learn cooking . She is now working for a French family and also completed her 6 months course in cooking. “ I am so happy to learn cooking from Kamalini now I can not only cook but I also have a job thanks to Kamalini and my teacher who has been an inspiration to me, guided and supported me and built my confidence”

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Certificates Awarded in 2017-2018

Courses Number of students

Received certificates

2017-18Shahpur Jat Centre

Cutting & Tailoring 57

Advance Cutting &

Tailoring

14

Embroidery 3

International Cooking 22

NIIT Certificate in Basic

IT

43

English 3

Graphic Designing 6

Typing 2

Total 155

Kamalini has always worked towards the progress of ourstudents. We feel proud to see more women are empoweredthrough our project. During this year a total of 155 women andgirls have been awarded certificates after completing sufficientattendance and clearing the exams and projects required in thevarious courses.

We wish them all the best for their future endeavors!

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Kamalini Production Centre

Students and alumni learn to make saleable products in the production centre. Volunteers from Main Tendue help design the products, get donated materials negotiate orders or find melas in which the student products can be sold.

The Diwali Mela held at the US Embassy on the 13th October of 2017 was another chance for our students to display their products.

The products made by the team of the Kamalini production unit were displayedat the stall put up for the French Charity Fete on 2nd December 2017 organized by volunteers of Main Tendue.

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Exploring History with Kamalini

An on-going event are the Kamalini Village Walks developed by volunteer PreetiSachdeva which allows visitors a chance to understand and discover the heritage ofShahpur Jat and to see our centre in action.

Kamalini in the News

.Kamalini Vocational Training Centre was featured in a TVprogramme that appeared on Madrid television in which aSpanish language teacher working in Delhi, Maria Jose Baños,invited the filmmakers to see the work being done forwomen and their families by Kamalini. Thank you FundaciónPromoción Social for your support by gathering donationsfrom viewers of the TV programme for our work.

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Life Skills Training at Kamalini

Social entrepreneurship sessionled by social entrepreneur MariaGracia Panduro. Students gainedawareness about employment,how to make a proposal forsetting up their own business in asession held at Kamalini inShahpur Jat.

A workshop led by Creative Lab featuredartistic activities for social inclusion andteam-building led by artists Pablo DeCastro and Sofia Soriano from Spain on23rd August 2017.

Industrial Training at Gurgaon Centre. Ajoint session was organised at KamaliniGurgaon Centre where students fromCutting and Tailoring were given class onhow to make Japanese bag, how to usethe industrial Juki Machine, and for basicIT Students they were given session onGood health and Hygiene.

Protsahan

Kamalini Shahpur Jat Center33, Shahpur Jat,Ground Floor,New Delhi 110049Ph. +91 11 2649 8556

www.kamalini.org, email: info@kamalini.org

Accountability Transparency Declaration

Highest paid staff in the organization

Centre Coordinator INR 3,07,972 per annum

Lowest paid staff in the organization

Bookkeeper (part time) INR 33,396 per annum

Managing Trustee (CEO) Monica de Souza receives INR 0 (ZERO) compensation from Protsahan,.

Total international travel incurred by Protsahan in 2017-2018 for staff, volunteers or trustees was INR 0 (ZERO).

Distribution of staff according to salary (in INR) levels and gender (per month)

Male Staff Female Staff Total Staff

Less than 5000 1 1

5,000 – 10,000

10,000 – 25,000 5 5

25,000 – 50,000 1 1

50,000 – 1,00,000

Greater than 1,00,000

Board Members of Protsahan Position on the Board Gross Remuneration and Reimbursement

Maria Mendes Trustee INR 0.00

Monica Rita de Souza Trustee INR 0.00

J.J. Kunnacherry Trustee INR 0.00