Through the most different places, offices, indian slums or burmese villages, there are several women and mothers working tirelessly together with New Humanity International. Today we want to tell you about the “pink side” of New Humanity, that is alongside women and girls to support them in gaining a respectable standard of living.
In India, Navchetan works close to the mothers of the kids involved in the project. It would be meaningless to work without them! The mothers are supported through self-help groups in order to promote dialogue, help with each other, and sharing of common experiences. They are happy and satisfied with a program which allows them to learn together how to take care of their disabled children! Some of them have also received a prize that recognises their never-stopping cares and physiotherapy exercises during the whole lockdown period, so that they can be an example for all the others.
Moreover, in March for the International Women’s Day Navchetan Center hosted a big event of celebration and sharing. The women of the staff went even direcly to visit some families to create awareness on the importance of this Day and invite to the event all the women, mothers, young girls.
On the 8th of march the celebration involved the sharing of some personal experiences of the women of the staff and mothers: they are success stories, dealing with their daily life and which inspired the participants to go ahed in their lives with hope and courage, to try to make the difference in their own context. A mother told about how the cares given to her child had brought about a big improvement and she bursted into tears of joy while telling it.
Again in Navchetan, an awareness programm on women and girls hygene has been recently organised. Thanks to the presence of a volunteer nurse, girls aged between 11 and 19 could take part, clarify doubts and learn correct and safe practices together with their mothers.
In Myanmar instead, trainings for women and girls on soap making and sewing were organised in the villages near Taunggyi in 2020.
Sewing and domestic rearing courses will start soon, too. In this way, women and mothers will be able to carry on income generating activities direclty from their households, being able also to take care of their children. The local staff strongly believes in the importance of women inclusion and wants to assure them a dignified role, which satisfies them and and makes them active part of family and community life.
In addiction, burmese mothers have the chance to take part together in trainings on nutrition. Here they can learn the importance of a balanced diet expecially during pregnancy, in order to prevent the development of any disabilities, and on early childhood.
Among several opportunities there is place for everyone and we hope that more and more mothers and women, young or no more young can feel welcome, supported and stimulated by NHI!
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