By Julia Matthew | Managing Director
Dear Donor,
Children live in harsh conditions due to poverty, isolation, and neglect. From a very young age, they learn, through their daily lives, concepts that seem otherworldly to many of us, such as hunger, disease, loneliness, and hopelessness. They grow up without knowing they have rights or dignity. Joy and play are replaced by arduous tasks within their families, such as helping to fetch drinking water and caring for domestic animals.
Through our project, we are dedicated to breaking these cycles of poverty and violence against vulnerable girls and women. Through community-driven and girl-centred approaches, we have already provided immediate support and long-term empowerment to more than hundreds of girls and women through education, medical health, skills training like tailoring, bag making, painting, card making, mehendi, computer education, macramé, etc.
Since our project’s inception, we have launched a range of impactful activities that provide immediate support and empower vulnerable girls and women. Through daily activities, children learn not only that they have rights, but that among those rights is the right to play, to dream, to have time to imagine new ways of seeing this harsh world. They discover their creative abilities by practising tailoring, painting, music, and dance, and their lives are filled with colour and hope.
Thank you for all your generous support for the provision of providing skill training to poor women and girls through El Shaddai. Our girls and women are thanking you for helping generously. Our project is more than a program; it is a movement to reclaim the future of girls and women. Already, our support has transformed the lives of more than 500 vulnerable girls and women, protecting them from any harm. With your generous support, we can extend our reach to 1000 girls and women, ensuring that every girl and woman has the opportunity to education, overall wellbeing, and become self-assured leaders.
Your donation will not just be a gift, it will be an investment in a future where every girl and woman is free from violence and empowered to shape her destiny. Join us in our mission to break the cycle of harmful practices and build a safer, brighter future for all girls and women in rural areas of Goa.
With Gratitude!
El Shaddai Family!
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