Women's Programs
Since the beginning of Child Haven, a concerted effort been made to improve the lives of local women in India and Nepal. This objective is being accomplished primarily through the provision of educational and occupational opportunities, legal aid and direct employment.
Since the beginning of Child Haven, a concerted effort been made to improve the lives of local women in India and Nepal. This objective is being accomplished primarily through the provision of educational and occupational opportunities, legal aid and direct employment.
Approximately 80 disadvantaged women are currently receiving training in tailoring and computer science. Over fifty women, in various parts of India, have been trained as Soya Cow technicians. Literacy classes for village women have been of benefit to hundreds of women thus far.
As a direct result of Child Haven's presence in India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Tibet in China, employment has been created for over 70 women at this time. Child Haven Homes employ women as managers, teachers, caregivers, dhobis, cooks, office staff, matrons and health care professionals.
Through Manav Vikas Parishad (MVP), a Ghaziabad NGO, Child Haven is operating a Family Planning Awarenes program for women. Rajni, one of two Child Haven workers is winning the confidence of the local women and accompanies individual women to the hospital for Family Planning and other services. There are also literacy classes, a homeopathic health clinic, with a volunteer doctor, assisted by the two Child Haven/MVP women and the Soyacow program to provide low cost milk and employment to women.
