“When you educate a man, you educate an individual and when you educate a woman, you educate an entire family.” This declaration is multi faceted—an educated woman has the self confidence, skills as well as intelligence to understand the need to be a better daughter, sister, wife and mother and make a progressive family. Education…
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India is a country with more than one billion people, and just one-third of them can read. Rapidly growing size of population, shortages of teachers, books, and basic facilities, and insufficient public funds to cover education costs are some of the nation’s toughest challenges. This is where Children in India are facing the basic challenges.…
21-year-old Sangoofi and her friends are all excited. "I have completed 2 months in this course and soon I'll be able to stitch salwars for myself and hopefully get orders from within my colony," she says.Indian Women and Child Welfare Trust provided vocational training for adolescent girls in Basti Vikas Kendra, New Delhi. They were enrolled…
'You don’t raise money, you raise hope'
Indian Women and Child Welfare Trust always welcomes support from our local, national, international communities. We are an independent charity that works to make a real positive difference to improve the quality of life of children, women and poor people living in India.Without your help we would not…
Empowering the most vulnerable and marginalized sections of the society has always been the prime motive of Indian Women and Child Welfare Trust’s interventions throughout the country. With this aim, Indian Women and Child Welfare Trust has been working and active in slums and villages for more than 15 years. Since then, strong and trust…
Sending a child to school means empowering her with all important tools for a better and dignified life.
A child with quality education not only transforms her life but also contributes to the family, society and the overall development of the future generations. An educated girl child can avoid exploitation, take informed decisions and get…
Even after decades of freedom, India is struggling to provide basic health services to its people. According to government sources, in India 45 children die every hour due to respiratory infections. 1 child dies every 2 minutes due to diarrhoea. And annually, about 2 million children under 5 years of age die due to preventable…
200 million children suffer the effects of malnutrition.
Malnutrition affects every stage life and has severe consequences that can impact generations. Malnourished mothers are more likely to die in childbirth and have low birth weight babies. Children born to malnourished mother are at increased risk of disease and death. Chronically malnourished children face lifelong consequences…
Indian Women And Child Welfare Trust constantly strives to support and empower individuals, particularly underprivileged children enabling them to meet basic ambitions of their life and realize their potential, make informed choices, resist oppression, fight for rightful existence and facilitate new possibilities and opportunities for them.
The Indian Women And Child Welfare Trust takes…
In the freezing January night of Delhi, when the entire city dons their sweaters, monkey-caps and mufflers with a hot cup of tea (which they enjoy holding instead of drinking), there are few under-privileged who cannot afford even a blanket and die. The maximum deaths in North India are due to cold wave every year.…