Today we had a great day at the school. Lots of students brought cakes: apple cake, ginger breads, cookies, nuts cake, banana cake, carrot cake, etc. They sat in groups and had a relaxed chat in English while they drank their tea.
Thisa morning, Igor, from Rudraksha, gave a talk about their project in North India. This organization is located in Valencia, at 19 Doctor Motserrat Street. Their aim is to help Indian Women in several ways.
The Northeast region of India is one of the poorest in India, where women are less than animals. More than a millon wome fetus are killed every year. Women are not educated. Most of them can't read or write. Their only way to survive is by marrying, but even if they marry they can be abandoned by their husbands and this is a tragedy, because their environment doesn't help them in any way.
Rudraksha has three projects at the moment:
a) Workshops in which women learn to saw, embroider and paint on material. When they finish the workshop they work in a cooperative which sells their work. The workshops have a kindergarden for the children with a tutor who teaches them basic skills. Some of these wome have to walk more than 20 kilometres to get to the workshops. About 150 women are trained every year.
b) "Heart to Heart" which is sisterhood with an Indian woman in order to help her study and work.
c) A building to help women who need leagal advise and other kinds of help because they are rejected by their husbands and families.
Rudraksha has been working on projects in North India for about six years.
Tomorrow Thursday we shall have tea and cakes in the morning and afternoon. There will be a talk in Spanish by a Rudraksha member who will explain their work with illustrations and pictures. The fair market will go on on the first floor. See you there.
Donations are welcome.
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