The Objectives of Mijwan Welfare Society:
1.To provide a safe and hygienic environment for teaching embroidery and tailoring skills hopefully by building a large well lit and ventilated working hall, a toilet and water supply.
2. To provide them with several sewing machines, tables and stools.
3. To provide salaries for well trained teachers in both sewing and embroidery sections.
4. To provide stipends to the pupils to encourage them to come to the school to learn these skills.
5. To provide ongoing expenses for the equipment maintenance and transportation.
6. To help trained girls set up their own businesses by giving them micro-loans.
7. To help them sell their finished products in the market, locally or abroad.
Home of Hope is a Non Profit Charitable Organization Tax ID#94-3342348 sec 501 (c)3
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Home of Hope Inc.
190 Tobin Clark Drive
Hillsborough, CA 94010
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Ending a cycle of early marriage, childbearing, (and associated problems of high infant/childhood mortality, multiple children, subjugation of women, possible ill-treatment, dependence) and poverty is not an easy goal to accomplish. Nonetheless, that is exactly what a small village project of Mijwan Welfare Society started by Kaifi Azmi and supported by Home of Hope has set out to do. Several families have witnessed their young married girls become an asset as opposed to a burden and liability. Project coordinator, Nalini Bhat, who has been involved with this project for a few years, recently visited the project and commented “It is so encouraging to witness the transformation in these girls – they blossom from shy, withdrawn girls lacking in confidence, to ones who feel they can actually contribute to their families’ well-being. They feel they have some control over their future, and don’t have to remain victims of social norms and expectations”.
