A scheme based on sacrifical giving, Caring and Sharing East Sussex, which raises money for 16 projects worldwide. Fistula Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, School For the Deaf, Dar- Es -Salaam, Tanzania, Work of Father Edwin Abanga, Bolgatanga, Ghana, You and Me clinic, Sudan, Pensions for clergy, Rwanda, Helwel Pre-Schools Feeding Programme, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, True Love Waits, KwaSiza Bantu Mission, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, Feeding Programme, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Casa Guatemala, 27 de Julio Nursery, Lima, Peru, Street Educators, Medellin, Colombia, Emanuel Crèche and Boys’ Farm, Olinda, Brazil, Day Care Centre, Ebenezer Home, Chennai, India, Little Flower Leprosy Village, Sunderpur, India, Church of North India Social Service Institute, Nagpur, India, Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed, Savar, Bangladesh





Church of North India Social Service Institute, Nagpur, India
Nagpur is a city of approximately two million inhabitants in the centre of India. Like other cities in this country it is expanding rapidly but for the poor and uneducated life is hard. The CNI SSI helps villagers overcome poverty, alcoholism and unemployment in many ways but the money from Caring and Sharing is used to help work with women.

In Nagpur around 100,000 women from the slums are employed by families from the upper middle classes as 'maid servants'. About half of these maids servants are illiterate, but others may have had secondary school education. Many are from the 'dalit' (formerly untouchable) class whose families have moved to the towns in search of work. They earn between 1,000 and 1,500 Rupees annually and their income is essential to their families.

The CNI-SSI has formed an organisation of maid servants with about 3,000 members. Women come together to talk and learn about their legal rights, their treatment, working conditions and health issues. In 2008 a large rally of over 5,000 women took place to demand free education for their children, health services, a pension scheme and a BPL (below poverty line) ration card. This resulted in a Domestic Workers' Welfare Bill being passed by state legislature granting financial asisstance and rights to these workers.

Over 80 Self Help Groups (SHGs) have also been set up in urban slums and villages to make women more self-reliant and to be part of decision making. They are given training in leadership skills, book keeping, reporting, managerial skills and entrepreneurship development.


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