ANEW (Association for Non-traditional Employment for Women) ….an
avenue for women to survive in this society with non-traditional employability skills.
When the whole world is
focusing on the negative reasons like how women are deprived of equality,
sexual harassment, abuse, domestic violence and harassment of various forms at
work place and outside, there is this group of wonderful women with their
supporting men folk who are silently doing the best to the society by training
young women in employable skills. The
skills are very simple and volunteered but the impact is huge. Home Nursing, Optometry, IT Skills and
multi-media and accounting basics along with most interesting training on Motor
vehicles for women to choose that as a career option.
Interestingly this NGO is proud of creating abilities in
woman who otherwise would have ended up in doing domestic chores or other less
privileged jobs.
The 16 year old saga of this endeavor was proudly shared with
us when Inner Wheel Club of Madras South members visited ANEW on 3 Dec 2013,
Tuesday. With a very warm reception and
also much warm sights of women getting trained in home nursing, IT skills,
communication and art for hearing impaired along women zooming behind the wheel
of autos and cars…create a sense of pride for being the society that is
sensitive to actual grassroots needs.
“Give a man a fish and feed for a day, or teach him fishing
and feed for life”. What better
statement can fit to the unremitting willingness of the volunteers who are doing
an amazing job of providing required training's and imparting confidence to face
the society by these young women who would have otherwise been ravaged by the
nuisances of the society in forms of abuse, financial inadequacy, dependency on
someone to keep their kitchen fires burning.
Today these young women are proudly taking care of
themselves, their families and also rendering services back to the society in
small ways within their means. This is
not a simple task. There is lot of
dedication, hard work, commitment and consistent contribution from volunteers
and sponsors that keeps the momentum strong and successful.
As we crossed the rooms to see how they are actually doing
this, we were greeted by soft innocent looks of the trainees and pride and
confident smiles of the teachers. The
committee was beaming with joy of doing this and pride was visible in every
story from the past they shared on how they evolved in this journey. The story of hard work, crossing roadblocks
on financial front, keeping up with the government regulations and compliance's just to ensure that every penny received is gone for sure for the cause.
This is the key of success for this NGO
which is run by dedicated individuals who make it happen. Placements and providing secured job
opportunities add feathers to their caps.
In this era of media frenzies for showcasing time and again
on negative news….such positive stories need to be shared and appreciated. This will build the layer of respect,
understanding and care to women that were once the lifeline of this country and
its growth.
This story should actually
be telecasted in India Positive in channels like CNN IBN India which will
motivate more and more people to get inspired and learn.
As long as we focus on the good cause, keep with the sincere
efforts, organizations like ANEW will be change agents in the society, silently
doing their work, focusing on the creation of Positive India …far away from
crying with the challenges faced by women every single day.
Each woman has a story to share, a pride of achievement, a
mantra to success overcoming hurdles, creating adversities into valuable
opportunities. And I guess that is what
is making ANEW….stronger and successful as they continue this journey of giving
back to the society.
Long live the aspirations and success of this
organization! God Bless!
References:
Website: http://www.anewindia.org/
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ANEWINDIA
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