Early December Shilpa and I had the opportunity to visit Philibhit, Uttar Pradesh, through Ms. Maneka Gandhi, Union Minister of Women and Child Development in the Government of PM Narendra Modi, to explore collaboration with the Ministry. The Ministry has been working on a few projects to generate income for the rural women in the…
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Transition and team spirit
We’re in transition. How does that work? Our goal is to transform Women on Wings from a Dutch led organization to an Indian led organization. What happened since we took the decision for transition? First step was defining where we were heading to and defining the route how to get there. In 2014 we discussed…
Work for Sanya, crafts woman from Bhuj
Sanya just made a phone call to Kaki, the founder of Shrujan. Sanya is eager to get more work and she hopes that Kaki (83) will soon give her another saree to embroider. Shrujan is a social business in Kutch India. Last week I worked with them to strengthen the organization and improve their sales…
