STREESHAKTI

At “Hope For Children Care Foundation”, we believe that first step to all social changes is self-realization and individual empowerment.

Various studies, and our experience, have shown that when we work towards women’s empowerment, the whole society benefits. But unfortunately in India, far from empowering women, most are denied even their basic rights like health, education of girls, employment and a respectable status in society.

Streeshakti, meaning “women’s power” in English, was pilot running, then stabilized. This program challenges through a simple yet effective approach. The programme is specifically aimed at realization of both individual and collective self-esteem and inner strength for marginalised and socially excluded women and adolescent girls through innovative community practices. A tailor-made strategy 4’s pillar has been developed under Streeshakti, the women empowerment program. The ‘4 S Pillar’ is an acronym for four novel approaches, namely Seeking Healthcare as a behavior, Help for Education and Build skills, Encourage Male Involvement, and Sustaining the Change in Societies. The program identifies adolescent girls and women from the community and develops them into Change Agents, who in turn actively contribute to the community mobilization process.

So far, Streeshakti through women’s education empowerment program and health and Skills programmers has successfully made a difference to the lives of over 60,000 women and girl children.