Sathi All for Partnerships – resource increase and inclusion work

In 2024-2025, SAFP concluded two projects: Strengthening Feminist Movement With Inclusive Safe Spaces (SFMISS) and Increasing Workers’ Awareness to Avail Government Schemes. The gains from the two projects were celebrated at an event called “Subah Ka Sapna” on Valentine’s Day to uphold congenial work relationships. The event was a celebration with “Workers One Billion Rising” that brought workers together with LGBTQ+ individuals, single people, and the differently abled.

Strengthening partnerships, SAFP trained Queer, Orphan, and Single women to set up working relationships through the Sansadhini Abhiyaan in 2004. It trained primitive Baiga and Gond tribal women in Bilaspur on the invitation of Narachna in May 2023 on gender resource equality. These Sansadhinis set up their Jungle Bank to strengthen their resource base as a collective. Ms. Deepa Chaudhary from SAFP trained tribal women invited by Navrachna.

Training on gender resource equality ordained by Traid craft UK in June 2022 in Jharkhand

Work on women and enterprise development is a constant with SAFP as part of resource increase mandate for farmers, vendors, artisans, waste workers, garment workers and with food producers. SAFP completed the end line evaluation for a woman enterprise programme for Karuna Trust UK group in 2021. An ongoing task for SAFP is to inspire individual women on development of their own legacy to be people in their own right.

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Santhal tribal women in Jamtara facilitated by Badlao Foundation have constructed a meeting hall that they as well as members of the community use. They manage this building with support of the panchayat. Similar infrastructure should be managed by women in groups to address Gender Resource Gap (GRG). SAFP consulting assist groups to develop strategies to understand and address GRG.

Mental health and wellbeing is fostered through social relationships. SAFP has facilitated people to connect with each other through its activities and campaigns like love your neighbourhood and wellness activities like club house that get together those who empower themselves out of their vulnerabilities. In particular we work with women and girls who have suffered trauma of family break down and community exclusion. The article below is an example of one such strategy.

Addressing the Challenges and Agency of Youth Leaving Care in India during Covid-19