Flagship Details

Purpose

 Make women independent and self-reliant. We support women's empowerment in slum areas of Aurangabad along with educating them on Breast Cancer, mental well-being, reproductive health, legal rights, handling relationships, stress management and intense leadership development.

Objective

RSB Foundation has partnered for the last 5 years with the Women Empowerment (Mahila Prakalp) wing of the Savitribai Phule Mahila Ekatma Samaj Mandal, an NGO dedicated to empowering women in slums. To create awareness on various topics such as Breast Cancer, Mental Well-being & Management of Stress, Intense Leadership Development, Reproductive Health, and Better Relationships, empowering women via Self-help Groups and providing livelihood opportunities. This project targets women in the age group of 18-45 years of age.

Initiatives

RSB Foundation along with the NGO identified a need for awareness amongst women about various important aspects affecting their mental and physical well-being. We aim to enhance the capacity of more than 4500 women to cope with changing environments and improve their overall quality of life. 90 selected women go through an intense leadership development programme to organise and spearhead various programmes for community development. Each leader conducts6 programs under them thus culminating in more than 400 programmes in all. 120 illiterate women are selected for comprehensive education. More than 3000 women have been educated on their legal rights related to marriage.

Impact

1. We have catered to more than 35000 women till date.
2. They are aware of their legal rights thus they feel mentally strong.
3. They become independent and self-reliant by running several small-time businesses and leadership programmes.
4. They are recognised for their efforts to develop the community at large.
5. They help each other in times of need or get the needy to us for counselling.
6. They try to resolve menial issues among themselves instead of approaching the corporators.
7. They gain respect in their families as well as the society.