The women trained by Nava Bharat Women’s Empowerment Centre have been making good money by producing household articles made of palm leaves, jute bags and garments, and have received appreciation from the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) for their efforts and activities.
Studies are important in the early development of rural girl students to compete and catch up with the new and developing digital world. Praya intend to institute an award for girl students studying in rural schools. The idea is to support bright hard working girl students of class X, XI and XII who are not economically privileged section of the society.
A small out of pocket grant could empower them pursue their academic or other interests, reducing to a little extent, the burden on parents. Girls studying in Higher Secondary Girl’s schools located in villages and managed by the Education Department of the Government of Tamil Nadu or local bodies such as Panchayat Unions are acceptable for the award.
Tamil Nadu is known for its own games and sports events to keep people healthy, interactive and traditional in nature. Many of the games are part of social events, festivals and religious conventions to provide a forum for the talented to display and articulate before participants. As such, these games sustained themselves over decades and need to be supported to successfully transfer to the next generation. Praya intends to spot, identify and encourage talent among rural girls playing and preserving the traditional local games. Children studying in rural schools and are juniors (less than 15 years of age) in age are eligible for the game award. Individual school students or those associated with any local trainer or training group or association are eligible. The assistance for the selected girls will be Rs 500/- per month for an academic year (June – March). Interested candidates studying up to class X in any government school in a rural area of Tamil Nadu can apply.
Praya has a modest origin in 2017 as a trust to promote charitable activities for betterment of women, especially during their early career. Water and environment are important natural resources for livelihoods in villages of India. Girls and women being the direct stakeholders, their knowledge about environment and cultural interrelationships could lead to a better understanding of life. This will be the driver for the activities of PRAYA. The members of the trust having been given good education and gender parity in their family wish to propagate it to those underprivileged living in rural and economically backward areas.
