Empowering Rural Women (ERW) program in Eastern UP, Tata Trusts
Empowering rural women in district Faizabad, MISEREOR/KZE Germany
Women Empowerment to Democratize Water for Livelihood and Live-DWLL. Andheri HiLife, Bonn, Germany
Empowering Adolescent Girls-EAG project, Azim Premji Foundation
AROH (Woman farmers campaign for their identity and rights), Oxfam through GEAG Gorakhpur
Women’s Action in Panchayats Project, The HUNGER Project
S. No.
Project Name
Funding Partner
Project Duration
Project Location
1
Empowering Adolescent Girls-EAG project
Azim Premji Foundation-APF, Bangalore
2015-2025
Ayodhya, Chitrakoot and Siddarthnagar
2
Women Empowerment through Democratization of Water for Life and Livelihood-DWLL
Andheri Hilfe, Bonn, Germany
2021-2024
Lucknow
4
CSAL Project
Tata Trusts, Mumbai
2022- 2024
Balrampur
5
PAID-(People’s Action for Integrated Development)- An initiative for empowering rural women in district Faizabad
MISEREOR/KZE Germany
2009-2023
Ayodhya
6
Initiative for Farm-based Livelihood Development (IFLD),UP
ITC-CSR
2015-2023
Chandauli, Ghazipur, Prayagraj, Unnao and Hardoi
7
LMPF project in Saharanpur
ITC-Plant CSR
2020-2023
Saharanpur
8
IFLD, Bihar
ITC-CSR
2020–2023
8 districts in Bihar- Bhojpur, Bengusarai, Rohtas, Buxar, Kymur, Lakhisarai and Sarang
9
Skill Development Center in Faizabad
Hiralal Agarwal Foundation- HLAF, USA
2016-2023
Ayodhya
10
Three-tier livelihood structure -Pilot project
NABARD
2022-2023
Ayodhya
11
Sujalam- Sufalam project
Tata Trusts, Mumbai
2019-2022
Balrampur district
12
Micro- credit facilities to women SHGs
RMK, Govt. Of India, New Delhi
2004-2006
Faizabad, Ambedkarnagar and Sultanpur
13
Micro-finance through SHGs & their federations
ABN AMRO Foundation
2005-2007
Faizabad, Ambedkarnagar and Sultanpur
14
PANI-Livelihood project
Oxfam Novib, The Netherlands
2007-2010
Faizabad
15
Empowering Rural Women (ERW) program in Eastern UP
Tata Trusts, Mumbai
2007-2016
10 districts of Eastern UP
16
Ek Saal Aur
Plan International/Hindustan Unilever Foundation
2015-2016
Ambedkarnagar
17
Integrating ICT in livelihood development
Tata Trusts, Mumbai
1013-1015
Ambedkarnagar, Azamgarh and Basti
18
CAUM Project (Collective Action for Upliftment of Marginal)-Phase-I & Phase-II
Andheri-Hilfe, Germany
2004-2011
Sultanpur
19
Women’s Action in Panchayats Project
The Hunger Project, New Delhi
2005-2006
20
PDPF (People’s Development Project, Faizabad)
KKS/BMZ, Germany
2003-2007
Faizabad
21
CUNABA Project (SHG promotion and bank linkage)
NABARD-Lucknow
1999- 2003
Faizabad, Ambedkarnagar and Sultanpur
PANI is pleased to announce the release of Splash! and Hilor, a celebration of the indomitable young women from our Adolescent Girls Empowerment Program in Tarun, Ayodhya district, whose courageous, sovereign choices have created splashes and ripples within their families and village communities.
Nine years ago, when PANI launched its program in Tarun, the odds had seemed insurmountable.
The lives of adolescent girls in this region were governed by societal norms and controls that limited their aspirations and propelled them into a lifecycle of subordination and discrimination.
Of the thousands of girls who became a part of the program, Splash! and Hilor narrates the journeys of twenty-five young women who have conquered immense obstacles to excel at sports, serve in the armed forces, pursue careers in music, and work in companies. Their journeys are a testament to the power of the human spirit to rise above limitations of gender, environment, culture, and society.
We thank Rekha Saleela Nair for meeting, interviewing and soulfully crafting the journey of each girl, and Dr Prachi for translating these narratives into Hindi.
We are grateful to our publishers, the Greenleaf Book Group and BrainInk trust who partnered with us to publish Splash!, and the Sarvbhasha Prakashan for publishing Hilor.
We hope the stories in these books will allow you to experience our world of splashes and ripples and offer you deeper insights into the nuances of empowerment.
