Category: Bandhini
Welcome to Stories of Change — a collection of real journeys from Meri Pathshala, Bandhini, and SHE Matters. Here, children learn with confidence, women earn with dignity, and communities grow safer and stronger — one inspiring story at a time.
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Threads of Confidence
Quarter One Journal — Stitching and Painting Batch This quarter we selected two women, Sangeeta and Farida, for the stitching and fabric painting batch. Both women come from the same village but have very different backgrounds. Sangeeta has studied till…
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Measuring Success, One Meal at a Time
Week 1: Baseline and Menu Orientation This cycle we selected two women for the new cloud kitchen batch. Asha, Class 7 education, mother of two, cooks daily for a family of six. Meera, studied till Class 5, recently moved to…
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From Home Cook to Entrepreneur
I work with the cloud kitchen group in Khanapur. It is just two women at a time so that we can train them properly. This month it is Sarita and Lekha. Both of them had never imagined they could earn…
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Lighting the Way to Independence
This year we piloted a home-based candle making batch with two women from the settlement, Rekha and Vaishali. Both had limited literacy, no previous work experience and very little confidence in handling heat-based or precision tasks. Candle making was selected…
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The Sewing Machine That Changed a Household
When the world slowed down after COVID, I found myself spending long stretches of time at our small farmhouse in Khanapur, a quiet village on the outskirts of Pune. I had spent years working in education and community spaces, yet…