Our Work & Developmental Interventions

BINDU Society, 21 दून विहार, जाखन ने, जनवरी, 2024 से दीपनगर क्षेत्र, निकट रिस्पना, देहरादून में गांधी पीस सेंटर – नई दिल्ली और स्थानीय संस्था “अस्तित्व” के संयुक्त सहयोग से कौशल विकास केन्द्र शुरू किया है। इस केंद्र में अभी केवल सिलाई और इससे जुड़े आधुनिक क्राफ्ट सिखाने की व्यवस्था की गई है। गरीब व कामगार परिवारों से ही अधिकांश लड़कियां व महिलायें प्रशिक्षण के लिए रजिस्ट्रेशन करवा रही हैं।

“कौशल विकास केंद्र” को और अधिक बेहतर बनाने के लिए जरूरी सिलाई मशीनों आदि सामानों की व्यवस्था जन सहयोग से की जा रही है। अभी तक: * केंद्र की सबसे पहली सिलाई मशीन के लिए नई दिल्ली से Development consultant अर्चना शर्मा जी ने रुपये 5000/- नकद का सहयोग किया है। * अध्यक्ष उत्तराखंड आचार्य के डॉ विजय शंकर शुक्ला जी ने सेंटर के लिए तीन सिलाई मशीन उपलब्ध करवाई, जिसे मरम्मत के बाद काम में लाया जा रहा है। * आर्य समाज आश्रम देहरादून के श्री पी. पी. शर्मा, (सेवा-निवृत्त इंजीनियर) जी ने रुपए 6000/- की सहयोग राशि दी, जिससे मशीनों की मरम्मत और बैठने के स्टूलों की व्यवस्था की गई।

हम सभी का आर्थिक सहयोग व समय-समय पर मार्गदर्शन के लिए बहुत-बहुत धन्यवाद करते हैं।

Activity for Campaign against Child labour - May-June 2023, Dehradun and Haridwar. This initiative is aimed at raising state-level advocacy and consultation for strengthening of CACL network activities.

This workshop aimed to identify and address the problems and issues being encountered by Transgender People in Dehradun city sensitively, and come out with a tailor-made intervention that empowers the community.

The workshop stimulated ideas, facilitated active learning opportunities, and encouraged peer-to-peer sharing of experiences. The outcome was a Plan of Action addressing their educational, health care, emotional, psychological, social protection, and livelihood needs and aspirations.

Mask and soap distribution for hand hygiene in January 2021, supported by the RED CROSS OF INDIA and Interstate Agency Group, Uttarakhand (IAG-UK).

Under this campaign, BINDU distributed 800 masks and 500 soaps to control the spread of coronavirus infection.

Smt. Archana Sharma, Director of BINDU, writes about the basic civic and voting rights of women which are crucial for understanding a gender perspective and an all-inclusive feminist policy.

While women in the UK, US, Sweden, Canada, Mexico, and Switzerland had to campaign for decades—sometimes a century—to secure the right to vote (often up to the late 1940s, 1960s, or even 1970s in Switzerland), Indian women secured equal voting rights immediately upon the country's independence in 1947.

BINDU has been active in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), rescue, and rehabilitation in Uttarakhand since 2013.

Key achievements up to March 2020 include: * **DRR Trainings:** Conducted 32 training camps covering 799 beneficiaries in partnership with DDMA Dehradun. * **School Safety:** Conducted 32 awareness programs for 1,984 government school students in Sahaspur Block, Dehradun.

Since 2008, BINDU has partnered with the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) to motivate rural BPL individuals to opt for accidental policy coverage at just a Rs 100/month premium.

This provides a safety net for vulnerable families who cannot afford higher premiums or handle complex paperwork. Since 2018, this benefit has been extended to the urban poor in Dehradun, covering over 100 families (Agent Code: 83009R027).

Since 2014, BINDU has run skill development programs to create handmade paper decorative articles, addressing the livelihoods of non-artisan marginalized women.

To market these items, we participate in local and national exhibitions, including the SARAS Mela, Delhi Trade Fair at Pragati Maidan, and the Rajpur Nature Festival. These orders help fund production workshops and foster economic independence.