Our Vision and Our Mission
Empowering Women, Transforming Lives
Kalaa Sakhi is committed to advance gender equality and human dignity. Our work on transforming women’s lives is critical to society’s future. We strive to align to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) across interconnected issues by bringing together innovative ideas to tackle problems of inequality, poverty, quality education and economic growth. We build communities of support and nurture initiatives to advance the dignity and well-being of women.
We believe that empowered women will lead prosperous families, the building blocks of resilient communities. Kalaa Sakhi’s Mission is to promote women’s empowerment by providing vocational training, enterprise development, access to finance, market linkages, leadership development, and equal opportunities. We believe that improving gender equality will create lasting benefits for families and communities, creating a society where every woman can live with confidence and dignity.
Kalaa Sakhi, under the framework of relevant Sustainable Development Goals, supports a holistic approach to empowering women by improving their education, economic opportunities, health, equality, and participation in society.
What We Do
Women Empowerment in Alignment with SDGs
Kalaa Sakhi is specifically focused on women’s livelihood generation with Sustainable Development Goal – SDG 5 (Gender Equality) and Sustainable Development Goal – SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth) being the primary goals while Sustainable Development Goal – SDG 1 (No Poverty) is a strong complementary goal. Working towards Gender Equality and Economic Growth,
Kalaa Sakhi focuses on:
■ Employment generation
■ Entrepreneurship
■ Skill development
■ Equal pay for equal work
■ Safe and productive workplaces
We support Women’s Livelihoods through:
■ Income-generating activities
■ Access to financial services and microfinance
■ Social protection programs
■ Vocational training
■ Technical skills
■ Digital and Financial literacy
■ Entrepreneurship education
Livelihood Initiatives Aligned with SDGs
Kalaa Sakhi, aligning with SDG 5, SDG 8 and SDG 1, undertakes the following initiatives to ensure women’s participation in economic growth:
● Formation and strengthening of women’s self-help groups (SHGs)
● Vocational skill development (cutting and tailoring, knitting, weaving, crochet and other handicrafts)
● Microenterprise and entrepreneurship promotion
● Financial literacy and access to credit
● Agricultural and allied livelihood activities
● Digital and e-commerce training for women entrepreneurs
● Market linkage and value chain development By promoting productive activities, entrepreneurship, creativity, and innovation, Kalaa Sakhi aims to empower India’s vulnerable female population. We provide home-based work opportunities to tackle care, social and access related constraints that women face as a result of patriarchy and poverty
Initiatives under National Rural Livelihood Mission
Kalaa Sakhi helps beneficiaries align with the Government of India’s initiatives towards formation of Self-Help Groups (SHGs) under the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM). We work towards poverty reduction through SHGs, skill development, financial inclusion livelihood promotion SHGs under NRLM The Ministry of Rural Development under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana- National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM)
● Organizes rural poor women into Self-Help Groups (generally 10–20 members).
● Promotes regular savings and internal lending.
● Provides: ○ Revolving Fund (RF)
○ Community Investment Fund (CIF)
○ Bank linkage and credit
○ Interest subvention on eligible loans
○ Skill development and livelihood support
● Focuses on women empowerment, financial inclusion, and sustainable livelihoods.
Initiatives under National Urban Livelihood Mission
Kalaa Sakhi helps beneficiaries align with the Government of India’s initiatives towards formation of Self-Help Groups under NULM. We work towards poverty reduction through SHGs, skill development, financial inclusion livelihood promotion
SHGs under NULM The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana- National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) organizes urban poor women into SHGs and supports:
○ Formation and strengthening of SHGs
○ Revolving Fund for eligible SHGs
○ Bank credit with interest subsidy
○ Self-employment through the Self Employment Programme (SEP)
○ Skill training and placement The objective of Kalaa Sakhi under both DAY-NRLM and DAY-NULM is to promote SHGs, bank linkages, financial inclusion, and women’s empowerment.
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