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Jabala Action Resource Center

November 6, 2017

Reading Time: 3 minutes By Kim Burnett, Shadhika President and CEO   Their faces stare down on us, silently watching our work. Tagore, Nehru, Gandhi, and other Indian men of note whose names I do not know. I am sitting in a small second floor community room in the heart of the Bowbazar community, home to the largest Red-Light   

Vacha

October 29, 2017

Reading Time: 4 minutes By Kim Burnett, Shadhika President and CEO   ā€œDo you have a uterus?ā€ The question catches me off guard, but the young girl before me earnestly wants to know. We are sitting on the floor in a community room in a ā€˜bastiā€™ (slum) outside of Mumbai, visiting with the young women and men who are   

The Impact of Computers in a Mumbai Community

August 21, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes By Durga and Sneha, sisters who are both Shadhika Scholars and community leaders at Vacha, Shadhika’s partner in Mumbai.   With the help of Shadhika, my sister and I were able to save up enough money to purchase a computer together. This investment has drastically changed our lives. Before we had our own computer school   

Spring

May 18, 2017

Reading Time: 5 minutes By Kim Burnett, Shadhika President and CEO   I love Spring. After six months of snow here in Colorado, the arrival of Spring, in the form of flowering bulbs emerging in my garden, makes me smile and gives me hope for the future. I also love Spring because that is when we receive our annual   

I Want to be a Trailblazer

April 21, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes By Zaira*, a Shadhika ScholarĀ and community leader atĀ STOP India, Shadhikaā€™s partner in Delhi.   I wish to do an MBA or study in the field of business because one sees extremely few girls. Most people think this field is only for boys. I want to be a trailblazer for girls in my community. So that   

Letters to My Father

June 19, 2016

Reading Time: 6 minutes In honor of Father’s Day, four young women Shadhika supports wrote essays and letters to their fathers. All four young women are Shadhika Scholars and community leaders at Vacha, Shadhika’s partner site in Mumbai.     ā€œAbout My Fatherā€ In honor of Fatherā€™s Day, the following essay was written by Radha, a Shadhika ScholarĀ and community