Three organisations - Aangan-Project Shakti, Educate Girls, Mann Deshi - to be rewarded for improving lives of young girls and women in India
On Saturday 9 November, Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall will attend the launch of The British Asian Trust Advisory Council, India, at a dinner in Mumbai. The evening will also see three charities which have benefitted from the Trust's help, receive recognition awards for the work they do.
At the suggestion of HRH The Prince of wales, The British Asian Trust was founded in 2007 by a group of British Asian business leaders, led by Manoj Badale, who is now chairman. It provides funding to support high impact charities within the areas of education, health and livelihoods in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
The Trust’s India Advisory Council is chaired by Mr Mukesh Ambani, who was appointed by HRH The Prince of Wales earlier this year at an event at Windsor Castle. The Trust has an Advisory Council for every country that it operates in. The aim of the Council is to help advise the Trust on the charitable organisations that it should support, and co-support alongside other organisations. The other members of the India Advisory Council include; Neeraj Kanwar – Apollo Tyres, S.Ramadorai – Tata Consultancy Services, Harish Salve – one of India’s eminent lawyers ,Mrs Naina Lal-Kidwai - chair of FICCI and group manager HSBC India, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw – chair and MD of Biocon Ltd and Ranjit Barthakur of GMS.
His Royal Highness, who has an in-depth understanding of and fondness for India, will see three of the Trust’s beneficiary organisations rewarded for their work in improving the lives of young girls and women in India, which has been a 2013 focus for the Trust.
The three organisations are; Aangan, whose Project Shakti, encourages vulnerable girls to realise their rights, and gain access to services including healthcare and education.Educate Girls is an organisation that aims to improve both quality and access to education for young girls living in rural Rajasthan. Mann Deshi is India’s first and only Business School for illiterate rural women. The School provides comprehensive training in accountancy, marketing and technical skills such as embroidery and tailoring.
The evening has kindly been supported by Reliance Industries Ltd., Tata Consultancy Services and Yes Bank.
Mukesh Ambani expressed his gratitude for the Royal visit “It is an honour to be able to host Their Royal Highnesses at home in India, their trip is a true indication of the wonderful ties that the two countries share. Securing the support of HRH The Prince of Wales for a number of charities in India, has allowed so many people living in South Asia to overcome both social and economic barriers. I look forward to celebrating the achievements of the Trust on Saturday and furthering the work of the Trust and His Royal Highness.”
Entertainment on the evening will be provided by Indian singing sensation, Sunidhi Chauhan, who has collaborated with the likes of Alka Yagnik, Shaan and Udit Narayan. The celebrated singer has worked on numerous Bollywood films and by the age of 19 Chauhan had lent her voice to over 350 songs.
Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall are on a nine day visit to India before moving on to Sri Lanka where The Prince will represent Her Majesty The Queen at the 2013 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).
The British Asian Trust:
The British Asian Trust was founded in 2007 by a group of British Asian business leaders at the suggestion of HRH The Prince of Wales. It serves as a “social fund” to support high impact charities within the areas of education, health and livelihoods in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
Over the last five years the Trust has touched the lives of 1 million people living in the poorest communities in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and the UK. Over the next five years we aim to touch over 2 million more lives in South Asia, for which we need to raise over £10 million.
Aangan
The British Asian Trust supports Aangan’s Project Shakti which encourages vulnerable girls to realise their rights, and gain access to services like health care and education. Shakti enables them to design and run their own community projects and experience the power of collective action, so that they can bring about change both in their communities, and to their own lives.
Educate Girls
Educate Girls (EG) is an organisation that aims to improve both quality and access to education in rural Rajasthan through reforming the state’s Government Schools. Rajasthan houses nine of India’s 26 most gender-deprived districts with regards to education and has the lowest female literacy rate for lower caste women in India at less than 5%. EG believes that by empowering and mobilising village communities to improve the quality of girls’ education and infrastructure in government schools, more girls can be educated at a larger scale. The Trust selected EG to join its portfolio in 2011 with the aim of helping it scale-up its work in Rajasthan’s Jalore district.
Mann Deshi
Mann Deshi transforms women in rural India with little or no education into entrepreneurs through financial literacy, management education and business training, linked with access to finance via its cooperative bank run by and for women, enabling them to start and/or scale-up their own micro-enterprises. The Trust selected Mann Deshi Foundation for its support in 2009 given the organisation’s proven holistic model, its potential for large scale, sustainable impact and its visionary founder.
On Saturday 9 November, Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall will attend the launch of The British Asian Trust Advisory Council, India, at a dinner in Mumbai. The evening will also see three charities which have benefitted from the Trust's help, receive recognition awards for the work they do.
At the suggestion of HRH The Prince of wales, The British Asian Trust was founded in 2007 by a group of British Asian business leaders, led by Manoj Badale, who is now chairman. It provides funding to support high impact charities within the areas of education, health and livelihoods in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
The Trust’s India Advisory Council is chaired by Mr Mukesh Ambani, who was appointed by HRH The Prince of Wales earlier this year at an event at Windsor Castle. The Trust has an Advisory Council for every country that it operates in. The aim of the Council is to help advise the Trust on the charitable organisations that it should support, and co-support alongside other organisations. The other members of the India Advisory Council include; Neeraj Kanwar – Apollo Tyres, S.Ramadorai – Tata Consultancy Services, Harish Salve – one of India’s eminent lawyers ,Mrs Naina Lal-Kidwai - chair of FICCI and group manager HSBC India, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw – chair and MD of Biocon Ltd and Ranjit Barthakur of GMS.
His Royal Highness, who has an in-depth understanding of and fondness for India, will see three of the Trust’s beneficiary organisations rewarded for their work in improving the lives of young girls and women in India, which has been a 2013 focus for the Trust.
The three organisations are; Aangan, whose Project Shakti, encourages vulnerable girls to realise their rights, and gain access to services including healthcare and education.Educate Girls is an organisation that aims to improve both quality and access to education for young girls living in rural Rajasthan. Mann Deshi is India’s first and only Business School for illiterate rural women. The School provides comprehensive training in accountancy, marketing and technical skills such as embroidery and tailoring.
The evening has kindly been supported by Reliance Industries Ltd., Tata Consultancy Services and Yes Bank.
Mukesh Ambani expressed his gratitude for the Royal visit “It is an honour to be able to host Their Royal Highnesses at home in India, their trip is a true indication of the wonderful ties that the two countries share. Securing the support of HRH The Prince of Wales for a number of charities in India, has allowed so many people living in South Asia to overcome both social and economic barriers. I look forward to celebrating the achievements of the Trust on Saturday and furthering the work of the Trust and His Royal Highness.”
Entertainment on the evening will be provided by Indian singing sensation, Sunidhi Chauhan, who has collaborated with the likes of Alka Yagnik, Shaan and Udit Narayan. The celebrated singer has worked on numerous Bollywood films and by the age of 19 Chauhan had lent her voice to over 350 songs.
Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall are on a nine day visit to India before moving on to Sri Lanka where The Prince will represent Her Majesty The Queen at the 2013 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).
The British Asian Trust:
The British Asian Trust was founded in 2007 by a group of British Asian business leaders at the suggestion of HRH The Prince of Wales. It serves as a “social fund” to support high impact charities within the areas of education, health and livelihoods in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
Over the last five years the Trust has touched the lives of 1 million people living in the poorest communities in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and the UK. Over the next five years we aim to touch over 2 million more lives in South Asia, for which we need to raise over £10 million.
Aangan
The British Asian Trust supports Aangan’s Project Shakti which encourages vulnerable girls to realise their rights, and gain access to services like health care and education. Shakti enables them to design and run their own community projects and experience the power of collective action, so that they can bring about change both in their communities, and to their own lives.
Educate Girls
Educate Girls (EG) is an organisation that aims to improve both quality and access to education in rural Rajasthan through reforming the state’s Government Schools. Rajasthan houses nine of India’s 26 most gender-deprived districts with regards to education and has the lowest female literacy rate for lower caste women in India at less than 5%. EG believes that by empowering and mobilising village communities to improve the quality of girls’ education and infrastructure in government schools, more girls can be educated at a larger scale. The Trust selected EG to join its portfolio in 2011 with the aim of helping it scale-up its work in Rajasthan’s Jalore district.
Mann Deshi
Mann Deshi transforms women in rural India with little or no education into entrepreneurs through financial literacy, management education and business training, linked with access to finance via its cooperative bank run by and for women, enabling them to start and/or scale-up their own micro-enterprises. The Trust selected Mann Deshi Foundation for its support in 2009 given the organisation’s proven holistic model, its potential for large scale, sustainable impact and its visionary founder.
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