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Affus Woman Welfare Association(AWWA) is a small Non-Governamental Organisation established in 1999.
Registration under societies registration act. Affus Women Welfare Association(AWWA) is a socio-economic Association
established an aim to improve the social, economic and mental condition of the women at Grass root level, since
these 9 years we are conducting Health,Community Development , Educational , and Vocational Programmes. in urban
and Rural areas. As an organization with social concern Affus Womans Welfare Association has embarked
upon a programme to educate the poor women. The poor women face triple trouble of class, caste and gender. These hapless
creatures could be used as tools to bring about a transformation in the society, by imparting skills useful in gaining
livelihood. We are working in both urban and rural areas to make the poor women self-reliant by imparting them training
in Beautician course, cutting & tailoring, saree& bedsheet painting,soft toys, pot dacoration,banjara work, mehandi
designing and other courses. Summer camps were conducted by us to impart free training to the women. Making them self-reliant
is one
of the ways to emancipate them from the yoke of caste discrimination . Similarly the women are
languishing under abject health conditions. Innumerable health problems of the women go unaddressed due to poverty and
ignorance of their families. Affus Womans Welfare Association (AWWA) has conducted several free health awareness camps
for the women in the remote villages of the backward Hubli-Dharwad and Anantapur and Nalgonda districts. During our
camps it was discovered that the women were facing critical health problems like Leucorrhoea and menorragia. Various gynaec
infections were the culprits behind this tendency. During the awareness camps, our volunteers have been closely
interacting
with the women on issues that are never openly spoken. The women were nudged to visit the local hospitals to get themselves
checked. Local doctors were also involved in interacting with the poor women. Both educated and uneducated women have
restricted employment opportunities, due to discrimination, lack of education, experience and confidence. In fact, employment
opportunities for women in
developing countries are often almost non-existent. Many women have to beg for a living whereas,
in actual fact, employment is the only way out of life long exclusion.
If, during childhood, girl child are not included
in the community, then as they grow up, may not be aware of their existence, let alone their value and rights as equal citizens.
AWWA is also conductiong Vocational and skill Development programmes .Health Awareness Camps, Pulse-Polio Programme,
Women and Child Welfare Programmes, AIDS Awareness Camps and Conducting exhibitions to provide a platform for women to market
their products. Conducting seminars/workshops for women and many such activities. Presently we are engaged in incom
generation progrmmes to
women . like , Beautician course, cutting & tailoring, saree& bedsheet painting,soft toys,
pot dacoration,banjara work, mehandi designing and other courses. We are doing all these activities voluntary without any
help fromGovernment or Non-Government
Organisations.
During
the 9 years of its existence, We believe that our activities were restricted due to lack of resources. As an organization
of social concern, we need to further spread our activities. We have set-up a training institution named AWWA training centre
at Hubli in Karnataka and Hyderabad in Andhrapradesh states for skill development among the orphans & vulnerable
children and women. The institution is offering 75 valued courses to the women. Apart from imparting training, the institution
is also providing counseling to those who had finished their training programme. That way we are striving in our own small
way to bring about a change in the society. Now we are
conducted Zari and Zardose Embroidery training programme to the
Remotest village of Dharwad District(Holtikotti) and kusugal and byahatti villages in hubli taluk in Karnataka.
we are conducting Zari and Zardose Embroidery training programme to the urben women who earn their livelihood by Beedi making
and flower taieing by getting a meagre of rupees 12 per day. We have realized that much more could be done if financial or
material assistance was taken from your esteemed organisation.
presently we are Running AWWA Tailoring and machine embroidery
centers in Hubli city with the support of Islamic Relief U K,
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