Success Stories: Education Sponsorship

  Soni (11 years): "I am happy to continue my education" Education sponsorship child from the village Nikau in Uttar Pradesh Three years ago Soni was enrolled under Tara education sponsorship programme. The purpose of the sponsorship programme is to provide the education support to the needy and deserving marginalized children, who are prone to child labour. Today Soni is 11 years old. She has three brothers and one sister. Her father works as a mechanic – not a very steady job in this part of India. And her mother cannot work because of her poor health.  Her father couldn’t ea...

Fair Trade Products – Buy Fair!

Tara's mission is to practice fairness in its production and trading activities for the development of the grassroots and the other marginalized section of the society. In this regard we are committed to follow the fair trade standards, developed by WFTO. As a social enterprise we are in to eight different craft lines: Jewellery Soapstone Crafts Zardozi/Embroidery Glass Wooden Crafts Gift / Accessories   Metal Crafts Recycled Products ...

Mutual Health Organization (MHO)

With objective to ensure a better health care to all the artisians, their family members as well as the community, TARA has established a project on Mutual Health Organization (MHO) in the area of Badarpur, Delhi. In most cases the people in this area didn’t get the right and necessary treatment before. Within the MHO improved health care facilities could be provided and regular programmes are organized to benefit the larger community.  More than 900 members within this project are provided with the beneficial health care. The community members can take the medical support from its ne...

Education Sponsorship Program

An education sponsorship project was initiated in April 2010 in collaboration with Naya Jiwan, an organization from Denmark working for the school going children from the marginalized section of the society. It was decided that the pilot project would cover 100 children to begin with; belonging mainly to slums in Delhi suburbs and the villages of North Indian state, Uttar Pradesh. Tara Social team conducted surveys and made a study in the slums and resettlement colonies in the target areas to identify the deserving children. The project aimed to support the children between the age group of...