We are happy say that a new Group of dressmakers has completed the 6 months sewing course, this time with 11 women. It is the 17th Groupon since we started offering programmes for the empowerment of women. Sangita, with her new sewing machine, won the first prize....

Almost a year later, the Sangwari Sheek Kendra Centre, opened by the AKSHY ASSOCIATION in June 2021 in conjunction with the Nivedita Trust Foundation in Chhattisghar is seeing its first results.  This project was made possible thanks to the generosity of the members...

The AKSHY ASSOCIATION jointly with the NIVEDITA FOUNDATION TRUST is widening its field of action up to the State of Chhattisgarh by means of a Project directed towards the tribal community of the Sabariyas. Akshy´s objective is to support minority communities in...

Gradually the Indian  Government is relaxing the strict measures imposed to  combat Covid-19 and we have been.able to reopen the school of sewing for young girls and women of the villages The teacher Ritu  Devi with a student We wish to express our gratitude to...

Puja is a Class V pupil in the Akshay School.  She and her family have also been able to benefit from our project "A Roof, A Home". Our student Puja and Raquel, the Director of AKSHY Puja lived with her family in a mud dwelling with no running water or electricity in...

The universal right to an adequate, dignified dwelling,  is one of the human rights appearing in the Universal Declaration of Rights...... but, sadly, this right is constantly ignored. A right which is necessary for a child´s correct...

We want to share with you our good news: with the lifting of restrictions by the Indian Government, we have been able to open our School for Sewing again,  taking all due precautions for social distancing, the use of masks and washing of hands before entering the...

Manju Devi is the mother of Rohit, a boy in Class VI of the Akshay School.  When Manju Devi got married it took her 8 years to conceive.  Some times in India, the husband takes another wife when his first cannot conceive,  procreation being of such great importance,...

This past year 2020 made us pause to think and realize more than ever how important it is and how fortunate we are in the Western world at having access to health systems. In rural areas of India, the national health system is very poor, with only one doctor for every...

Our  "Open Class" was set up so the children can continue to study.  No child should be left behind! Since mid March schools have been closed in India because of the Covid-19 pandemic. The start of the academic year 2020/2021 should have been on April 1st. Open Class...