Samarpan Pratishthan
Women, irrespective of social, financial backgrounds or marital status, face harassment and sexual abuse. While Anger, Annoyance and Embarrassment are most common short term emotional responses, harassment may lead to prolonged stress or depression. Sexual harassment deprives women from active social and economic participation resulting into educational and professional losses to them. Often times women are victimised by their own friends, relatives or someone socially powerful. Women loose social support too, if any, in such cases. Steps to legal aid is prohibitory and makes women more vulnerable.
It takes a lot of courage for a survivor to share their experience. She needs a safe & non-judgmental environment, emotional comfort and support to express feelings. A place which understands that sexual assault is never the survivor’s fault and only the perpetrator is to blame. Recovery is a long term process and the survivor needs hand holding throughout. Samarpan is just that place. Amol is just that person.
About the NGO
Samarpan Pratishthan has been working for the last decade to rehabilitate the women victims of domestic abuse and bring them justice. To date, more than 6,000 women and girls have been counseled under the ‘Maher’ initiative and more than 3,700 women have been rehabilitated. Legal aid has been provided to 44 women under the Maher initiative during the recent Covid pandemic. Accommodation for 17 women and girls has also been arranged.
Also through the same initiative, marriages of 25 young women, who were victims of domestic abuse, have been arranged in proper mainstream families. Currently, the Maher initiative is operating in a rented house. Efforts are being made to provide accommodation and livelihood for at least 300 women and girls soon. In addition to this, we are also implementing ‘Kabir’ for orphans and girls above the age of 18 years. Key initiatives of Samarpan Maher Under the Maher project, women victims are supported until their problems are resolved. Also, counseling, legal aid/guidance, vocational training, education, marriage, repatriation, rehabilitating, etc. are given to the women. Tarunai Chya Veglya Vata An innovative initiative introducing the great gurus working in various fields on a single platform to the thousands of youth. To date, 28 successful events have been conducted in 12 major cities. Vaari Utkrantichi A life-changing journey to meet the great personalities who have played a significant role in the social sphere. Swadesh Kendra Exhibition and sale center of products made by various organizations, specially-abled children, and women in Maharashtra. Kabir Samarpan has been working for the last four years to bring talented young boys and girls above 18 years of age into the mainstream by providing education, training, and short-term accommodation.
About the Founder
Amol Mankar is from Akola, he is trained as a wrestling champion in a wrestling academy run by his father himself. He also a star in different outdoor sports. He grew exploring politics through ‘Vidyarthi Sena’ (a youth activism wing), and also exploring the world of social activism through small events at the level of college. As a young, sensitive social activist, he was shaken when he witnessed an adolescent girl being paraded in humiliation on the streets as punishment by a village Panchayat. He couldn’t walk over.
Amol decided to bring this girl to his home and ensure that she is safe and finds a way to get her life back on track. He had to face a lot of taunting and protest from family and people around, but he persisted and explored the ways to rehabilitate this girl. Finally he succeeded and the girl was married into a good family. Amol kept getting more requests to help the girls in similar situations and he decided to make it a mission for himself. Thus Amol started his organization Samarpan in 2008, which is helping hundreds of women of domestic abuse to get their life back.
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