Habitat for Humanity works to create a concrete difference in the lives of families especially from deprived socio-economic backgrounds by working with sectors such as community, public, private and civic. Livelihood Project aimed especially at the empowerment of the women. MASHAL was an implementation partner for this project. Trainings were provided as a part of Livelihood Project with Habitat for Humanity.

Aim: To empower 120 women with a sustainable solution in generating income amidst job losses along with holistic awareness creation solution to combat COVID-19 pandemic.

Objectives:

• To engage unemployed women in livelihood trainings such as tailoring programs, beauty parlor training, tissue paper making and vegetable selling which there by help improving the economic conditions of women and provide them the opportunities for augmenting their incomes.

• To provide Financial and Digital Literacy training sessions remotely online to women.

• To provide Legal Literacy training sessions to these women.

• To promote Mental Health Awareness amongst women.

• To create awareness among girls and women regarding issues of Menstrual Hygiene Management amidst lockdown.

• To improve knowledge, attitudes and practices toward adopting safe and hygienic behavior in the light of COVID-19 pandemic.

The interventions were introduced at Ajanthanagar, Vetalbaba, Chafekar Chowk, Rajiv Gandhi Nagar, Shantinagar Slum and Hirabai Langhe Chawl.

In the 2011, Pune City Connect was incorporated and it emerged as a pioneering model andits uniqueness lies in its design, which enables different stakeholders working for socialchange to come together for common purpose. Global Opportunity Youth Network Pune(GOYN Pune) is a global initiative catalyzing systems shifts for youth opportunity incommunities around the world. GOYN Pune is part of PCC, it works with “OpportunityYouth” — young people aged 15-29 who are out of school, unemployed, or working ininformal jobs. Pune City Connect would like to play a facilitative role in the development ofcohesive, connected and supportive ecosystems in the city that enable dignity andopportunity for all.

Project Purpose

The project is aimed at providing data to PCC for lighthouse of project. The aim oflighthouse project is to reach out youth across all the slum communities in Pune. The full fledge physical survey is to be conducted for collection of data. This data will strengthen the PMC and GOYN service delivery to the youth of slums.

Objective:

• To provide a baseline database of slums in Pune. MASHAL will work PCC to conduct survey targeting youths.

• Mapping Drone Survey

• Survey of H.H for need assessment

• Training and support by PCC’s GOYN

Activities of Mashal

1. Conducting household surveys of the following slum pockets as stated byLighthouse Communities Foundation (list and map attached in Annexure- I)

2. Creation of open Source GIS platform – map-based information with the data of thehouseholds attached to each house.

3. Drone Survey-Roof level map (contours, house no., roof area, roof type, no. Offloors)

4. Demarcating gallis/lanes and marking areas of doubt

5. Marking amenity structures on provided map, making lines, filling up 7 parametermap

6. Marking amenity structures in Autocad, renumbering as per blocks

7. Filling up survey forms/community meetings

8. 3D models with attribute tables, KML

9. Aligning the map on Google Earth.

10. Filling two pager form provided by Lighthouse Communities Foundation specificallytailored for Youths.

MASHAL anchored this project in association of Global Rights Foundation and Giving Circle. Global Rights Foundation works towards rehabilitation of transgender persons in Thane District with following objectives:

1. Increasing awareness and sensitivity towards transgender among general public (through events, social media campaigns and websites)

2. Raising funds for a pre-decided program (e.g. shelter home, counselingcenter, clinic etc.) from general public, corporates and foundations.

Digital assets such as website, LinkdIn, YouTube, Instagram and facebook were created with a domain of ‘I Am Trans’.A functional community kitchen was started in Ulhasnagar in association with KhaanaChahiye as a part of the project and skill development workshops for rickshaw driving, beautician and computer basics were also conducted in association of Vatsalya Trust.

“COVID-19 was a disaster for many of us as income from traditional sources dried up. However,it did have a little silver lining. Transgender, as usual, were missing from the governmentdirectory of welfare, but we have to look out for our community”, says Dr. Yoga Nambiar. Dr.Nambiar had a trust named Global Rights which was later registered as Global RightsFoundation (GRF) to carry out massive reliefprojects for the suppressed transgender. For Dr. Nambiar, coronavirus played the role of alarmto do something that could help TG to live a respectful life.

There is a lot to be done to empower the transgender community. It starts right from the MASHAL has been providing trainers through CSR partners. There is still a larger need for howto mobilize transgender as only giving skill courses won’t help. Puneri Pride & GRF has outlinedfew plans to grow big and for which it is raising funds. Both organizations are also creating theironline presence so the world can know- 'I am trans' is normal. Giving circle is helping bothorganizations to stand independently, for which MASHAL is helping in monetary terms.