Trinita Society For Social & Health Research - Cross Stitch

Project Brief: The Cross Stitch Project is aimed to create a connection between students in US and girls in the center run by Trinita. It is aimed to provide computer training, vocational training and life skills as well.
Project Type: Resource Centers (description)
Primary Focus: vocational training (description)

Secondary Focus: girls

Area: Urban
Supporting Chapter Contact: Atlanta
Status: completed - requirements ended
Project Steward: Anuradha Bulusu
Project Partner(s): Shampa Roy
Other Contacts:
Project Address: , Trinita Society for Social Education and Health Research,19, Kankulia Road,,
West Bengal  700029
Tel: 9433079313
Stewarding Chapter: Atlanta
Nov 2015AtlantaUSD 1636
Jul 2014AtlantaUSD 1517
Dec 2013AtlantaUSD 1598
Jul 2013AtlantaUSD 2239
Dec 2012AtlantaUSD 4125
Aug 2012AtlantaUSD 2200
Apr 2012AtlantaUSD 7300
Dec 2011AtlantaUSD 2000
Oct 2011AtlantaUSD 560
Aug 2011AtlantaUSD 1000
Apr 2011AtlantaUSD 1000

Total = $25175

The Cross Stitch Project is a cross-cultural design exchange program between Trinita Society for Children in Kolkata, India and Atlanta, USA based Grady High School’s Urban Couture design class. It is a donor specified and donor funded project initiated by Phoebe Brown and Elizabeth Strickler of Georgia State University during their visit to Trinita in 2010. Trinita Society has been supported by Asha Atlanta since 2007. Their Kolkata center currently runs a small sewing skills training program as part of their vocational training. The Cross Stitch project aims to teach more than simple sewing skills and provide young women in the community with a sustainable income by providing two training options to the students:

Students interested in business and technology skills will interact via social networking with the Atlanta team and document the project progress with video while learning advanced computer and digital media skills.

Students in sewing and design will be given advanced design training and learn business skills to help grow their cottage industry into a sustainable livelihood.

More information available at

http://crossstitchproject.wordpress.com/

The Cross Stitch Project is aimed to create a connection between students in US and girls in the center run by Trinita. It is aimed to provide computer training, vocational training and life skills as well.
The motivation for starting the group was inspired by the need to help of poor people living in the slums the appalling conditions of health and education in the slums of Kolkata, Howrah and neighbouring areas as also in the district towns inspired a group of women social activists to form a group to work for uplifting the conditions of these poor people in the distress,.

In the eastern part of Kolkata the people live in these slums to earn their livelihood by working as daily wage earner, labour, commodity seller, maid servant, rag-picker, van and rickshaw puller, etc. due to acute economic crises their priorities are disorder, literacy rate is very low, lack of awareness on their basic needs, unemployment, youth are frustrated and they lead some anti-social life. The low social status of women and children coupled with unsanitary and unsafe living conditions which live makes the children are very vulnerable physically, socially and economically, under these circumstances, there is desperate and need for extending integrated package of intervention specially focused on the children (without school) in order to improve their condition and provide them with an opportunity for a better life. Trinita here trying to lead them a constructive and a peaceful sustainable life.