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Support Prajnya's Campaign against Gender Violence

From: Anupama Srinivasan
Date: 2009/10/29
Subject: FundACause: Prajnya 16 Days Campaign against Gender Violence

Dear Ms. Parekh,

I'm writing to request you to post this on the FundACause page.

Thanks a lot
Best Regards
Anupama

Prajnya  is a Chennai-based non-profit, working on areas related to peace, justice and security.

Between 25 November and 10 December every year, Prajnya organises the 16 Days Campaign against Gender Violence. Through this campaign, we look to raise awareness of the different ways in which women in particular are vulnerable to violence, at home, at their place of work, on campuses and in public spaces.Over 16 days, we conceptualise and organise 16 different programmes, at different locations across the city, with different partners and for different audiences.

We do this through a broad, inclusive, structural and human rights approach to genderbased violence; by forging partnerships to create a network for action; by involving diverse audiences including educational institutions, corporate groups and civil society organisations; and by working with innovative media and programme formats.

Violence against women isn’t a private concern. It affects every single one of us at every stage of life. For this reason, the 16 Days Campaign is a collective exercise that we undertake with our partners, our volunteers and our friends!

Please support the campaign with a donation. And of course, please spread the word!

If you would like to volunteer or make a donation, please write to us at prajnya.16days@gmail.com

And read about the planning process and give us your ideas at prajnya16days.blogspot.com

THANK YOU!!

 

The Prajnya Team 

 PS: How to donate: http://prajnya.in/give.htm#donate

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Anupama Srinivasan
Campaign Coordinator
16 Days Campaign against Gender Violence
www.prajnya.in/16days.htm
prajnya16days.blogspot.com

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Another message from the team:

Dear Friends of Prajnya,

We've been fundraising for this year's campaign and while we have a steady trickle of individual donations, we remain short on funds.

Our budget is really very lean, with most of us donating time, overheads being underwritten by another organization and very frugal programme planning. However, we still need at least a couple of substantial donations to make the difference.

Can you help us raise this money? http://www.prajnya.in/give.htm has details on how to donate to Prajnya. But we can also send you some more information about the campaign and Prajnya to share with potential donors. If you would like to try and help us this way, do let us know.

PLEASE NOTE: We are only able to receive funds from Indians living in India. Unfortunately, FB doesn't let us customize mailing lists so everyone has this in their inbox. Sorry about that!

Thank you for your help!

Swarna
prajnyatrust@gmail.com

Comments (1)

Nov 13, 2009
Anupama Srinivasan said...
Dear Chandni,

Thought we'd let you know we received a generous donation from someone in Hyderabad, so thank you!:)

Also, the campaign schedule is now up: please see http://prajnya.in/16d09calendar.htm

Warm Regards
Anupama

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