Celebrating 20 Years of Atulya's Empowerment Journey for Young Women

This July, Atulya marks two decades of unwavering commitment to uplifting young women who have faced immense challenges. From survivors of trauma to confident professionals, our journey has been one of resilience, growth, and hope.

Our Impact Over 20 Years:

• 88 women found a safe home and a new beginning.

• We have had 17 dedicated carers who nurtured and guided our residents over these years.

• 7 babies were welcomed into our extended family.

• Over 32 volunteers have contributed their time and love.

• 9 women pursued training in nursing; 7 have graduated,

and 2 are still training.

• 11 women completed tailoring courses; 8 continue to work with a partner tailoring company.

• 3 women trained in café and bakery skills; 2 joined community

outreach programs.

• 3 women married within our larger community.

at least 18 others after leaving.

• We’ve baked over 200 cakes, for ourselves and friends.

• Fun fact: We’ve moved homes 9 times in 20 years and are now settled in our 10th apartment.

Recent Highlights from the Home:

• We enjoyed outings to the zoo, tulip festival, and local markets.

• Supriya and Deepika graduated from tailoring training     and joined our unit.

• Kashvi embarked on café training in South India, joining fellow graduates from the Home.

Join Us in Empowering Women:

Thank you for your concern for the women at Atulya, we would love for you to partner with us in serving the women. 

Every donation brings us closer to a world where every woman has the opportunity to heal, grow, and thrive. Be a part of this journey. Please connect with us if you would like to know more.

👉 Together, let's be grateful for the opportunity to serve and build a brighter future for these women! 🌟

What Would You Like to Become?

At Rafa Home for Girls, we recently posed this question. Here's how girls answered:

Looking ahead, many choices branch out into multiple possible futures

"I want to become a....

Nurse so that I can help people. When other girls were recently sick, I wanted to assist the didi’s in taking care of them.”

Teacher so that when I go home I can teach my little brother and I can help my parents financially."

Government Officer because I want to help poor people by shaping public policy to benefit them.”

Computer Engineer because there is always something new and challenging in the way they work."

Air Hostess because I could serve people onboard as they travel around the world."

Social Worker so that I can help children and take care of them."

We know that our children are our future. The girls at Rafa Home, having survived difficult circumstances and painful traumas early in life, are growing in resilience and learning to empower others. We believe they hold potential to create a better future for everyone.

Invest with us in this coming generation of nation-builders who will one day lead out

with compassionate, generous, courageous ways of being in our world!

Donate here.

Vocational Training while at Atulya Home

Training and equipping are key elements of life at Atulya Home, as we aim that each woman will become empowered to live independently when she graduates from Atulya. This includes:

Helping women complete their education as far as they can go

Coaching our residents how to resolve conflicts in relationships

Training women to persevere through challenges and struggles

Connecting women to paid internships and apprenticeships

Knowing vocational development is crucial, we provide training both in attaining job skills and in building a strong work ethic, through which women can grow in the values of faithfulness, hard work, punctuality, and doing their best with excellence.

We recently interviewed three of our residents—Rupali, Indra and Fareen*-- to hear their perspective on a one-year sewing & tailoring apprenticeship in which they are enrolled...

Tell us about your tailoring apprenticeship.

Fareen: We are being trained at a small manufacturing unit that makes clothes and speciality items for export.

Indra: We work Monday to Friday afternoons and receive a monthly stipend.

Rupali: We travel together by bus each day to and from the tailoring centre.

Fareen: The woman who trains us finished this same apprenticeship herself a few years ago!

What do you think of the tailoring training?

Rupali: It’s good! I never really liked sewing before, but I’m enjoying learning lot of new things there. At the moment, we’re learning how to make backpacks; before that, the trainers taught us how to make kurta/pyjama suits and cosmetic bags. We have also been learning about different fabrics and how to use them.

Indra: I’m thankful for it. It’s difficult, but it’s a new experience for me.

Fareen: I like it. I have had some training in sewing before, but I’m learning new things here. I find making bags quite hard, especially putting in the zipper, so it’s good to be learning these things. I really enjoy sewing and want to be a tailor in the future.

Apart from sewing, what else are you learning?

Fareen: We’re travelling alone, so I’m learning to take responsibility for myself now.

Rupali: Yes, we’ve had to learn to be careful on the roads as there is a lot of traffic these days!

Indra: Travelling on our own is teaching me how to be independent as well as to look out for others and to do things together.

Rupali: I have also been learning about money and how to use it, how to save, how to budget and decide what’s important to buy so that I don’t waste my money on other things.

Indra: I feel very privileged to get the money. Someone is teaching us and yet we are still being paid! It’s such a good opportunity. I’m learning how to save money. I’m also now seeing the value of things: I realise that before, I never used to take the cost of things seriously.

Fareen: I’m also learning how to save my money as well as how to buy things.

Rupali: I am learning to do the best I can in my work and to be careful with the items we are working on. The motto in the training centre is, “Always be neat and clean”!

Indra: It’s teaching me to work calmly and to focus on what I’m doing. I can feel my level of concentration is increasing.

Fareen: I have been learning to work hard, to do well and to take care in my work.

Indra: I’ve also been learning to keep going and not give up no matter how hard I find the work. If I keep trying, then I will be able to do it, and the result will be mine—I will be able to see what I have achieved.

We continually hunt for apprenticeships and on-the-job training opportunities in a variety of sectors. In case you know of a good option, please share it with us, as it could help other women like Rupali, Indra or Fareen in the future! (Write us at contact@newgenerationtrust.org)

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*Names changed to protect identity