Child Home School, Birth Child Home, Child Home, Social And Welfare Services, Social Welfare Policy, Social Welfare Issue, Social Welfare Office, Social Welfare Agency, Social Welfare Program, Social Welfare Program In India, Social Welfare Programme In India, Social Welfare Programme, Social Welfare Programmes In India

Keeping in accordance with the tenets of Sikhism of equality to women, universal brotherhood, welfare unto all; The Kalgidhar Society has launched 'Akal Rozgar Yojna'. It is a project empowering women to be self-sufficient and self-dependent to live a dignified life at par with the male members of the society. This project has been launched primarily in the rural regions of Northern India where the women are subjected to injustice and discrimination.

The training session of first batch of 33 women from the rural, remote and backward areas of Punjab was inaugurated by Baba Iqbal Singh Ji on 18 November, 2006 at F-3, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi.

This first batch of 33 destitute women underwent a training session of 30 days (15 days' training and 15 days of commercial production) at Delhi under the supervision of expert professionals in the field of cutting, tailoring, stitching and embroidery. After the successful completion of the training session, this batch of women started running the production centers established by The Kalgidhar Society in their native villages. The same machinery used by the trainees in Delhi was transferred to the village production center, so that the poor women could start working without any hindrance.

Along with the professional training, these women follow a regular schedule to tread the path of spirituality to enable them attain mental peace and concentration. This also empowers them with mental and physical strength as they start their daily routine in the ambrosial hours at 3 in the morning with Nitnem.

All the women undergoing professional training under Akal Rozgar Yojna belong to the lower strata of the society. Some have no income at all; and others having Rs. 2000 as monthly income at an average which makes it near impossible to run the daily family affairs. Education for these families had become a remote possibility as most of these women could not complete their high school. These trainees include widows, divorcees, married and unmarried women.

Volunteers from The Kalgidhar Society have opened an outlet for selling products produced under Akal Rozgar Yojna. The outlet 'ARY Brand Store' has been started in Nehru Market, Rajouri Garden in New Delhi. All profits from this product are fully dedicated to enable livelihood security for the underprivileged rural women folk.