Long-term trainers for Destiny Foundation

Make Destiny Foundation empower more women victims of sex trafficking or at high risk of being exploited by helping recruit long-term trainers!

Project visual Long-term trainers for Destiny Foundation
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26/08/2017
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€745
Out of €700
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Long-term trainers for Destiny Foundation

<p>100% REACHED, <strong>A HUGE THANK YOU! </strong></p><p>Already 1 more trainer guaranteed for Destiny Foundation.</p><p><strong>NEW GOAL: 2 TRAINERS, 1400€ TO COLLECT! </strong></p><p> </p><p>Note that any extra money that can't serve for the recruitment of an additional trainer will be used to buy sample needles, threads, fabrics, etc.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><img alt="Destiny-logo-new-1-1-copy-1497389265" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/433815/DESTINY-LOGO-NEW-1-1-copy-1497389265.png"> </p><p>Destiny Foundation is a social entreprise based in Calcutta, India. This social organisation works with highly vulnerable women who have been victims of sex trafficking or who are at high risk of being exploited.  The main goal of Destiny is to <strong>empower the beneficiaries emotionally, socially as well as financially</strong>, and ultimately <strong>reintegrate them into the mainstream society</strong>.</p><p> </p><p>From <strong>providing a home</strong>, to <strong>educating</strong> and <strong>employing</strong> the girls, Destiny Foundation is fighting for a better future for the girls.</p><p> </p><p>Currently, the team is taking care of <strong>more than 100 women</strong> from India, Bangladesh and Nepal, who had been previously exploited. Since 2007, more than <strong>75 girls</strong> and women have been succesfully reintegrated into the mainstream society.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><u><strong>THE PROJECT TEAM</strong></u></p><p> </p><p>Like any social business, Destiny is struggling financially. The organization being new to the topic of crowdfunding, I joined the team as a <strong>campaigner </strong>and<strong> junior consultant </strong>to carry out this first project "Long-term trainers for Destiny Foundation" and analyse the success factors of a crowdfunding project for Destiny Foundation. In regular contact with <strong>Smarita Sengupta, founder of Destiny Foundation</strong> and<strong> Nandini Sarkar, project coordinator,</strong> I am also conducting this consulting with the help of <strong>Paulami Mitra, a</strong> <strong>teacher and researcher on Social Entrepreneurship</strong> at IESEG School of Management (France), a<strong> campaigner for Destiny Foundation</strong> and an <strong>endorser of social causes</strong>.</p><p><img alt="Team2-1498507956" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/437245/team2-1498507956.jpg"></p><p><img alt="Nandini_english-1498578501" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/437480/Nandini_english-1498578501.jpg"></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><u><strong>DESTINY FOUNDATION: HOW DOES IT WORK</strong></u><strong>?</strong></p><p> </p><p>The organisation is comprised of two divisions:</p><p> </p><p><img alt="2wingsfinal-1497984176" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/435930/2wingsfinal-1497984176.jpg"></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><u><strong>DESTINY FOUNDATION: FOCUS ON <em>TRAINING</em></strong></u></p><p> </p><p>During this transition from the shelter home to the real world, the women are supported through <strong>counselling, rehabilitation and employment opportunities</strong>.</p><p> </p><p>The trainings undertaken by Destiny Foundation include <strong>sewing, designing and crafting fashion goods</strong>. The women are also coached on basic life skills such as <strong>reading, writing, spoken English, accounting </strong>and <strong>computer skills</strong>. <strong>Hygiene workshops</strong> are frequently hold too.</p><p> </p><p><img alt="Workshop_at_community_center-1497634592" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/434855/WORKSHOP_AT_COMMUNITY_CENTER-1497634592.jpg"></p><p> </p><p>Of course, all this comes at a cost!</p><p> </p><p>It is often a financial challenge to <strong>recruit committed trainers on all the above courses</strong>. Even though the social business wing Destiny Reflection partially sustains the charitable wing, this is not enough!</p><p> </p><p>Presently, full-time employees include 25 women and more people work with the organisation on part-time and freelance basis. <strong>Destiny Foundation wish to recruit more!</strong></p><p> </p><p>Through this fundraising campaign, we aim to bring together donors who aim to add meaning to the lives of these women so that they can achieve basic employment skills and attain an unexploited and abuse-free future.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>LET US ALL FIGHT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS!</strong></p>

Allocation of funds

<p>Destiny presently has <strong>5 trainers</strong>: 2 sewing trainers, 1 yoga trainer, 1 craft teacher, 1 teacher for the literacy program. The trainers are mostly recruited from reputed training institutes and networking with partner organisation. </p><p> </p><p>On average, the <strong>training process lasts for 1 year</strong>. Classes can last for 2 to 6 hours.</p><p> </p><p>For Destiny <strong>the</strong> <strong>annual cost of 1 trainer only, is approximately 670€</strong>. It can be up to 840€ per year for a sewing trainer.</p><p> </p><p>With your help, and if we reach our goal of 700€ raised all together, <strong>we can help Destiny recruit at least one more trainer.</strong> (KissKissBankBank takes a 8% commission on the total amount raised: 644€ remains).</p><p>If the fundraising exceeds its goal, it is even more trainers that Destiny will be able to contract!</p><p> </p><p>Destiny's priorities are the craft and the sewing trainers. More trainers are important for the following reasons:</p><p> </p><p>- to implement the training programs <strong>more effectively</strong></p><p>- to expand the existing training programs by <strong>facilitating more beneficiaries</strong></p><p>- to <strong>begin new training programs</strong> depending on need and feasibility.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Please note that KissKissBankBank only allows project whose campaigner holds a bank account in the SEPA zone (EU, Norway, Iceland, overseas department), in Canada, in the USA or in Australia. As a french junior consultant and campaigner for Destiny Foundation, together with Paulami Mitra, a teacher and researcher on Social Entrepreneurship at IESEG School of Management (France), a campaigner for Destiny Foundation and an endorser of social causes, the funds raised will be sent to her account, and then transferred to Destiny Foundation, as agreed with all parties. </p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, you can find the link of this crowdfunding project on Destiny's website and Facebook page.</p><p> </p>

Rewards

€5

  • 9 contributions
A big THANK YOU and all the gratitude of the Destiny Foundation team.

Estimated delivery: September 2017

€10

  • 10 contributions
A big THANK YOU and all the gratitude of the Destiny Foundation team. Your name will be mentioned on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Destiny-FoundationReflection-216547725052422/

Estimated delivery: September 2017

€15

  • 1 contribution
A big THANK YOU and all the gratitude of the Destiny Foundation team. Your name will be mentioned on our Facebook page AND our website: http://destinyreflection.org/

Estimated delivery: September 2017

€20

  • 5 contributions
A big THANK YOU. All the previous rewards + an exclusive picture of Destiny Foundation will be waiting for you in your mailbox at the end of the fundraising.

Estimated delivery: September 2017

€35

  • 4 contributions
A big THANK YOU. All the previous rewards + the story of a girl will be waiting for you in your mailbox in the end of the fundraising. (The stories never are publicly shared. For confidentiality reasons, the name and past of the the girls before Destiny Foundation cannot be included)

Estimated delivery: September 2017

€55

  • 2 contributions
A big THANK YOU. All the previous rewards + a hand-made greeting card from one of the girls will be waiting for you in your mailbox in the end of the fundraising.

Estimated delivery: September 2017

€75

  • 1 contribution
A big THANK YOU. All the previous rewards + a hand-made greeting card from one of the girls will be directly sent to your home address.

Estimated delivery: September 2017

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