Emmanuel Orphanage and Day Care Centre (a registered Voluntary
Organisation) is a nodal agency for the Mahila Sahaya Vani of the
Department of Women and Child Development of Govt. of Karnataka. Under
this Vanitha Sahaya Vani Scheme, any person can dial 1091 and report the
case of a women in distress and the nodal agencies and Police arrange
for their immediate rescue, rehabilitation and legal aid if required.
Emmanuel Orphanage, run by our associate, Mr. Soundarrajan (a dedicated
social worker for nearly 3 decades), has nearly 25 women victims
reported under the 1091 Sahaya Vani scheme. The cases are mainly
related to dowry harrasment, domestic violence, denial of maintenance
allowance on separation, etc. Mr. Soundarrajan is following the cases of
the women in different courts with the help of the Legal Services
Authority (LSA).
Some details of the Sahaya Vani and nodal NGOs is available at
Mr. Soundarrajan was in need of certain law books which will help in
making these cases stronger.... In May 2009, we had requested friends of RASTR to contribute towards this cause. In response, our friends responded swiftly. We bought the required books. We visited the Sahaya Vani Center in Anekal town on June 13th, 2009 to hand over the books to the Kendra. Along with that we also distributed note books to school going children attached with Emmanuel Orphanage.
