Indian Women and Children Foundation (IWC Foundation)

About us

Indian Women and Children Foundation was started in 2002 with the aim of providing primary education to underprivileged children and women in India.
Prabhkar Jadhav, the current President, founded Indian Women and Children Foundation with a strong belief that educated women and children would not only contribute to the economy but also issues of population and social evils would reduce as more women and children are educated.
IWC Foundation extended its thematic areas of intervention by supporting family health, livelihood, and women empowerment. Children, their families and the community become the target group for IWC Foundation's activities as child education cannot be done in isolation and nothing else but education for children can bring long lasting change in the society.

What we do
Women Empowerment
• Provide market oriented vocational skill training to women and adolescent girls.
• Commitment to help mothers of children, who are attending educational classes, and involve them in saving, thrift and credit, skill training and income generation activities.
• Integration of adult literacy with skill training and income generation or making literacy a precondition for skill training and income generation activities.
• Development of leadership within the communities and linking them with government and non-government facilities.
• Generation of awareness among common people through involving women from project locations and using IEC materials. .
Education
• IWC Foundation's educational initiatives include Pre-school (3-6 yrs), Non Formal Education (6-14 yrs non-school going), Remedial Education (6-14 yrs school going) and Bridge Course (14-18 yrs drop-outs). It works for education for needy children who are under difficult circumstances, such as child labour, children of poorest of the parents, children inflicted and affected with HIV/AIDS, street and runaway children, children with rare disabilities, disaster struck children and slum children. Special emphasis is given on girl education and women education, so that they and their families get empowered.
E Library
• IWC foundation builds and equips E- libraries at schools in rural areas of Bhiwandi. Children are provided with books, Laptops and Wi-Fi connectivity. A trained IWCF librarian holds different sessions helping each child learn and bloom. The libraries also enable the Community members to access these libraries after the school times which also promote digital literacy among the communities. The IWCF Library Program provides resources for students to go beyond classwork and expand their minds and abilities. It also provides help to students struggling with coursework.
Health & Hygiene
• Community based Health Camps is one such special initiative of IWC Foundation to provide healthcare services to meet the immediate health care needs of the marginalized community in remote rural areas and slums through standalone camps. Customized health camps are organized extensively across the country offering comprehensive health services - curative, preventive, promotive and referral, to a large number of people in selected intervention areas.
• Multi-disciplinary projects include gynaecological, paediatric, ophthalmology and surgical services etc., whereas other interventions can be general in nature The uniqueness of the model lies in its comprehensive approach where health promotion and prevention are given equal importance while curative care is administered.
• IWC foundation believes that sustainable well-being is impossible without sustainable, equitable access to clean water, dignified sanitation and appropriate hygiene behaviours.
Livelihood
• Our livelihood programmes focuses on generating sustainable livelihoods. This is done through capacity building, fostering community links and promoting small businesses.
• IWC foundation India puts special focus on entrepreneurial ventures, which are owned by women. IWC foundation through its livelihood programmes promotes microfinance, Self Help Groups, capacity building and small businesses. It also fosters linkages between community collectives and financial institutions. IWC foundation also focuses on improving the literacy, numeracy and critical thinking skills to promote sustainable livelihoods.

Prabhakar Harishchandar Jadhav is the Founder and President of Indian Women and Children Foundation (IWC Foundation).

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