You can help

Why we need your help

Since our activities began we have helped thousands of women to change their lives. There is still much work for us to do.
For many women the cost of traveling to a Buddhist class in their city or the cost of 50 Indian Rs (just over one US dollar) per day for our retreats is beyond their means. In the past, we have found various ways to subsidise these women. However, potentially there is a huge interest and desire to learn about the Buddha-Dhamma and many more women will need financial help. We need your support to meet this demand.

In the next two years our main areas of development will be:

• Taking the Buddha-Dhamma to more rural areas
• Continuing to take the Buddha-Dhamma to other Indian states
• Training more Indian women to be able to teach and promote the Buddha-Dhamma
• Developing more residential women's communities
• Building a project to help women deal with domestic violence
• Beginning more small business development building financial sustainability for the Arya Tara Mahila Trust and providing livelihoods for women in poverty
• further development of our hostel warden training programme and the possibility of new hostels
• health awareness training especially in the area of sexual health/HIV/ AIDS
• the development of an increasing number of micro finance savings groups for women
• launching another computer institute
• the development of a team of women to initiate and advise new social/economic projects

A women's retreat centre for India

Currently we are using retreat facilities managed and run by teams of men. We would like to be able to offer more retreats for women and to give some women the opportunity to live in the residential community which would oversee the running of the centre.

Many Indian women live in cramped and noisy living situations, sometimes several families to one small hut. For these women, coming on retreat in a peaceful and beautiful setting is a respite from the difficulties of everyday life.

We are looking to raise US$250,000 to begin developing this vision for Indian women. We ask you to help in whatever way that you can.

How you can help us

For more information, please contact us at:

Arya Tara Mahila Trust
Flat 3, Aan Residency,Survey no.32

Vidaya Nager,(Tingre Nager Road no.14)

Pune 411-032, INDIA

E-mail: atmt@vsnl.net , atmtrust@gmail.com
or GOOGLE arya tara mahila trust
Phone: +91(0)20 6524 9960
Web address: http://www.indiansisters.org/

How your money will be spent

To help us to support a child in a hostel for one-month costs 800 Indian Rs (US$18)
A three-month course in basic computer skills for a woman or child from the slums costs 1400 Indian Rs (US$32)
Monthly payment of one health worker costs 5000 Indian Rs (US$112).

You can contribute by filling in this form:

FWBO (Dhammaloka) Standing Order and Gift Aid Form

The most convenient method for making donations to FWBO (Dhammaloka) is by standing order. Please complete the form in full and return it to FWBO (Dhammaloka), c/o Turanya, Windhorse Evolution, 9 Coldhams Business Park, Norman Way, Cambridge, CB1 3LH. We will then forward it to your Bank.

If you wish your donation to be used for a specified purpose or transferred to a specific Dhammaloka partner in India, please advise us in writing. We will endeavour to honour your request and will contact you if there are any problems. We will not forward your mandate to the bank until these are resolved.
Additionally, UK taxpayers can increase the value of their donations through a Gift Aid declaration without incurring any extra costs to themselves, by completing the Gift Aid declaration at the bottom of this form. This applies to gifts of any amount or any duration, but you must pay income tax or capital gains tax equal to the tax we can claim. If you choose to give through this method, please ensure that both parts of the form are signed and returned. Thank you. For more information please call Turanya 01223 868568, or Lokabandhu 01458 281750 or 07852 281750.

Our website is www.dhammaloka.org
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To support an essential administrative worker costs 5000 Indian Rs (US$112).