About ATMT

The Arya Tara Mahila Trust is a registered charity which helps women in India to help themselves. The charity works amongst some of the poorest, most disadvantaged people in the world.

The ATMT has grown from 25 years of work in India helping to alleviate social problems of poverty and discrimination.

Our Aim

Our main aim is to empower women to help themselves and their community. ATMT projects are developing social, health and educational opportunity for people from all backgrounds, castes and religions.

News about the Trust

Vasundhara Shende/Tarahridaya's 2009 European Tour.

One of the Trustees of Arya Tara Mahila Trust visited many European countries in Summer: the UK, Holland. Belgium. France, Germany and Sweden. She stayed mainly with members of the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (FWBO) Sangha and gave a slide show and talk to mostly FWBO Centres about her experiences growing up as a woman in India and coming into contact with the Buddha-Dhamma.

Tarahridaya also had time to see some of the sights during her tour - her favourite was probably the Eiffel Tour in Paris!

Recently we started thinking about offering at our office premises

1.Family counseling and Guidance

2 Job Placements for women and girls in the slums.

Many women and girls become aware of our office premises and the work we are doing as women for women. They are interested to approach us and talk to us. Often this is th first chance they have had to be completely open about their life or family situation and their problems. It is a real relief for them!

The Job Placement scheme we want to run in cooperation with one of our projects, Karuna Computer Education Centre. We will look for other Trusts or NGOs who can place girls and young women from slums or poor economic backgrounds -even placements for women who have been in trouble with the Law.