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The Kalinga Fellowship initiative is an evolving and distinctive tri-sector initiative that provides a forum for senior business leaders, governments, civil leaders to come together in a spirit of collaboration to disseminate the incidents of sexual assault and trafficking of girls in Asia. Kalinga Fellowship was created by 3 partner organizations-The Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences, FXB India Suraksha and Bridge Institute.

The fellowship is a 10-year commitment by its partners to make a breakthrough in thinking and action in combatting gender-based violence.

On April 2017, the first Fellowship was convened in the Indian State of Odisha. It culminated in action to create similar programs to establish ZERO tolerance of sexual abuse on girls across Asia.

In 2018, the second Fellowship was held in Telengana with support from the Telengana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society and Prajwala – a pioneering NGO with its strong footprints on minimizing human trafficking and rehabilitating the victims.

 The focus of Kalinga Fellowship 2019 was to visualize a road map to eradicate the social malaise of human trafficking. Human trafficking, today, is the third-largest organized crime in the world, after arms and drug trafficking.

Kalinga Fellowship 2019 (9-13 December) witnessed participation from SEWA International and UN Women who partnered with the three founder organizations.  The fellowship was attended by over 80 participants of diverse backgrounds from senior police officials to civil society and corporate leaders within  India and transnational. Nearly twenty college students from different states of India and a few survivors of trafficking were also part of the Fellowship.

The Fellows interacted with National Commission for Women, Anti-human trafficking unit, Delhi Police, Traffic analysis hub, Child Welfare Committee, CHILDLINE, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, Kat-Katha, Society for the Participatory Integrated Development and organizations working with victims of trafficking and second-generation victims of commercial sexual exploitation, to collectively push forward solutions and strategies on combatting human trafficking. The Fellows also interacted with a technology team at IBM to understand how technology can play a vital role in combatting the trafficking of women and children.

The Fellows proposed significant strategies which included #IAM Campaign – focussing on promoting gender equality and creating awareness on human trafficking, a Railway Rescue Pilot Program – to empower the community and bringing  National Commission of Women, Railway Police Force, Government Railway Police, and the nearby communities to work together for combatting trafficking.

The Kalinga Fellows team sought feedback, fine-tuned their strategies and solutions and presented a national roadmap to end the trafficking of women and children. The roadmap was presented to the National Commission for Women and National Commission for Protection of Child Rights for execution.

Speaking on the sidelines of the event, Prof. Achyuta Samanta, Member of Parliament and Founder, KIIT & KISS said, “Empowerment of women should be ingrained at every level of every organization across government, business, and social sector. Only then we will move forward as a country and an economy. My home state Odisha is moving forward with great momentum to ensuring our mothers and daughters participate fully in the highest decision making bodies in state and country. Gender quality is at the core of the philosophy at KIIT and KISS.”

Shyam Parande, Secretary, SEWA International asserted that the menace of human trafficking could be curbed only by providing equal opportunities for learning and employment to women, along with gender sensitization across all age-groups.

“The Kalinga Fellowship 2019 will set forth a solution based road map to combat human trafficking, developed and owned by leaders across civil society, corporate and the government.”, informed Mamta Borgoyary, CEO, FXB India Suraksha.

Jane Sassienie, Director of Development at Bridge and Founding Director of Bridge Institute stated that the fellowship will equip the people who want to change the world with the leadership skills to do so. “Our purpose is to bring extraordinary people together to solve the world’s seemingly impossible problems”, added Simon McKenzie (Mac), Director of Bridge, and co-founders of the Bridge Institute.

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Roadmap to Combat Human Trafficking The Kalinga Fellowship initiative is an evolving and distinctive tri-sector initiative that provides a forum for senior business leaders, governments, civil leaders to come together in a spirit of collaboration to disseminate the incidents of sexual assault and trafficking of girls in Asia.

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Walk a mile in Mamta Borgoyary’s shoes: interview with FXB India Suraksha’s Country Director

Walk a mile in Mamta Borgoyary’s shoes: interview with FXB India Suraksha’s Country Director

How did you get involved with FXB India Suraksha?

When I was approached for the role of Country Director, I did not know much about the organization and its work and also never had worked on issues of children and HIV. Upon learning more about the organization, I knew I wanted to volunteer my time to help the organization make a greater difference. I received a call from the then CEO Mu Ghosh to…

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Observing ‘World Day against Trafficking in Persons’ - 30th July 2019

Observing ‘World Day against Trafficking in Persons’ – 30th July 2019

It is no new knowledge that trafficking in persons is a serious crime and a grave violation of human rights. Every year, thousands of men, women and children fall into the hands of traffickers, in their own countries or abroad. Almost every country in the world is affected by trafficking, whether as a country of origin, transit or destination for victims.

Since 2003 the UN Office on Drugs and…

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Home-makers to Entrepreneurs

“You can tell the condition of a nation by looking at the status of its women” – Jawaharlal Nehru

Today, women are becoming self-aware and command their needs to achieve their highest potential, be recognized, acknowledged, rewarded and respected. The policy and institutional framework for developing entrepreneurial skills, providing vocational education and training has widened the horizon for…

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Solace Amidst the Agrarian Crisis

Solace Amidst the Agrarian Crisis

India is a country built on the sweat and toil of its farmers. The range and expanse of agricultural produce are exhaustingly vast, and agriculture, to date, remains the mainstay of the Indian economy. It is not an exaggeration to call farmers the backbone of the nation.

Assam is one amongst many states in India, which is fundamentally based on agriculture. Over 70 percent of the state’s…

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A ‘POCKET FULL OF DREAMS’

A ‘POCKET FULL OF DREAMS’

“Learning is the only thing the mind never exhaust, never fears and never regrets.” –Leonardo Da Vinci

Amidst the dark, dingy and dimly lit alleys, you may find the voices of some kids soaring higher and farther than anybody, in a gray place, dares to dream. Among these dreamers is a ten years old girl, named Sandhya, who is an impressive dancer and aspires to nurture others who have found their…

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International Women’s Day with FXB India Suraksha

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8th MARCH, 2019

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मुस्कराकर, दर्द भुलाकर,

रिश्तों में बंद थी दुनिया सारी,

हर पग को रोशन करने वाली,

वो शक्ति हैं एक नारी।

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United Nations says “International Women’s Day is a time to reflect on progress made, to call for change and to celebrate acts of courage and determination by ordinary women who have played an extraordinary role in the history of their countries and communities.”The annual theme for the International Women’s Day was ‘think equal, build smart, innovate for change’ and the international campaign theme for the year was #BalanceforBetter. Since we at FXB India Suraksha believe in innovation, equality and balance, oureight state teams from Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Manipur, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Rajasthan, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh celebrated International Women’s Day demonstrating the same. A comprehensive plan for the celebration consisting of activities, games and movie screenings was created, while leaving plenty of scope for improvisation based on the audience (rural, urban, tribal) and the context (women, adolescents, men or a mix of all). One of the activities included for all community participants to come up and write their idea of #BalanceforBetter deriving from their personal lives, on a sheet and discuss it with the audience. Other activities included music, dance, narrative sharing and even a tug of war! Some of the movies screened for the community members were “Nil Batta Sannata” and“Muskaan”.It was heartening to see the community members participate actively, reflect on their lives for creating a more balanced one. We saw a beautiful atmosphere being created and hopefully a few take-away lessons.

Tamil Nadu:FXBIS at Tamil Nadu celebrated International Women’s Day at two locations – Nesal community and the FXB Campus in the village Vilvanathan. More than 150 women of the community participated in the celebration along with the state team leaders. They initiated the celebration by cutting a cake and later engaged everybody in the #BalanceforBetter activity.

  Puducherry: At Puducherry, a group of 60 women participated in the celebration where the team invited lady police personnel, the school headmaster and teachers to also be a part of the celebration. They cut a cake to make the celebration sweeter; after which, women came up and shared their narratives and experiences with the rest of the people. This created an amazing platform for voices to be heard and stories to be shared. This platform was also then used by the senior invitees from the Police and the school to deliver keynote speeches for the audience. The cherry on this cake was the #BalanceforBetter activity which created wonderful ideas about balance, which women could take home.

  Manipur: FXBIS at Manipur celebrated International Women’s Day at two locations – East Imphal and Ukhrul. At East Imphal, around 80 women were collected and BSF personnel were invited to address them about women, empowerment and balance! At Ukhrul, IWD was celebrated withorphan girls at an open shelter home with music, dance, games along with a strong takeaway of awareness and empowerment. The team here, carried out the #BalanceforBetter activity, and concluded the celebration with a discussion on creating awareness about child safety and human trafficking.

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  Andhra Pradesh: Team FXBIS at Vishakhapatnam celebrated International Women’s Day with women beneficiaries. The day was spent playing games, engaging in activities and discussions. The day was concluded by giving away gifts to the women as tokens for the occasion.

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Assam: The FXBIS team celebrated the day at Darrangwith around 50 women of the community. The women, along with the state team played games and engaged in activities around the idea of #BalanceforBetter. They were also engaged in discussions where the women came up and shared their ideas and narratives around #BalanceforBetter by which they eventually empowered each other a little more.

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  Rajasthan: FXBIS state team celebrated the occasion in Jaipur along with children. Children of railway platforms and who belonged to an urban slum, Hasanpura were invited. Apart from these tiny bombs of power and energy, other FXBIS supporters were invited to engage in the celebration. These people included parents of the children and local role models of the community to add power to the discussions and celebration. Daminder Kaur, who runs a local textile factory in Jaipur took the stage to talk about empowerment and balance. This became a huge highlight of the day as Ms. Kaur is recognised as an icon of women empowerment of the community. She promotes empowerment and self-reliance amongst women by employing only women as employees in her factory. Later, all of them engaged in the #BalanceforBetter activity and the day finally was concluded with giving away of stoles to some women as tokens of acknowledgment and appreciation.

  Uttar Pradesh: Team FXBIS at NOIDA, celebrated the day with a group of around 30 women and girls. Ex-SHO Ms. Rita Yadav was also invited to address the gathering and spread the message of empowerment and balance. After she talked to the audience about the same, the team conducted a movie screening of a short movie called ‘Muskaan’for the audience. They also participated in the #BalanceforBetter activity and concluded the day with a comprehensive discussion!

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On 14th March’18, I joined FXB India Suraksha Jaipur as a social intern. I had no idea till then, what impact this internship will have on me. I was being assigned the task of preparing an E-Lib module for school kids and side by side teach the Jaipur center kids as a tutor. What began as an internship, transformed into a sense of responsibility soon! From daily class lessons to fun activities, games, meditation, yoga and yes of course dance and music sessions, it was worth spending time with these kids. I named them the “STAR KIDS” of India! Coming from poor and socially exploited backgrounds, these kids have seen violence and crime from close quarters. The overall attempt of transforming them from that inherited fear and exploitation towards a confident and courageous individual wasn’t an easy task. But the continuous efforts of team FXB and interns like me have surely made an impact in their lives. A positive one! And I hope this arduous task of making their lives better and smooth will be taken and handled responsibly in the future too. In a nutshell, I rediscovered myself during these 6 weeks amidst a dozen STAR KIDS who had a little in hand but aspire to dream big. I wish they earn name and fame and make it big in life.

–Dikshant Mudgal  Intern FXB India Suraksha. 

INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE – FROM ONE OF OUR INTERNS !! On 14th March’18, I joined FXB India Suraksha Jaipur as a social intern. I had no idea till then, what impact this internship will have on me.

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There are ways ‘n’ ways to help a cause you find worth supporting… C.H.Dubois, author of the highly rated and reviewed book, “The Tyre”, has decided to donate the entire royalty earned from the sale of his book towards FXBIS’ Jaipur Railway Platform Children Programme. This programme, which has been running since 2007, is aimed at providing a no-charge, clean and safe place for the children working on the Jaipur train platforms. The children are free to spend the whole day here. They take meals (breakfast & lunch), a bath, groom themselves, dress smart, act smarter ☺️ learn art, music, computers, math and langauges. They also vent stories of harassment and get supported as per the need. The takeaways of generally spending 8-9 hours in a secured, hygienic environment??? 19 of our 32 children visiting the Centre regularly have been enrolled in formal schooling. Sir Dubois has found this effort worth supporting. Thank you immensely 🙂

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Royalty donated for Jaipur Railway Platform Children programme !! There are ways ‘n’ ways to help a cause you find worth supporting… C.H.Dubois, author of the highly rated and reviewed book, “The Tyre”, has decided to donate the entire royalty earned from the sale of his book towards FXBIS’ Jaipur Railway Platform Children Programme.

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"I am HIV Positive, So What"

“I am HIV Positive, So What”

A book describing the challenges and tribulations faced by “Mr. Manipur” of year 2007. Khundrakpam Pradip Kumar Singh came out unabashed about his disease as well as determination to lead a life of dignity despite the societal stigmatisation. Saluting his conviction, he was roped in by FXBIS to lead a pan-India HIV/AIDS awareness campaign during 2011-12. Seen in the pictures below is the author…

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Appreciation for FXBIS Jaipur Railway Platform Programme from RSPCR ~~ Wrapping up the Child Rights Week, which was celebrated from the 14th-20th November 2017, the Rajasthan State Commission for Protection of Child Rights held a felicitation ceremony for all the children and CSOs who actively contributed to the success of the week long celebration. FXBIS is honoured to have been invited and felicitated with the status of “discussion partner” for knowledge sharing by the RSCPCR. Around 450 children were engaged actively through workshops conducted on pertinent issues such as reasons for child vulnerability, child labour, child abuse, child marriage, begging and child trafficking. The resolutions that children came forward with were compiled into a Children’s Manifesto submitted to the RSCPCR Chairperson. A mock parliament was held on the occasion where FXBIS supported children among others were made legislators who resolved issues from their perspective. Happy New Year Kids! May 2018 be a year of surging ahead breaking all barriers. #Unicef #WCD #RSCPCR #FXBInternational #ActionAid #ChildRightsWeek#Savethechildren

  Appreciation for FXBIS Jaipur Railway Platform Programme from RSPCR Appreciation for FXBIS Jaipur Railway Platform Programme from RSPCR ~~ Wrapping up the Child Rights Week, which was celebrated from the 14th-20th November 2017, the Rajasthan State Commission for Protection of Child Rights held a felicitation ceremony for all the children and CSOs who actively contributed to the success of the week long celebration.

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Capacity Building Trainings for the Chhattisgarh Police department ~~ One of our key intervention strategies includes building capacities of our stakeholders working in the area of child protection. The Police department personnel with whom FXBIS works closely, as part of its ‘Protection and Safety’ domain, are among the prominent stakeholders, to enable a safe and secure environment for all citizens, especially the women and children. Stepping forward with this vision, FXBIS was invited by the Chhattisgarh Police department to conduct sensitisation workshops. Seen below is our Organisation’s programme’s manager, Satya Prakash, taking sessions with the State’s Child Welfare Officers and members of the Special Juvenile Police Unit for all districts. The participants were trained on the implementation of the Juvenile Justice Act and role of Police in curbing human trafficking in the state of Chhattisgarh. #cgpolice #cgslsa #FXBinternational #icds #wcd #FXBUSA

(2) ’16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence’ ~~ which runs from the 25th of November until 10th December concluded yesterday. Idea-ted and initiated by activists in 1991, the sixteen days programme is used as an organising strategy by individuals and organisations around the world to sound the clarion call for elimination of violence against women and girls. In collaboration with Action Aid India, FXBIS Jaipur Team conducted awareness and sensitisation drives with women, local leaders, aganwadi workers as well as school children. A brief glimpse acknowledging and appreciating their work…… Well done Team ! #16daysofactivismagainstgenderbasedviolence#girlsnotbrides Shipra Jha FXB International FXB USA UNWOMEN #UNiTE

Capacity Building Training’s !!! Capacity Building Trainings for the Chhattisgarh Police department ~~ One of our key intervention strategies includes building capacities of our stakeholders working in the area of child protection.

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One fun way to beat the scorching summer heat is to immerse in hobbies with friends. FXBIS state teams enabled just that. So in Delhi NCR, the NOIDA team exposed children to a range of hobbies through the Wonderoom, courtesy RGF (Rajiv Gandhi Foundation). FXBIS Rajasthan team, in collaboration with Sarv Samaj Mahila Sanstha, made possible opportunities for twenty-four of their children to indulge in dances, mehandi, painting and karate classes. Three of our kids won laurels in dancing, essay writing and karate. In the North-East, our Manipur team took the children of ‘FXBVillage’ (organization’s flagship programme) in East Imphal to Chingkungkhok grasslands (patland landscape).

Summer Exposure Visits in Jaipur and Imphal !! One fun way to beat the scorching summer heat is to immerse in hobbies with friends. FXBIS state teams enabled just that.

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FXBIS promotes weavers’ livelihoods in Kamrup, Assam in partnership with HDFC Parivartan ~~ Under the CSR initiative of HDFC Bank, FXBIS assisted the traditional weavers to modernise their craft by renovating the size and strength of weaving looms, introducing new tools & techniques and providing training to work on them. This enabled the rural folk of Kamrup district to do away with the excruciatingly time-consuming and consequently less remunerative livelihood practice, while preserving the craftsmanship of hand woven products. Weavers of women SHGs of two villages were helped under this activity.

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FXBIS promotes weavers livelihoods in Kamrup, Assam FXBIS promotes weavers' livelihoods in Kamrup, Assam in partnership with HDFC Parivartan ~~ Under the CSR initiative of HDFC Bank, FXBIS assisted the traditional weavers to modernise their craft by renovating the size and strength of weaving looms, introducing new tools & techniques and providing training to work on them.

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  Co-creating ‘shared narratives’ for development ~~ Seen in the pictures is Assam’s MLA from Darrang constituency. In his words, “As part of the Farmers’ support programme under the CSR banner of HDFC, a granary and cowshed were inaugurated in the two fields of “Maa Kali” and “Siro Xeuji” of Dahi Nagaon with seventy percent financial support from FXB India Suraksha. It is a commendable initiative! During my conversation with farmers at the inauguration ceremony, I encouraged them to take up agriculture for business reaping profits, and not just subsistence.” (translated from the text below).

Connecting the Government, the Corporate, the Community for community-driven holistic development. FXBIS’ ‘Integrated Community Development Programme’ at Darrang, Assam since September 2017.

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  Co-creating ‘shared narratives’ for development Co-creating 'shared narratives' for development ~~ Seen in the pictures is Assam's MLA from Darrang constituency.

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Level Up Village & FXBIS Collaboration ~~ Do you believe that education is about growing intellectual curiosity and preparing students for the jobs of the future? As a LUV Global partner, #FXBIndiaSuraksha bring STE(A)M + Global Collaboration to our students from Jaipur and Visakhapatnam#SurakshaEducationCentre by creating a ‘classroom without walls’ and connecting students around the world. To celebrate Valentines Day #SharetheLUV we feel for a world where the belief in the power of global connections and our shared passion for 21st century education bring us all together. Level Up Village #ShareTheLUV #GlobalEdSelfie #GlobalEdenthusiasts#FXBUSA #FXBinternational

Level Up Village & FXBIS Collaboration!! Level Up Village & FXBIS Collaboration ~~ Do you believe that education is about growing intellectual curiosity and preparing students for the jobs of the future?

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Planting the saplings…

Paddy nursery – Saplings ready for transplantation…

  Low-cost, high yield rice cultivation in Kamrup district, Assam ~~ The ‘System of Rice Intensification’ (SRI) is a method aimed at increasing rice yield in farming. It is advantageous to paddy farmers because the cost of cultivation is low and the yield is very high. It is also an eco-friendly technique of cultivation where organic compost is used, making the land in use sustainable.

FXBIS, with support from HDFC Parivartan (CSR wing) , had begun this initiative in 3 targeted villages of Kamrup, in 126 beeghas (approx.31.5 acres). 65 farmers had participated in this pilot phase of SRI cultivation. The initiative’s first yield has recorded a result growth of above 30% over the usual productivity.

Now that’s some food for thought!!

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  ARC, or Agriculture Resource Centre, which serves as the venue for trainings on new methods, tools, techniques, knowledge and experience sharing among farmers, etc.

‘System of Rice Intensification’ (SRI) Low-cost, high yield rice cultivation in Kamrup district, Assam ~~ The 'System of Rice Intensification' (SRI) is a method aimed at increasing rice yield in farming.