The Plight of Women in India

'He gave his life to purchase freedom for everyone.... ' 1 Timothy 2:6a

The Need

• Women in India remain one of the most disadvantaged groups in society.
• This is especially true in slums, rural villages, and tribal areas.
• Overall, 39% of women are literate versus 64% of men.
• In tribal areas, just over 12% of women are literate.
• India has a tribal population of over 67 million people
• In slums, almost all women are illiterate.

Handing out Literacy Primers.

LIVING CONDITIONS FOR WOMEN ARE MOST PATHETIC

For example, there are 3 colonies in the Chittor District, which is in the state of Andhra Pradesh, where there are 2,000 women who are:

• Primarily agricultural workers or construction workers.
• Subjected to backbreaking work.
• Treated like slaves.
• Paid less than $1 per day.
• Abused sexually.
• Totally illiterate.
• Under the impression they don't have rights.

Young women cooking in their hut.

Becoming Literate:

• Immediately empowers these women, putting them in a position where they know their rights as citizens.
• These women can be delivered from an abusive work situations.
• Enabled to secure a decent job paying 3-4 times their current wages.

Knowing Christ Gives Them:

• Dignity
• Self-respect
• Inner Strength
• Most of all- Hope for this life and the next!

Solution:

These women can be set free from physical and spiritual bondage and become EMPOWERED through Bible-content literacy classes.

Goal for 2007

To liberate 20,000 women from 10 states in India by enabling them to attend Bible literacy classes.

The total cost of this project is $500,000 (20,000 women)

Cost per state $50,000 (2,000 women)

Will you help free and EMPOWER them?