Embracing Equity this Women’s Day
As we commemorate International Women’s Day, celebrating the power of women and their role in building the societies around the world, there are many who still face systematic subordination in India. This subordination comes in the form of accessing free and fair education, healthcare, nutrition, and our own understanding of division of labour. Despite making tremendous progress in allocating resources for health, education, infrastructure, skills, agriculture, there are multiple blind spots when it comes to addressing Equity for Women and Girls.
Needless to say, the pandemic has been a fragility multiplier, and the shadow pandemic further exposed the existing fractures in our societies. While the rest of the country moved towards digital education, many struggled to make the transition, girls particularly being hit the worst, again highlighting the digital disparity. It is also feared that many girls who dropped out for multiple reasons from schools during this time, such as digital divide, financial constraints, concerns over menstrual hygiene, availability of toilet, etc. might never be able to return to school again, and forced into early marriage, or child labour. While the full implication of the pandemic on education can be recognized only in future, it is important to mitigate some of the existing challenges that girls and women continue to face in accessing education and menstrual products.
With this intent, on this International Women’s Day CAF India is #EmbracingEquity and will be working to promote access to free education and providing menstrual hygiene kits for adolescent girls from economically backward communities in Delhi-NCR region in 10-12th Standard.
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Let’s provide co-ordinated action for adolescent girls by addressing health and education needs by providing educational support in the form of scholarships to help them pursue higher education.
- Support a girl student from 10th to 12th grade – INR 5,500/- for one academic year
This amount will help the students to continue pursuing their education by supporting them with their tuition fees, uniform and stationery providing menstrual hygiene kits with sustainable and environment friendly sanitary pads to the girls to support them for managing their menstrual hygiene leading to a larger impact on their health, education, livelihoods as well as environment.
- Support a girl with hygiene kits for 1 month @ INR 500/- per kit per girl
- Support a girl with hygiene kits for 3 months @ INR 1,500/- per girl
This amount will help the girls to manage their health and hygiene by providing them with hygiene kits. This kit includes eco-friendly and sustainable sanitary pads, which are not only safe for health, but also for the environment, along with soap, tissues, disposal bags and sanitiser.
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Help these women live like humans
“The moment they come to know that I live in a leprosy colony, they treat us like we are not humans, not like them, even if we do not have signs of the disease. But we also have feelings, desires and dreams. If we had some skills, for which we can be respected, then may be, our address won’t matter,” says a resident of a leprosy colony in Durgapur.
While Gender discrimination is not new in India, women residing in the Leprosy colonies face double deprivation due to existing societal stigmas - limiting their opportunities in livelihood, access to education, healthcare, etc. Though Leprosy is thought to have been eradicated from India, it still reports the highest global caseload. Further, the ostracisation, due to existing myths, family members, especially women, who are unaffected by the disease also face deprivation and lack dignity.
Often women from these colonies avoid meeting people and working out, as society sees them differently. Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) India, working in one of these colonies of Durgapur, has identified a lot of women who fear verbal and physical rejection from people.
Twenty-three-year-old mother, Rani Oraon, who is a rag picker, adds, “Our lives slipped away picking garbage, but if we get a chance, support and guidance, may be our children won’t be rag pickers anymore.
The men are pre-dominantly engaged in begging, and rag-picking. Women on the other hand are tasked with the job of taking care of the household, or begging, with few women venturing outside the colonies to look for a job, as care-giving is a primary job, even when they themselves suffer from health issues. Due to limited earning options, women fail to contribute and thereby are at a disadvantageous position to access basic necessities.
At CAF India, we are working with leprosy-affected colonies across West Bengal, in providing skill-based education to the youth. As a next intervention, we are now aiming on skilling the women of one such colony in Durgapur, West Bengal with Beautician courses, along with handling finances and entrepreneurship to equip them with market appropriate skills. Given the limited opportunities the course will help them to earn and build their business at their own time, gain confidence and contribute financially.
After Your contribution to this campaign will support 15 women from Leprosy colonies to get back their lost dignity, and directly contribute to the financial well-being of the family.
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Officer – Strategic partnerships: Resource Mobilisation
Background of CAF
CAF has been in India for over two decades. In this time we have played a key role in channelling international institutional and individual philanthropic funds to social sector projects in India. CAF India has had a stellar record in fundraising for diverse causes like education, health, environment etc.
In view of the changes in the regulatory framework, CAF is in the process of redefining its role in India. Aside from fund raising, CAF India is planning to play a more active role in conceiving and executing projects. It is evolving its own unique lens on development and plans to evolve coalitions that will create social impact at scale.
For further details, please visit http://www.cafindia.org
Position Overview
- Assist in identification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of donors.
- Assist to further grow CAF’s business development work through diversified approaches to secure funding from corporates and philanthropies.
- Assist in strategic business planning with an aim to bring new corporate donors and generate increased revenue.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist in outreach and building a robust pipeline to secure corporate funding.
- Research and identify potential donors to assess their past giving trends and accordingly develop relevant pitch ideas.
- Support in communication with donors for securing funds.
- Help to write proposals that reflect CAFI’s programmatic priorities and best interests and are competitive according to donor interests and strategies.
- Ensure timely completion and submission of proposals and other key deliverables required by donors.
- Responsible for day-to-day administration of fundraising related activities.
- Assist in designing and implementing fundraising plan and quarterly action plans to achieve fundraising targets.
- Work closely with other units of CAF, particularly the programs, marketing & communications, finance, regional representatives/ offices, and CAF’s global alliance to ensure CAF fundraising is well managed.
- Maintain a database of all donors, including, potential donors and manage the Leads.
Qualifications & Experience:
- Graduate or Post Graduate in Management, Sales and Marketing, CSR, or other relevant discipline
- 3-5 years of experience in fundraising, sales, CSR, etc.
- Specialized knowledge of fundraising best practices, proposal development, and donor solicitation.
- Social sector experience/exposure.
Skills & Competencies:
- English: written and spoken.
- Basic proposal writing skills and ability to understand the requirements of the donors for making relevant pitches.
- Skills in MS Office and in power point presentation development.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to deliver high-quality outputs.
- Flexibility to travel and to attend meetings outside of normal working hours.
- Preferable: ability to review data published by MCA, donor agencies and portals such as fundsforNGOs etc.
Reporting To:
- Sr. Manager- Business Development
Location:
The position will be based at the CAF India headquarters at New Delhi.
To Apply:
Interested and eligible candidates interested in this position are requested to apply to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with their updated resume, present/last drawn Cost to Company and a short note on why they qualify for this role.
Reports :
Workshop on Gender Diversity and Inclusion
Manager --Resource mobilization and strategic partnerships
Background of CAF
CAF has been in India for over two decades. In this time we have played a key role in channelling international institutional and individual philanthropic funds to social sector projects in India. CAF India has had a stellar record in fundraising for diverse causes like education, health, environment etc.
In view of the changes in the regulatory framework, CAF is in the process of redefining its role in India. Aside from fund raising, CAF India is planning to play a more active role in conceiving and executing projects. It is evolving its own unique lens on development and plans to evolve coalitions that will create social impact at scale.
For further details, please visit http://www.cafindia.org
Position Overview
- Identification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of grants from private institutions (global and local), philanthropic foundations, multi and bilateral organizations and corporates.
- To grow resources available to CAF, with particular focus on the philanthropic/ institutional fundraising domain.
- Strategic planning with an aim to bring new donors and generate increased inflows, and growth in fundraising.
- Building strategic partnerships and alliances, also with government agencies, to amplify impact, mobilise resources and enhance effectiveness of giving.
Key Responsibilities:
- Building a robust pipeline of funding.
- Research and identify potential donors and communicate with donors for increased ‘giving’
- Develop contacts and networks in the different types/range of institutions/donors.
- Develop and frame proposal ideas that reflect CAFI’s programmatic priorities and best interests and are competitive according to donor interests and strategies.
- Write and edit requests for funding to potential donors such as pitch decks, letters of inquiry, concept papers, proposals, donation requests, and grant applications.
- Co create grant proposals with relevant NGOs .
- Ensure timely completion of proposals, reports, and other key deliverables required by institutional partners. Ensure all submissions meet internal and external requirements.
- Designing and implementing institutional fundraising plan, quarterly action plans, achieve targets, and develop relationships with donors.
- Work closely with other units of CAF, particularly the programs, marketing & communications, finance, and CAF’s global alliance to ensure CAF fundraising is represented and positioned appropriately.
- Help grow and strengthen CAF’s brand and reputation as a provider of strategic advice and thought leadership, demonstrating how we add value to our clients and to NGOs.
Qualifications & Experience:
- Post Graduate in relevant field.
- Social sector and allied experience.
- 7-10 years of relevant experience in resource mobilization.
- Specialized knowledge of institutional fundraising best practices, proposal development, and donor solicitation.
- Understanding of the legal frameworks and compliances related to giving e.g. FCRA, CSR frameworks etc.
Skills & Competencies:
- Proven track record in resource mobilization.
- Preference will be given to those who have brought in sizeable grants and have. experience with large proposals involving collaboratives and domestic and international donors.
- Knowledge of social sector and developmental work.
- Experience of working with government alliances or projects.
- Strong proposal writing skills .
- Presentation and communication skills. including the gravitas to represent CAF at the highest levels within institutions, companies and governments.
- Confidence to speak publicly, influencing and negotiating skills.
- Understanding of Corporate CSR, philanthropic and foundations, bilaterals and multilaterals.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to deliver high-quality written outputs in English.
- Flexibility to travel and to attend meetings outside of normal working hours.
Location:
The position will be based at the CAF India headquarters at New Delhi.
To Apply:
Interested and eligible candidates interested in this position are requested to apply to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with their updated resume, present/last drawn Cost to Company and a short note on why they qualify for this role.