SalaamGarage » SalaamGarage http://salaamgarage.com citizen journalism + NGOs = social change Mon, 14 May 2012 14:55:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Eduardo in India with SalaamGarage- Identity for the women of Shampura Village http://salaamgarage.com/2009/eduardo-in-india-with-salaamgarage-identity-for-the-women-of-shampura-village/ http://salaamgarage.com/2009/eduardo-in-india-with-salaamgarage-identity-for-the-women-of-shampura-village/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:16:00 +0000 maggie soladay http://salaamgarage.com/?p=1814 Eduardo Sciammarella, CEO of Los Angeles based Protohaus, joined the SalaamGarage India 2009 team to help make a difference for disadvantaged women and children. We asked Eduardo what stood out as he worked on his humanitarian stories in a rural village called Shampura outside Jaipur where NGO Vatsalya works.
Eduardo interviewing Santosh with the help of Manju from Vatsalya & local college student interpreter Aditi. Photo by Maggie SoladayEduardo interviewing Santosh with the help of Manju from Vatsalya & local college student interpreter Aditi. Photo by Maggie Soladay

Eduardo said, “the woman I interviewed is Santosh Kanwar, she’s 26 with 4 little ones – Anshuman, Radha, Deepika, and Abnishiek. She touched me as deeply as it gets when she answered my question ‘what has been the biggest change for you since you joined the women’s self-help group?’ She said that she had finally learned the first names of all the women in her village. Up until then they only knew each other as so and so’s wife. Step one on the path to independence – identity.”

Santosh Kanwar photo by Eduardo Sciammarella

Santosh Kanwar photo by Eduardo Sciammarella


Eduardo’s portrait of Santosh and her kids:
Santosh Kanwar photo by Eduardo Sciammarella

Santosh Kanwar photo by Eduardo Sciammarella

-Maggie Soladay, India 2009 trip producer

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