About us
Mahila SEWA Trust (MST) is a Public Charitable Trust, registered in the Year 1975.
It is an organization formed to serve poor, needy, Self Employed Women and their families in the informal economy who earn living through their own labour or small businesses in India. They do not have regular work or fixed income and they are not protected by labour laws hence do not get any welfare benefits or social security benefits.
The registration of Mahila SEWA Trust was in commemoration of the International Women Year 1975 which is a step ahead to organise development and welfare of women who are poor, illiterate, self-employed engaged as handcart pullers, vegetable venders, milk producers, junk smith, garment workers, salt farm workers, agriculture workers and soon.
The Trust has been very useful in servicing the women workers in providing various services for their total uplift and betterment. As these workers are not covered under any protective legislation. MST had to evolve its own Social Security Schemes for these poor, needy women and their families.
Aims and Objectives
To extend assistance to poor, needy, illiterate, self-employed women
In the areas of employment, health, education, through vocational skill building trainings, capacity building trainings and other need base trainings. To promote primary co-operatives like dairy co-operative for their economic and family progress and to foster sisterhood and friendliness amongst them. To promote Autonomous organisations at grass-root level.
To provide to access to e.g. healthcare, child care, micro insurance, housing in urban and rural areas in India. To initiate welfare activities for their children and families and further extend relief and rehabilitation work during calamities.
To arrange for Research surveys on social, economical and all round aspects of their life, and impact of changes in outside world.
To organise Television, Radio and other audio-visual programmes for Health awareness and welfare, Savings and credit and all other types of developing activities and buy whatever equipment are necessary for the said cause.
To maintain library of documentation of activities and its impact on the lives of these women and their families.
Vision
To extend assistance to poor, needy, illiterate, self-employed women
in the areas of employment, health, education, through vocational skill building trainings, capacity building trainings and other need base trainings. To promote primary co-operatives like dairy co-operative for their economic and family progress and to foster sisterhood and friendliness amongst them. To promote Autonomous organisations at grass-root level.
To provide access to e.g. healthcare, child care, micro insurance, housing in urban and rural areas in India. To initiate welfare activities for their children and families and further extend relief and rehabilitation work during calamities.
To conduct research / surveys on social, economical and all round aspects of their life, and impact of changes in outside world.
To organise Television, Radio and other audio-visual programmes for Health awareness and welfare, Savings and credit and all other types of developing activities and buy whatever equipment are necessary for the said cause.
To maintain library of documentation of activities and its impact on the lives of these women and their families.