AWCA is founded in 1986 with an aim to address the issues around women and children. The society engages in all forms of activities and takes up project for the overall empowerment of women and girls. AWCA engages in three major areas: Awareness raising and advocacy for women, Skill Development Training for widows and young school drop -out girls, Livelihood Security and Education for girl child. Today, AWCA has been networking with other groups of women at different levels in combating women and children issues in Manipur especially amongst the tribal group. With 50 Primary members, 8 Management Committee Members, 8 Advisory committee, and 7 project staffs, 11 teachers and faculties AWCA is operating in Churachandpur district, Manipur State in India.
Vision
To work towards creating an equal, peaceful and sustainably developed society on foundation of love and justice.
Mission
AWCA works to give love and hope to the destitute, the desperate women and children of the society for their holistic development. It aims to motivate and work for women empowerment and uplifting of children by providing various awareness and capacity building programs, provision of their psycho-social and physical needs, lobbying and advocacy, research and study.
Objectives
- To organize capacity building training and awareness programs, hold conferences, demonstrations, exhibitions, meetings, lectures, discussions and competitions on issues and problems related to various issues affecting the lives of the underprivileged especially women and children for public awareness and sensitization.
- To provide shelters, foods, clothing, education and other physical and psycho-social needs to the women and children affected and oppressed by poverty, HIV/AIDS , drugs and alcohols ,conflicts, epidemics, natural calamities and all forms of social abuse with provision of counselling for their all-round development.
- To organize Legal awareness on the followings :
– To create legal awareness and impart knowledge to both men and women about the basic legal rights of women and issues related to women on relief, rehabilitation and Government redressal mechanisms.
– To empower and encourage women to fight for their legal rights and educate them about the various systems and functioning of the judicial system, filing FIR in police stations.
– To engage and involve state and other important mechanisms, implementing bodies such as district legal services, the women and human rights Commissions and legal bodies in the organization activities. - To empower women for equal participation with men in various decision making bodies at the traditional, local and state governance.
- To advocate and promote peace, gender equality, women rights, and domestic violence act.
- To advocate, lobby and rehabilitate women and girls victims of all forms of violence.
- To provide various skill development training for women including their children and husbands, to help in generating more income of their family.
- To educate and aware women on various issues related to land based farming and encourage women in agriculture related activities.
- To aware women and children on the effects of climate change.
- To deal with child’s rights and child protection issues.
Legal Info
Society Registration No and Date : No 72 of 7/11/1986
FCRA Regd. No and Date: 194160098 of 2013.
NGO Darpan: MN/2017/0172550.
Administrative office
Near SAS Gas Agency,
OPP. Blue Star Academy,
Lailam Veng, Lamka Town
Churachandpur, Manipur, India.
Contacts:( Calls ) :+918787485719
Email: awca4dhelpless@gmail.com , gracezn30@yahoo.com.
Field Office
Jacintha’s Rehoboth
S.Munhoi , Singngat TD Block, Churachandpur- 795139
Manipur, India
Contact No: +91 8787485719.