Prajnya is seeking 300,000 rupees to fund their 2016 campaign against gender violence from November 25th to December 10th. They have been running annual awareness campaigns since 2008, except in 2011, engaging communities in Chennai through workshops, discussions, and online activities to spread knowledge about gender violence. The funds requested would cover 16 days of programming activities, staff salaries, and materials to continue their important work of opening conversations around gender violence.

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300,000
That’s what we need for the
2014 Prajnya 16 Days Campaign
against Gender Violence
November 25-December 10, 2014

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We’ve been doing this since 2008,
2014
with a sabbatical in 2011.
2008 2009 2010
2012 2013

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Since 2008,
our campaigns have
 Reached out to hundreds of people across
Chennai through our activities, and even
more, online.
 Engaged new organisations, communities,
individuals and professional groups every
year in this work.
 Used a variety of media and programme
formats to spread awareness, share
information and frame discussions on
gender violence.

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2008
Just the first year, and we
managed:
 18 diverse partners,
from colleges to industry
to retailers to other NGOs.
 Workshops,
symposium, oratorical and
collage contests, theatre
training, public lecture
and even a poetry
reading.
 Factboxes, features,
op-eds and flyers.

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2009
 Public programmes
including a Carnatic
music concert, and a
public forum.
 Online activities
including a wiki and a
new blog.
 Dialogues and
programmes that
linked gender violence
with other issues.

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2010
 Piloted a safety
audit, shared during
the public forum.
 New partners,
including the police,
and new issues,
including cyber-
security.
 Outreach to men.

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2012
 Ambitious calendar:
16 days, 17 events,
9 of them public, at
14 venues!
 Chennai men say
NO! videos.
 Campaign theme
blogposts and blog
symposium on
literature.

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2013: Deepening awareness
 Focus on training
and resource
creation.
 Screenings and
discussions,
workshops,
seminars, blog
symposia, info-tweet
sets and a film on
disability and gender
violence.

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What do our campaigns achieve?
 Open conversations on gender violence
where they would not otherwise happen.
 Take knowledge about rights and laws to
new audiences.
 Train people on how to respond to
violence, experienced by themselves and
others.
 Highlight linkages between other social
realities and gender violence.
 Engage new groups of people every year
in working to end the silence and the
violence.

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With your help,
we can continue this work in 2014
The ` 300,000/- we are asking for will cover
the following costs that we anticipate:
 16 days of programming and activities
estimated at ` 10,000/- per day.
 The salary of the Campaign Coordinator
and the stipend of the Media Associate.
 Materials, including handouts that we use.

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If we raise ` 300,000/-
between April 13 and May 31, 2014,
we can enter campaign planning season
confident that we have the resources to
execute the programmes
and activities we want.

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The support of individuals is vital
to work like ours.
Each person who contributes in any way
—through money, time, resources,
knowledge, networks—is saying,
“I share these ideals
and I value this work.”

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When we count our supporters,
we take a census of those who believe
that it is time to move towards
a violence-free, gender-just world.
This is social change.
You make it happen with your support.

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To donate by cheque or DD
 The cheque or DD should be payable to
“The Prajnya Trust”
 The DD should be drawn on Chennai.
 You can send them to our registered
office address.
 Email us at prajnyatrust@gmail.com for the
address, please.

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To donate electronically
 Account name: The Prajnya Trust
Bank & branch: HDFC Bank, T. Nagar,
Chennai 600 017
Account number: 02062560002557
RTGS/ NEFT IFSC: HDFC0000206
 Please email us to inform us of your
donation, donation date, amount and
transaction details.

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Useful information
for donors
 Donations to Prajnya qualify for tax deduction.
 Donations to Prajnya from 01-04-2008 to 31-03-
2011 qualify for deduction under Section 80G of
the Income Tax Act, 1961 as per I.T. Dept.
Notification DIT (E) No. 2(573)2006-07 dated 26-
09-2008.
 Please note: In view of the amendment brought
about by Finance (No.2) Act/ 2009 regiarding
automatic renewal of exemption u/S 80G,
approval granted earlier to the Trust is valid in
perpetuity.
 We are not able to accept donations of any sort
from non-Indian individuals or organizations.

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We know you support our work.
We can, and do, count on you.
Thank you!

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Get in touch!
 Our website:
http://www.prajnya.in
 Email us:
prajnyatrust@gmail.com
 On Twitter:
@prajnya
 On Facebook: http://
www.facebook.com/prajnyatrust