5 Initiatives Inspired By Swami Vivekananda

Mamoon Akhtar
Founder of ‘Sanaritan Help Mission’

Vivekananda once said, “There is no chance for the welfare of the world if the condition of women doesn’t improve.” With this thought in mind, a young lad Mamoon Akhtar from a basti of Tikiapara (West Bengal) initiated a self help group to empower women.

Mamoon had to leave his studies as his father couldn’t afford the fees, but his aim in life is to provide good education to the children of his locality. He says, “Every human being has equal rights and the right to education. Every woman should be trained and should be empowered.” The girls and women of his basti were not allowed to go out of their home for long, but now the situation has changed. Women work in this self help group and are self dependent, unlike before when they were dependent on their family and had no freedom.

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