A day at the pool is something most NZers would take for granted. Not these women, it was a first for them. They frolicked for hours in the waste deep water, some braving the slides, others content to sit in the shallows. They danced under the rotunda to ...
Continue ReadingDongre Vasti Wall (NZ & Australian Project) It was a joy to see the completed Dongre Vasti wall, and to hear what a blessing it is to have the Dongre Vasti site protected for the future. Within its walls is the new Scott International College is enjoy...
Continue ReadingA champion who works for the cause of the downtrodden Dr Arundhati Roy, one of India’s celebrity authors and an advocate for women’s rights recently visited Mukti. Her first book, A God of Small Things, became internationally famous. After a v...
Continue ReadingWith great rejoicing these special ladies have moved back into the Mamta Sadan or Home of Kindness. This is home to women of any age who need specialised care. Vidya and Sara look after these ladies and Sara’s creativity is appreciated hugely as art...
Continue ReadingI wonder what it would be like going to the beach for the first time? Feeling the sand in your toes, playing in the waves, collecting shells and looking for starfish. There would be very few NZ kids who have not had this experience. However, for the 31 gi...
Continue ReadingWhen the ladies who live in the Priti Sadan were asked to move out so that the renovation could begin, they were not happy. It is their home and they were not about to leave it for anybody! That is a distant memory now with the residents thanking our Heav...
Continue ReadingInternational Women’t Day was a special event for the women at Mukti. In a country where women and girls, especially those who have a disability or have become widowed, or are unmarried are often abandoned and even exploited, it was a wonderful oppo...
Continue ReadingA group of 8 visited Mukti recently and some of their impressions and stories are in our latest Mukti Pulse, the February 2018 addition. Take a moment to read their insights into and reflections about their experiences. For one it was a childhood dream to...
Continue ReadingWhile illiteracy rates continue to drop in India with 75 percent of the population able now able to read and write, the mean number of years that children spend at school is only 5.12 (Indian School Education System – an overview). That means that t...
Continue ReadingIt was with great sadness that we learned Carol went to be with her beloved Lord on June 25th 2019. Here is Lorraine Francis’s tribute to this wonderful woman read at her funeral on Friday, June 28th. “For the Mukti family, our dear Carol was ...
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