Jagriti International -- Cultural and Educational Programs

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WELCOME TO THE JAGRITI INTERNATIONAL WEBSITE

We invite you to awaken and make a difference in your life and in the lives of women around the world.

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Jagriti International supports the empowerment of women by working with women's organizations around the globe to facilitate international cultural exchanges and cross-cultural learning.

Jagriti aims to:

Awaken and enhance understanding and respect for different ways of life

Awaken and expand the potential of women to make a difference in their lives and the lives of others

Improve the quality of life for women globally

Share knowledge and resources with women throughout the world

Jagriti
is a Sanskrit word meaning
to awaken
- to rouse from a state resembling sleep, as from death, stupidity, or inaction; to put into action; to give new life to

A FINAL SAD MESSAGE

During the past six months the Jagriti Board of Directors has been systematically evaluating and discussing our future program activities. On-going civil and political strife in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nepal have made it impossible for us to safely send Bridging Worlds volunteers to these countries. The U.S. Patriot Act and visa restrictions have also forced us to suspend our Bridging Worlds Emerging Leaders program because it is nearly impossible for women from grassroots organizations to meet stringent U.S. visa requirements.

Therefore the board has sadly decided to indefinitely suspend our active programs. For the next year we will keep our website open to highlight our partner women’s organizations. We

have included their contact information so that anyone interested in the work of these amazing women’s groups can be directly in contact with them.

We hope that at sometime in the future we may be able to resume our program activities and we look forward to a time when international politics can afford us the security of travel to build and grow our cultures in harmonious ways. Your support of our work has made the accomplishments below possible. We thank you, again for your help in supporting the work of grassroots women’s groups around the globe.

Michele (Mikki) Andina, Founder and The Jagriti International Board of Directors

ACCOMPLISHMENTS 2001 – 2004

BRIDGING WORLDS PROGRAM:

•	More than 125 women’s organizations from 18 countries are registered as Jagriti partners. Half of these groups have had site visits from local Jagriti advisors

•	18 volunteers from Europe, America and Australia volunteered their skills and time (average stay 2 months) to women’s organizations in India, Nepal and Afghanistan

•	16 gratitude grants totaling $32,000 were distributed to women’s organizations hosting volunteers in India, Nepal and Afghanistan

•	Capacity building workshops were conducted in India and Nepal with 60+ representatives from more than 30 women’s groups – for most groups it was the first time that they met one another

•	6 Emerging Leaders, elected by their peers, received three months training with women’s groups in the United States and visited U.S. Congressional Representatives in Washington D.C. and foundation leaders in New York.

•	More than 5,000 people in the United States and Europe participated in public presentations by Jagriti representatives

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