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Sister Lucy Kurien is the founder of Maher, an interfaith NGO focused on rural development and\u00a0women\u2019s issues in India. For 17 years, Maher has been running projects all over India including\u00a0homes for abused and battered women, street children, and the elderly. Currently Maher has 765\u00a0children and 240 women in its homes. Maher also trains destitute women in various tradecrafts\u00a0such as sewing and jewelry making, enabling them to live independently with sustainable income.\u00a0So far, 2230 women have passed through Maher\u2019s training programs. In order to address the\u00a0broader development issues facing rural India, Maher also organizes 465 self-help groups in\u00a0which Maher staff leads discussions with community leaders and women. The topics range from\u00a0AIDS awareness and importance of education to sustainable farming practices and rainwater\u00a0harvesting.<\/p>\n

Sister Lucy\u2019s talk will focus on the importance of addressing women\u2019s issues for broader\u00a0community development and the self-help groups. She will discuss the successes and\u00a0improvements in these communities as well as the failures, and where she sees the greatest\u00a0challenges to India\u2019s development objects and how we can turn them into opportunities for\u00a0developing the country\u2019s most impoverished areas.<\/p>\n

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