Ankur Kala, Calcutta - Sowing Seeds of Hope

2010 Care & Share Humanitarian of the Year Award. Saturday, 16th January 2010, was a big day for Ankur Kala. On this day Annie Joseph, the Founder of Ankur Kala, was given the Humanitarian of the Year Award (2010) by Care & Share, USA. Read more here >>

2006 Perdita Huston Human Rights Award. Founder Annie Joseph was nominated for this prestigious award, and was one of the ten finalist from all over the world. Read letter from the Perdita Huston Human Rights Award Secretariat >>

G R E E T I N G S - YOUR LOVE RECEIVED

So many volunteers and well wishers send us such beautiful cards in remembering their visits to Ankur Kala and greeting and encouraging us... we want to share a small portion of all these very special cards. Thanks for your love - it brings a smile to our faces and beautiful thoughts to pass on...

A special letter from the Mennonite Central Committee, USA...

L E T T E R S - AND INSPIRATION

"When our friends send us a heartfelt letter, it's nothing less than inspiration to try even harder, put even more, into the work we do... We share a few such letters here,,,

I N t h e P R E S S - ENCOURAGEMENT

READ a recent article in Trade Winds, a publication of Trade Aid, New Zealand...

Q U O T E D

"We admire the friendliness, strength and feeling of homliness at Ankur Kala. that is the soil giving destitute women a better life, a life of dignity. We are really witness of the change. The work at Ankur Kala is not charity, but help to self help.
We are enriched and wish all the best for our friends at Ankur Kala."
Inger Dejke, Teacher, leader of a Swedish Group

"MCC, India, believes in the work of Ankur Kala, Seldom does one see an organisation helping destitute women in such concrete ways."
Twila Miller, Mennonite Central Committe, India.

" I have been fortunate to have the opportunity to visit Ankur Kala twice. On both occasions I have been impressed with the fact that ankur Kala provides more than just work. The womwn also have the opportunity to enrich themselves on a personal levelthrough interaction with other women.
Naomi Beach, Ten Thousand Villages, Akron, Pennsylvania

" I greatly appreciate the commitment and community spirit of the staff and trainees who are associated with Ankur Kala. Many other womens groups in and arounf Calcutta have benifited from Ankur Kala's training programmes."
Sammi Jahan, Councillor, Calcutta Municipal Corporation

" To visit the women of Ankur Kala is inspiring and encouraging. It gives us a good feeling to see women succeed on their own terms."
Tove Loenne, Norway.