Karunalaya is hitting gender-based violence for 6!

1. Supporting
   Karunalaya are addressing the impact of gender-based violence on girls’ lives by providing 1:1 support, sheltered accommodation and counselling.
   
   
2. Empowering
   Karunalaya are empowering girls to know their rights and to change their perceptions of themselves by supporting them to stay in school and through their activity camps.
   
   
3. Teaching
   Karunalaya are providing street-based classes in pavement-dwelling communities around the issues affecting girls, such as child marriage.
   
   
4. Transforming
   Karunalaya are transforming how society sees and treats girls and young women from pavement-dwelling communities by using their participation in sports and activities such as Theatre of the Oppressed.
   
   
5. Equipping
   Karunalaya are equipping pavement-dwelling communities to claim their rights and to address issues like gender-based violence through community initiatives such as the women-led campaign “Niruthuda”, which in Tamil means “Man Stop It!” 
   
   
6. Educating
   Karunalaya are educating and working with the police so that gender-based violence is taken seriously.

India is hosting the Street Child Cricket World Cup in 2023
Our partner Karunalaya and Amos Trust will use this platform to raise awareness of gender-based violence and the steps needed to stop it and equipping girls and young women to live the lives they dream of.

But we cannot do this without your support.

Cricket has changed my life completely. Because nobody respected us when we were living on the streets. But now, because of cricket, it has changed my life. Now people respect us. Monisha

Raising Awareness: £150 could pay for Monisha’s cricket coach for one month
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Six ways you can help hit gender-based violence for 6!

1. Host a fundraising event
Put on an event around what you love doing, and let us help you turn it into a fundraiser — it could be running, cooking, cold water dipping, a quiz night, a film night, a concert, or wine tasting. Use our fundraising pack for ideas and our dinner for six pack for Indian recipe ideas.

2. Organise a cricket match
Get into the spirit of the Street Child Cricket World Cup and hold a cricket match and afternoon tea in your local area.

3. Challenge yourself 
Join Team Amos and participate in the Hackney Half or other local challenge events and let us help you with your fundraising. Contact megan@amostrust.org for more information.

4. Make us a part of your celebration
Give a gift that will make a real difference; buy our digital gifts (3-Day Camp and Leadership Training) for your friends and family. Or why not hold a birthday fundraiser asking friends to buy you digital gifts or make donations to Karunalaya?

5. Get involved
Invite your local school, church, cricket club, or cub scout group to get involved. We have lots of ideas for community-based activities. Contact katie@amostrust.org and let’s see how we can get your community to join our team!

6. Make a donation
Make a one-off gift or become a committed giver.

Six things your money could do:

1. £8.50 could pay for a girl affected by gender-based violence to receive one-to-one counselling for a month.
   
   
2. £25 could pay for a girl to attend a three-night camp, including food, transport, accommodation and activities.
   
   
3. £30 could pay for five women to attend a women’s leadership training day (including a meal) to empower them to speak out against gender-based violence.
   
   
4. £45 could pay for a girl to stay in Karunalaya’s girls’ shelter for one month, including food, shelter and schooling.
   
   
5. £90 could pay for a ‘Theatre of the Oppressed’ session for a pavement-dwelling community on gender-based violence.
   
   
6. £150 could pay the cricket coach’s salary for one month.

Please get in touch with katie@amostrust.org to let us know what you are up to and how we can help.

We want to use this opportunity to show our talents in sport and to speak out against the discrimination and violence we’ve experienced. Everyone is against us because we come from pavement-dwelling communities, but that needs to change. Priya