I have participated in five training workshops organised by The Hunger
Project-SUTRA.
I have initiated several development projects including cleaning of the Ward;
construction of roads; curbing jungle fires; setting up awareness camps on the
declining sex ratio and so on. I have also facilitated the resolution of cases of
domestic violence. One case involved conflict between a husband who used
to physically abuse his wife. He was having an affair with another woman.
One day, he shut the door of his house and began beating up his wife. The
neighbours intervened but the husband ignored them. Eventually the police
had to be called and it became a police case. Now, he has started giving his wife
expenditure money and has stopped abusing her. The school, in its kitchen,
now employs the wife.
In another case of domestic violence, which became a police case the man
has stopped abusing his wife. The wife is now employed in a factory and the
husband handles the work within the house.
I have gained in strength and courage since I have become an elected
representative and learn something new from each of these experiences.